Word: hardest
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...ever chosen. The result is that students are not so well educated in these most desirable branches, at the end of the college term, as they would have been had a more judicious method of instruction been employed. We do not appreciate the wisdom of making the Freshman the hardest year. The standing of a student at the end of the Freshman year is no criterion of what he can or will do in subsequent years, and if the course complained of is intended to weed out the poorest scholars of the class, it is a mistaken policy...
...another short man, but strongly made; he has the varying faults caused by a frequent looking out of the boat, and does not row as hard as a man of his strength should. Bow, the lightest man in the crew, is, next to stroke, the hardest worker, and one of the best oars in the boat. A large part of this strong crew is so raw that little reliance can yet be put upon them. The crew is made up as follows...
...last, and hardest, I'll refrain...
...have read this to Popkins, who is an aspirant, and he is delighted with it. He complains, however, that the hardest work is to collect material for the dissertation. I am surprised at this; the process is so simple. Take your note-book and go to the Library. Consult encyclopaedias first; if the Brittanica treats the subject, you need look no farther. Then take Poole's Index, and hunt up magazine articles. If there are any books on the subject, don't read them; but read the reviews, for a good review contains the cream of the book all ready...
...those who fear that an unreasonable attention will be given to physical exercises and out-of-door sports at the University. Our four months of winter are a natural defence against exaggeration in this direction. It is much to be wished that our hardest-working students should come to believe, and to practise upon the belief, that a sound and vigorous body is in most cases indispensable to success in any active form of intellectual life...