Word: standard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should pay less attention to those departments of knowledge which have not reached the scientific stage. Our characteristic word should be concentration; we have selected a group of five departments and shall focus all our means and care to make these the best possible. The more advanced our standard the fewer will be the students and the more expensive the apparatus; at present the funds allow us to receive two hundred and fifty men, and probably the amount spent on each will be without parallel...
...recent interstate oratorical contest held at Grinnell, Iowa, au organization was formed, called the Western College Press Association, for the purpose of elevating the standard of college journalism. It is formed on the model of the New England College Press Association, of which Editor Abbot, of the Collegian is president...
...library of the Annex has received some two hundred volumes of French and German books, during the past week, from an unknown giver. Many of the books are by standard authors, and most of them are complete sets of value...
...clock this morning the first annual meeting of the Interscholastic Athletic association will be held on Holmes field. For several years the standard of athletics in preparatory schools has been growing higher. More thought and care have been devoted to them, until now it has become an important question which college shall number in succeeding years the athletes of the schools. The association which holds its first meeting this morning has been recently organized and is designed to increase the interest in track athletics at the nine schools represented, and so develop material for the colleges. As the schools...
...current number of the Advocate, which appears today is a very interesting issue, but it falls a little short of the standard of literary excellence which we are accustomed to demand of the Advocate. The editorial department is characterized by more vigor than usual. The first and the last editorials are full of the spirit of hopefulness. This is about the only attitude which we can at present take towards our athletics, but it is a healthy and inspiriting attitude, and therefore to be commended. The criticism of the methods of coaching, while a trifle severe is timely; unquestionably there...