Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which they may receive certificates. For the latter set the course will last for four years and they may receive a B. S. in electrical engineering. The first three years will be devoted, as far as they treat of electricity, to giving the students a thorough acquaintance with electrical instruments and machines, with electric lighting, and with working on telegraphs and telephones. In the fourth year the men will take a course in trigonometric series and two courses in theoretic electricity. Besides these, a thesis, will be required. But few new studies have been added to arrange this course...
...everything into consideration, Yale's chances are of the brightest nature. The candidates will have the advantage of rowing in the tank during the whole winter, and is going on the harbor as early as the latter part of February or the first of March. Captain Woodruff is a thorough oarsman himself, and his experience coupled with the coaching of Bob Cook, will go far toward making the '89 crew a model...
...cause of surprise to those who know that the most liberal and progressive members of the faculty have openly favored the plan during the past few years. The three members of the faculty selected to represent that body on the athletic committee, after a patient and thorough investigation of the subject, have been convinced from the numerous letters received from former captains of our base-ball nines, and from the presidents and professors of the leading colleges of this country, that no such harmful results would follow the employment of a professional base-ball coach as has been predicted...
...second evening will include a thorough elucidation of the momentous Eastern Question, with the latest complications threatening the peace of Europe, followed by a vivid delineation of the great battles of the Crimean War of 1854-5, the whole illustrated by large colored maps painted expressly for this series...
...elected officers for the organization. It was decided that the office of president be made temporary until the first week in January. Mr. S. Howell was elected president, and Mr. J. Hubbard secretary and treasurer. It was thought best to defer the choosing of a leader until a more thorough organization was effected. At the beginning of the year the outlook for a good club was rather poor, but a large number of new men have presented themselves as candidates, and it is thought from this number, together with the best of those already chosen, a freshman glee club...