Word: thoroughly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that no arrangement, however good, would be perfectly satisfactory to everybody. These cases, however, seem to deserve especial attention, inasmuch as the consecutive examinations are of course no test of whether the man has worked faithfully during the past term. We do not believe that any one, however thorough his knowledge, could do justice to five subjects in five successive mornings and afternoons. The test is only one of mental and physical endurance, and a severe one at that. The crowding of Junior metaphysics and logic into the morning and afternoon of the same day seems peculiarly unfortunate for those...
...article on the marking system the Spectator advocates the abolition of daily marks and the substitution of thorough examinations at stated intervals. This, it says, is the "German plan," and "if Harvard, the leader of advance in this country, adopts the German plan, our descendants shall go to Harvard." A short experience in the charms of monthly examinations would probably change this writer's mind. The Spectator is eminently interesting, and noticeable for its great good sense...
...college course, and that he intended to study for a Ph. D. Besides, our neighbor Mrs. Beacon Street told me the other day that her son Harry, just after his last examinations, got permission from the Faculty to go back another year, in order to give a more thorough study to the work of the Freshman class. I think that shows the conscientious student...
...these heads on which the Review has not published one or more articles that are well worth reading. Hitherto the difficulty has been in getting at the articles wanted, - a thing possible only after a long search. In short, the Review was sadly in need of a thorough index. Such an index has been prepared by Mr. William Cushing, of our Library, although whether it ever sees the light will depend on the subscriptions he receives for the work...
...discontinuance. If the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality would consent to let the proceeds of their first concert go for the benefit of the Boat Club, if Sanders Theatre could be secured as the place for the entertainment, if the tickets were sold at a low figure and a thorough canvass of the College made, - if these steps could be taken, we are confident that the result would be a large addition to the boat-club funds, and a consequent reduction of the amount to be raised by subscription...