Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...especially called attention to the fact that a control of good English and the power of clear expression were important factors in the success of every engineer...
...Teachers of Latin in our colleges ought to be grateful to Dr. H. W. Hayley of Harvard for having provided them with a singularly clear and useful 'Introduction to the Verse of Terence.' In the compass of 25 pages the undergraduate can here find about all that he needs to know of the metrical construction of this poet. * * * * Dr. Hayley's modesty disclaims anything in the way of originality, but there are several places (notably his treatment of the fifth foot of the senarius) where he has discovered how to make clear brief statements of facts in matters where there...
...policy of making the examinations ends in themselves, is a thing to be frowned down. But so long as examinations are the only means of discovering how faithfully a student has performed the work assigned to him, just so long will every one of us find it necessary to clear his memory on points which have grown hazy, and the sluggard will try to do three months' work in three days...
...study of the University Catalogue which appeared yesterday makes clear what Harvard's progress has been during the past year. Although there has not been a large number of radical changes there has been a general strengthening of the facilities for instruction, and the courses which are now offered are more attractive than ever. This is particularly true of the Scientific School. There has been an attempt in the past few years to make the School second to none in the country and the effort has been rewarded by a most gratifying increase in the number of students in attendance...
...wish to make it clear that we do not assign the scholarships as the sole, but as the chief cause of overwork. This overwork is bad for the men themselves and the college as a whole...