Word: commend
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which is just published. The material of this little work was first used in a series of lectures delivered by the doctor before the class in his ladies gymnasium. The doctor treats the subject of emergencies and self-preservation in time of danger in a practical manner that will commend the book to the public. It is neatly gotten up and full of illustrations...
...plan which has been adopted in several courses in mathematics, of giving the new problems which are to be worked out upon each man's honor, and which are to count considerable in the year's work, has much to commend it to every earnest student. That an examination, written in a very limited time, is no test of one's knowledge or scholarship, is almost an axiom. This is especially true in mathematics where much of the work is original, and where it is perfectly possible for a man who has a firm grasp of the subject...
...custom of holding voluntary one hour examinations, which, we are glad to note, is becoming more general, has much to commend it. By adopting this plan an instructor is enabled to gain an accurate idea of the work being done by his section, without subjecting the students to the worry and annoyance which were the inevitable accompaniments of the old-time required examinations. Those who are up in their work, under the new system, are rewarded by being allowed to omit a portion of some three-hour paper, while the men who feel that a little further preparation would...
...support Yale's claim to the championship. The reason why the students generally, refuse to recognize that Yale won the Thanksgiving game is because they think that the game was not played on its merits. A game that is not played fairly cannot be won or lost fairly. I commend this point to the attention of the delegates...
...half hours were played in all, and the game was characterized by, despite its fierceness, a friendly feeling which ought to commend this noble, but much abused game, to the college authorities. When one man had a cramp, both sides formed tug-of-war teams, by holding each other's waists, and would have pulled the poor fellow apart in their endeavors to cure him, had not the injured member recovered just in time to prevent such a catastrophe. fickle fortune again favored the blues toward the end of the game, so that at the finish the score stood...