Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...estimate of Theramenes given by Aristotle more nearly correct than that given by Aristophanes...
...English C question have asserted that the instructors are not agreed among themselves as to a uniform standard of marking, and in support of their position have pointed out what they consider the unusually low marks given in one of the sections. Now is this assertion of theirs really correct. Are the instructors actually assigning marks upon different standards of excellence? Those members of the course who are in the 1.30 section may remember a statement of the instructor in charge which would seem to cast some light upon the question. He said substantially as follows: "I regret...
...wish to stand corrected in regard to the communication which appeared in your issue of Monday. To have been technically correct, I should have said that "at an entertainment given to the Harvard Musical Clubs by the Republican Club of Indianapolis I was informed that the Harvard Alumni present were to meet, resurrect and revivify the Harvard Alumni Association of Indiana." The advent of the musical clubs...
...French were not so deep and lasting as those of French on English. The name Romance, often applied to the French, Italian and Spanish tongues, shows their origin. Romance comes from the adverb romanice, to speak like the romans. Bearing in mind this historical continuity of language, it is correct to say that Latin is at present spoken in the streets of Paris...
...wish you would correct a misapprehension which seems to be quite general as to the position of head coach of the Harvard eleven. As a matter of fact, no such importance attaches to the position as recently published statements imply. There is only one man at the head of football affairs at Cambridge, and that man is Captain Brewer. The head coach merely assists him by seeing that suitable men are found to coach the team along all needed lines, that these coaches work intelligently and in harmony, and that the consensus of their opinions on all important points...