Word: customs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lower than usual this year, and the additional expense of running the steam-launch will have to be provided for. The friends of the College, who have shown their interest in the undergraduates by taking tickets, are to be heartily thanked, and it is to be hoped that this custom of acting in Boston may be perpetuated...
...very gracefully, for first place. Neither of these records can stand, however, as the jumps were made from a mat instead of from the floor; and it really seems too bad that the Union Athletic Club, which claims to be the representative Athletic Club of Boston, should sanction any custom which casts a doubt upon the genuineness of the records made at their meetings...
...this statement is that, though the student had known the order of examinations in September, the regular and thorough performance of his daily duty, theses, and "intellectual conversation," leaves no opportunities for reviewing; and if the Christmas recess is not actually needed for rest, why continue a useless custom? As regards the preparation for recitations and examinations, it is the experience of every student, one may safely assert, that from his reviews for examination he derives more advantage than from the same time spent in the class room, and the shorter, therefore, the interval between each examination, the more superficial...
...fact; and we hope that this is not the only instance where the instructor will perceive the wisdom of giving a broad and general idea of the whole subject rather than the minute examination of a small portion. While mentioning this subject, we would revert to the questionable custom of various professors in withholding marks, or delaying giving them out beyond a reasonable length of time. If students are obliged to work for marks, they should at least have the satisfaction of having them as early as possible...
...recent report the President has distinctly opposed the custom of keeping Saturday as a half-holiday, for these reasons: "Instructors and students can have each one leisure afternoon, without a general suspension of work; a student's working-time is greatly reduced by spending Saturday afternoons and Sundays at home; the time thus lost should be spent in reading, writing, and intellectual conversation." With the highest respect for the President's opinions, there is yet some ground for dissent...