Word: easier
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...posted on the 1st of April; hence no one can complain that sufficient notice has not been given of them this year. Beyond what satisfaction there is in knowing exactly when one is to be tortured, we cannot, however, see how this early announcement will make preparation materially easier. It is useless to attempt to take time needed for term work or for recreation in order to prepare for examinations to come in two months, or even in one month. Under our system, work for examinations can hardly be begun more than two weeks beforehand; - seldom then, without neglecting something...
...admit the advantages of the system. It is easier to throw the dice for per cents than to estimate the true value of a year's work. It saves trouble to read through a book and affix to it a cabalistic sign. On the other hand, it requires care and judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank...
...magazines are arranged alphabetically in their new place, making it easier to find the one wanted if this arrangement is observed...
...studies and to establish themselves in the world. It seems rather too much to ask such men to begin being benefactors to the College immediately after they graduate, and to tax themselves a certain amount annually for ten years to aid in its support. To be sure, it is easier to pay five dollars a year for ten years than to pay fifty dollars down; but the sum paid is none the less fifty dollars, and would buy fifty dollars worth of any commodity in the market...