Word: greek
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...write the whole paper in French I was obliged to mark you low." What can be more unfair, since the length of the paper compels one, in order to finish it, to write in English? What would be the result were the same arbitrary rule applied to Greek or German? Half the men would be conditioned. This is a case, I think, that deserves investigation...
Fourthly. I put questions in Greek Composition on the examination-papers, so that no one shall get over 70 per cent in my courses unless he knows Greek as well as Latin...
Ranking upon an average is particularly liable to be unjust in a mixed system, partly prescribed and partly elective. Greek may be studied only because it is required for the entrance examination and during the Freshman year. The mark of the student who is indifferent to this study drags down his average, and as he intends to drop Greek as soon as possible, a greater proficiency would be of no advantage, so soon is the whole to be neglected and forgotten...
...following Harvard instructors have consented to give instruction to young women: Professor Peirce in Mathematics; Professor Peabody in Moral Science; Professor Hedge in German; Professor Bocher in French; Mr. Sheldon in Italian; Professor Goodwin in Greek; Professor Greenough in Sanskrit, Latin, and Comparative Philology; Professor Norton in the Fine Arts; Professor Paine in Music; Professors Child and A. S. Hill in English; Mr. Emerton in History; Mr. H. B. Hill in Chemistry; Professor James in Physiology...
...commotion at the top of the hill draws my attention that way; a huge, unwieldy double-runner is prepared, and various men skilled in Latin and Greek seat themselves upon it. At first they go swimmingly, the weight of the dead languages carrying them bravely down the hill, but unfortunately they are taking the course at sight; a hidden root - they know not whence it came - stumps them, and they are spilled out promiscuously...