Word: inference
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very large proportion of these low marks were given to men whose papers were corrected by one particular instructor in the course. This gentleman has announced to the members of his division, that over half the students would fail in the course unless their work improved. From this I infer that he gave E to over half the papers which he corrected, which by the way, were not written by members of his division alone. I am very sure that no other instructor marked with such unjustifiable severity, for they apparently realized that as the work was the first...
...Graduate School of his own college. In the list just published it was noticed that there were but two of the number who are Harvard graduates, and it would be quite natural for persons reading it, who were unacquainted with the ability and standard of Harvard men, to infer that it was not quite as high as at other colleges. It is a subject that many have been interested in, but I believe it has never been explained...
...inevitable that the religious and philanthropic activity in the University should be carried on without ostentation, but it would be a mistake to infer that it is at all lacking in vigor. Under the guidance of the societies which hold their meeting this evening; there were last year about five hundred students engaged in some form or other of philanthropic work. We hope that many will profit by the present opportunity to become acquainted with the purposes and methods of the United Religious Societies and the Student Volunteer Committee...
...colleges, amounting to a hundred million of dollars, is invested. In presenting the facts I make use of reports sent to me from between one hundred and two hundred of the representative colleges, and also of reports of presidents and treasurers of these colleges. From these reports I infer that at last four-fifths of all the productive funds of the colleges are invested in bonds and mortgages. Few colleges, and a few only, have a part of their endowments in stocks of any sort. A few of them also, notably Columbia and Harvard, have invested in real estate...
...will deny this, We are glad that in Harvard there is a just appreciation of a person's worth. When an insult is offered to a colored man of Lewis character, the whole university is broad enough and generous enough to rise up in indignation that any one should infer by his conduct, that so contemptible a spirit of snobbishness is in the university and must be catered...