Word: intereste
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CAPTAIN HAMMOND does not expect his men to recite with the Sophomore crew or kick at the examinations. Thus the division of interest, simple and complicated, will be avoided...
MANY of us, if not all, are willing to approve the changes in regard to morning prayers. Without being tedious, there is sufficient variety to maintain the interest and at the same time a decorous element of religious directness and force. Under such men as Drs. Hale and Brooks the new regime cannot fail to succeed. It is well, however, to add here a word of caution. The hour of service gives no excuse for any undue haste: it is therefore fitting that a spirit of reverence pervade the hearers. Undue noise in entering the chapel, conversation of any kind...
...time. To three-hour or even two-hour courses one readily becomes accustomed, but it is difficult to get in harmony with a course which comes once in seven days, at an hour of its own, and is then dismissed from the thoughts for another week. The continuity of interest necessary to much progress in a study is, moreover, sadly wanting in these courses, and there can be but few who contemplate with the same satisfaction the portion of their time given to a one-hour study and that devoted to a three-hour course. In addition to the certainty...
None of the young ladies had ever seen him, and as they all evinced a very unusual interest in the new-comer, I detailed at great length all his many excellences, dwelling with especial emphasis upon his irresistible humor, for Jack was one of the most comical fellows I ever had the good fortune to meet...
...tell him the amount of work done by the class in his absence. The instructor declined in a way that, impolite in itself, was rendered doubly so by his peevish manner. An instructor must understand that it lies entirely with himself to gain the respect and to excite the interest of his scholars; the one is an unfailing companion of the other. If he fail to do either, the teacher must blame himself, and should not so far forget himself as to vent his ill-feeling upon the men who are under...