Word: movements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Continuing, the Mail and Express, seems to believe that the "liberalizing tendencies" and "optional system" have gone far enough. The movement has already been carried so far as to "embarrass the faculty in the arrangement of recitations, and to bewilder the student at the latitude of his possible selections," while at Harvard the unfortunate undergraduate is "practically turned out to grass, to nibble at his own sweet will." The Mail and Express, like a stern parent, suggests in the case of freshmen, that instead of placing the divining rod in the hand of that precious youth, it would be more...
...action of the French department in abandoning all examinations in three courses is worthy of imitation in other branches. It marks the beginning of a movement which, it is to be hoped, will end in the partial or total abandonment of the much-dreaded finals and mid-years. In the foreign universities, the only examinations are those required for a degree; and even these are not answers to a paper, but consist of carefully prepared theses. In those courses here in which theses and special reports are required there is no excuse for the present system, and several instructors have...
...associates. The conclusion is not in harmony with the first part of the story. "Six-Paris" is an incident of the last siege of Paris. The story is interesting even exciting, but the suspense in which one is held while reading is hardly justified by the unsatisfactory ending. The movement is rapid and effective, and, with the exception of a little padding in the second paragraph, is well written and put together. "A Story out of History" is unlike anything that has appeared in the Advocate for some time. It savors somewhat of the fairy tales of Madame D'Aubigne...
...whirl of events without an understanding of their causes; and to counteract this result a course in the topics of the day is needed. The field of the course would, to be sure, be changeable, but in general it should cover the history and present statutes of pending movements and changes in American and European politics. Beside this it should include a discussion of any subjects of general interest, for example the labor movement. Only by some such training, however acquired, does a man feel himself able intelligently to cope with the questions of his time. For the sake...
...under the government of Napoleon III, all military operations were marked by an incredible amount of carelessness and ignorance among those in authority. Army officers were appointed who knew nothing of military operations, and were far surpassed in knowledge, capacity, and even intelligence by many of the privates; the movement of parts of the army was delayed for days for lack of proper orders; at the end of long marches the soldiers found that no preparation had been made for feeding them, and a large body of men had to given leave of absence upon their arrival in Paris because...