Word: ordeal
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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...during the summer, or even to take a good position in the Club crews. Too many wait till late in the winter or till the spring to begin work in earnest, and then, as it has been often proved, it is too late to obtain sufficient endurance for the ordeal of a long race...
...great extent; there is, however, yet time to practise, and that, too, upon the field on which the contest for prizes will be held, as much depends upon acquaintance with the ground, due allowance for light, and practice in the presence of critical observers, to prepare contestants for the ordeal they must undergo...
...annuals are so close upon us that we want to say a few words in regard to a suggestion which has been made concerning them. If a week could be left just before the beginning of the annuals, the cramming for that dreaded ordeal could be done with more profit as regards marks, and with more safety as regards health, than is possible now. Men will read over the work of the year just before examination, in spite of whatever may be said or done, and they will be forced to "cram" as long as the present system of work...
...under examination of their "suspension," "conditions," and the like. Because a man is a poor scholar, unfortunate, or stupid, or call it what you please, it does not follow that he has no feeling whatever, and could hear of his dismissal or leave of absence during a trying ordeal, and work as well afterward. It is not fair to say that the man brings this on himself, and unless he had neglected his studies, disregarded the College laws, wasted his time, he would not have incurred it. It is presumable, or what is the same thing, it should be held...