Word: overloaded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...greater the safety of the State. I believe that promotion should be not the reward of industry merely but of capacity. For entrance to the colleges there should be evidence of natural competence and aptitude for study, which should insure the true welfare of the scholar and not overload the colleges with those who are a drag-weight upon the class-room work...
...very easy for one to name the courses he would like to take while in college, but unfortunately he does not have a free choice. In the first place he must recollect that he has but three years in which to take these courses, and that he must not overload himself if he wishes to gain the greatest possible amount of advantage from each course. Therefore he is obliged to "weed out" the less desirable courses until he has left the amount of work he thinks he can do with profit in three years. This is one consideration in choosing...