Word: profitably
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...INTERVIEWS ON THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE."Your reporter first called on Prof. Epol Rabnud (the Dhin), who, in his usual chipper style, said: 'You see, sir, it is a most unexampled case of profit and loss. If you win, you receive an H. A. A. cup! And when you lose all, you only lose a scent!' At this juncture the learned gentleman fell asleep, and your interviewer was obliged to withdraw...
...letters from China are in the hands of the Corporation, containing information as to the best methods of teaching the language of that country. We trust that the stay of Professor Ko Kun Hua among us will be agreeable to him, and that the College will be able to profit by his services. We believe that positive advantage will be derived from this new experiment; for whatever may be the result, it is evidence of a desire on the part of the College government to widen the scope of the University curriculum, which must command the approval, not only...
...hope of reward to stimulate them, and the hard-working without any notice of their industry. Many graduates can testify how much a good position in various courses on the Commencement programme was esteemed and worked for, and how many Seniors, for the first time, did work, and realized profit from Senior courses. Let us return, if not this year, at any rate next, to the old system; for the reasons for altering it are not apparent, but the reasons for returning to it are both apparent and weighty...
...friend, nor can he take rooms which he does not want for the sake of an investment. Moreover, the new plan has one great advantage over the old one. Students will be obliged to make a written statement in a book open for public inspection, that they derive no profit from the exchange of rooms. This will prevent some men from perjuring themselves who might do so under the present system; and if the objection is made that there are men who are willing to perjure themselves even in public, yet it must be remembered that the College can adopt...
...remedies in case of accident. He should be competent to teach sparring, fencing, and wrestling, in classes as well as by private lessons, and be an intelligent gentleman, able and ready to carry out the directions of his superior officer, and one with whom the students might associate with profit. He should give his whole time to the college, and give no private lessons during gymnasium hours...