Word: properness
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...Hamilton College case, it would seem to outsiders as if the disagreement had reached a point that is very unfortunate for both parties and Which might easily have been avoided. the reputation of the college should have been consulted to a larger extent by the faculty: a proper consideration of their position at an earlier period would probably have prevented any great difficulty. As the case now stands the faculty seem to have come to the conclusion that it is expedient for them to yield a point in adopting a modified form of the apology that the seniors...
...system is seem, for many a student only attends a course twice, viz., when the book is signed. That is the student's affair and he must take the risk on the day of examination. But the hardest work of the student is not in the lecture room proper, though he may hear five lectures each day. The foundation of the work of after-life is often laid in the "Uebungen," or practical exercises. There are societies formed for the study of special branches, in which papers are read by the members in rotation, giving the results of special work...
...American degree, for no attention is paid to it, but the man who would enter without a pass from Washington, will have a hard time of it. Whether this is a reflection on our colleges or not is a question that the writer cannot decide. Any one of proper age, armed with a pass, can gain the advantages of university lectures, owing to what appears to be a special courtesy...
President Eliot's recent address at Johns Hopkins on the subject of the proper requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts is likely to create considerable discussion. The subject involved in it is so momentous a one, that one must hesitate to form decided opinions upon it until it has met with a more thorough discussion. We cannot, however, forbear inclining to adopt the opinion in regard to it expressed by the New York Times. It is easy to brand opposition to so radical a reform as the extension of the system of specialization and differentiation in studies into...
...first the entire undergraduate body was greatly disturbed and excited by the resolutions of the inter-collegiate conference, yet there was a strong impression that the faculty would reconsider the step they had taken if the state of feeling among the students could be set before them in the proper light. Such measures were taken, therefore, as seemed best fitted to fully express the sentiments of the undergraduates in regard to the proposed changes. Upon learning the strong current of opinion against the new rules, the faculty have voted to withdraw from the position they have taken...