Word: questions
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...instructors, and the great relief it will afford them. No longer will it be necessary for the conscientious Professor to spend the Christmas vacation in examining blue books, exhausting his energies in the vain endeavor to decide whether a book is entitled to 39 or 40 per cent, a question quite beyond the skill "even of a Professor of Harvard College." And the conscience of the unconscientious instructor, who will not trouble himself with an examination of the books, flattering himself that he has an intuitive perception of the merits and acquirements of each of his pupils, and grades them...
...Notes and Queries" at the Library appear the following questions: What is the derivation of milk-punch? What is the source of the quotation, "Jehovah needs very few chore-boys"? How can I get Joseph Cook's lecture on "Ultimate America"? To this last question some one has answered, "By asking Joseph." The "Notes and Queries" are truly a great institution...
...write his answers with care, for he knows that no allowance will be made for the work left undone, and as marks are the representatives of one's knowledge of a subject, he is anxious of course to obtain as high a mark as possible by leaving no question unanswered...
...Well, you see how it is," replied No. 1 to my question, "the matter stands in just this way, I am going to take one paper...
...slight shudder ran through him; he drew back a little from the doorway, and looked at me with an anxious and inquiring glance. I repeated my question. In reply the youth slowly pronounced the words...