Word: recommendations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee, who have had in charge the resignation of Pres. McCosh, as well as the proposed School of Philosophy, have decided to recommend to the board of trustees that the office of dean of faculty be temporarily established, and that Professor Murray be appointed to fill the position. They have so adjusted the duties that Dr. McCosh will be able to continue as president of the college and also organize the School of Philosophy. Dr. McCosh will be at the head of the college and also at the head of the new school, while he will be relieved of some...
...Under the same standing rule, the council will also recommend for the degree of Master of Arts students, otherwise properly qualified, who are recommended by the appropriate faculty for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, or Civil Engineer, after the longest course of study and residence provided for such degree, and upon examinations passed with high credit. Members of the schools of divinity, law, medicine and science, who are already Bachelors of Arts of Harvard University, and who wish to obtain the Master's degree simultaneously with their professional degree, should...
...elucidating the ignorance of the candidates who appear before them. But to the end of time, there will be humor mixed with the grave concerns of testing knowledge, which is, for both sides, a hard enough task. The student who, when asked by a stern examiner what he would recommend in order to produce copious perspiration in a patient, replied, "I'd make him try to pass an examination before you, sir!" had a keen sense of humor, which it is to be hoped the examiner appreciated. His answer was in keeping with the question which has been argued...
...recommend to our readers a careful examination of the statement of the president of the dining room association, which appeared in our yesterday's issue. The subject is one attended with some obscurity and is worthy of careful study on the part of the members of the association...
...that the reviewer gave wing to his enthusiasm, and launched out in this fiery tirade. No book would do more good, it seems to me, in establishing the soundness of the free trade theory, than the one in question; and to free trader and protectionist alike, I would heartily recommend it. The opening objection to Prof. Sumner's speech is that Prof. Sumner is a college professor. A college professor, it is claimed, is obliged to teach the same old propositions year after year until they root themselves in his mind too deeply to be torn up. In ordinary life...