Word: specials
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...measure, this unpopularity may be attributed to the way in which mathematics is taught, or to the well-grounded belief that in this department there are no soft electives, but I think it is mainly due to the fact that Calculus and Analytic Mechanics belong to the field of special study, and are not among the elements of a "liberal education." Were Mathematics 11 made ever so attractive, no one but the specialist would indulge in the festive Quaternions...
...Archibald Alexander, a recent graduate of Princeton College, has lately been appointed by the Trustees of Columbia Adjunct Professor in the Department of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, to assist Professor Nairne. Mr. Alexander enters upon his duties fortified with two years of special study at Berlin and Vienna...
...cast upon their shoulders by providing "good music, a nicely crashed floor, and a good supper." "The ladies threw their sweeping trains in graceful curves, conscious of an admiring eye over yonder in the corner, while the gentlemen, perfectly overcome by this generous display of gracefulness for their own special benefit, now also make a desperate effort to appear graceful, causing a smile of pity on the faces of the ladies." Conscious curves would cause a smile of incredulity on even Mr. Tyndall's face, but wonders never cease at Cornell. The favorite dance seemed to be the "dignified lancier...
...Caps and gowns are used by a number of students, although they are required only on special occasions...
Pecuniary aid at English universities is made a reward for special distinction. It is a goal which can be reached only by men of brains, but which lies in the reach of all men of brains, no matter what their circumstances may be. What is done for a man here? He may take even a summa cum laude, and receive no more reward from the University than the little distinction conferred by those three words. There is no fault to be found that this is so, but the cause of failure must be understood before the remedy...