Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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These suggestions we offer in no captious or fault-finding spirit. The general character of work is so excellent that it seems a pity that these small defects should not be remedied...
...special cases, they shall also attain a certain average mark; and, at the same time, those who obtain a high average mark will be entitled to all the distinction it has heretofore conferred. Honors in an institution of learning can have no other object than to incite a spirit of emulation among its members, and we have no doubt that the Faculty, by a juster distribution of them, and by an enlargement of their scope, will increase their efficiency. It is difficult to conceive of an objection to a just and fair acknowledgment to any student for what...
Whereas, We remember his refined tastes, frank character, and his genial disposition; his knowledge of men and the public spirit which made him prominent in the councils of the class...
...attacked, as he himself suggests, and this would of course put him in rather an awkward position. Whatever may be thought of Mr. Cook's method of procedure, - and we can say from his own account of it that it has its peculiarities, - he at least shows a commendable spirit of fairness in being so willing to explain it to all interested parties, especially to those who have been so unfortunate as to be conditioned by its operation. We are glad to see that any College officer is taking such an interest in matters connected with the students...
...Faculty now considered that they had already put up with more than could be reasonably expected of them, and came very near insisting that the young man should leave the school. But one of their number, with a generous spirit that did him credit, said he had reflected calmly upon the matter and could not discover that the class was to blame. So they let him return once more, and what was left of the Freshman class immediately broke its other leg. The Faculty were furious. They thought it would have been a happy conceit on the part...