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...well to offer an alternative. We might be allowed either to answer a given set of questions, or to write on some topic covering a large part of the work. Such a plan as Professor Palmer's is, we hope, the small end of the wedge which may split to pieces our present examination and marking system...
...very eminent physician once said to a wealthy young man who was undecided whether to start a chemical factory or to follow up chemistry in a purely theoretical way, - "For Heaven's sake devote yourself to pure science; we need men like you, whose brains need not be split up in seeking for their daily bread...
There is a split in the senior class at the University of Pennsylvania, and there have been two class days there this year...
...feel encouraged by the game last Saturday, for, although the errors were some of them bad, the general work of the team was excellent, the batting especially being very good. Adams was weakened by a new catcher, who, notwithstanding the swift pitching he had to face and his split thumb, caught very pluckily to the end of the game. Taylor, Gallivan, Holden and Austin did good work in the field for the freshmen, Austin at one time striking out three men in succession when the bases were full. The batting of Holden, Stetson, Hallowell and Frost was remarkably good...
...lying upon iron frameworks behind the glass, their heads propped high, their jaws agape, and their eyes staring in all the grim majesty of Death, as they gaze unflinchingly upon the guests who are thronging to this grisly reception. One is an old woman, whose skull has been split by some tremendous blow, and yawns in ghastly redness. Another is a young girl, who is dressed in silk and whose dark hair is still coiled neatly, just as those slender, livid fingers last arranged it. She bears no wound, but upon the small, coquettish face is stamped such a look...