Word: sprung
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Just at this time when the senior and junior forensics and a sophomore theme are due, hour examinations are "sprung" in maddening profusion. Some unfortunate men, besides having a forensic and four hour examinations, have also a special report. We cannot see what can be gained by such a state of affairs; on the contrary, there is much that is of the greatest hindrance to a man. No one, when so driven, can do himself justice on anything, and the strain of the mid-years is practically repeated without the chance of freedom from other college duties. If hour examinations...
...Nevins, '90, of Orange, N. J., a student at Cornell, lost his life on Thursday last in an attempt to save a young lady from drowning. The young lady broke through the ice while skating, and Nevins sprung in to rescue her. It is thought that she clasped him so as to impede his movements, for though an expert swimmer. he soon sank. His body was recovered in about twenty minutes, but several hours' work with electrical and other applications produced no effect. The young lady's body was recovered later. This is the third drowning accident at Cornell...
Some interesting statistics appear in the United States Report on Education. The number of universities and colleges is exactly the same as ten years ago, in spite of the fact that some have died out and others have sprung up. During the same time the number of students has increased from 32, 316 to 41, 161, and the attendance in each college has increased twenty-four students on the average. These statistics are a favorable sign that the mania for founding new colleges is dying, while at the same time the people recognize that it is better to patronize institutions...
Certain petty abuses connected with prompt attendance at recitations have sprung up lately, which, trivial as they may appear at first sight, are extremely annoying. We refer especially to the way some men have of carrying five, ten and fifteen minutes after a recitation has begun before entering the class room. In some of the nine o'clock recitations, the classes rarely get settled down to work until a quarter of an hour after the proper time. This negligence could be overlooked if it were exceptional, but once the example of coming in late is set, it is soon found...
...July, and the recent victories over the Gentlemen of Ireland, will very likely send an eleven over to England next spring. This team will be called, like its predecessor which was so successful, "The Gentlemen of Philadelphia." The former visit was in '84. Sine then many young cricketers have sprung into prominence and by their performances in the recent international matches proved that they could uphold the reputation of the '84 team...