Word: standard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...varying the monotony of his life (if such it be) by an occasional trip in a yacht to Minot's Light or Nix's Mate, or by a visit to City Point; or, again, by reading some stirring novel like Guerrazzi's "Beatrice Cenci," or else some of the standard authors or the old dramatists and poets...
...much a sign of a loafer as to take them now is the sign of having done hard work. Many a man graduates at present without honors who has made excellent use of his time during the four years of his course. There can be no doubt that the standard of the University would be raised decidedly, if more men cared for academical distinction. The reason that they do not is to be found in the requirements which are imposed on those who wish to be considered candidates for honors. They are obliged to take so many hours of electives...
...Seeking a Lost Art," and Albert Rhodes has an essay on "The Pursuit of the Dollar," in which he says many true and severe things of Americans, together with some things that are equally severe, though not as true. The regular departments are fully up to the standard of the magazine...
...boating men would, after this year, never engage in any other kind of a contest. This state of affairs necessarily causes a revolution in the training of our University crew. The revolution has already begun, and great care should be taken at the outset to establish a high standard of work for those who are candidates for places in the boat. It is not only necessary for our success in this next race, but it will have its effect on the boating men who come up to take the places of those now on the crew...
...mark is high, it is an incentive to push on, in hope of the Phi. B. K., or of a Commencement part, or at least of the Rank List. If it is low, it is equally an incentive to improvement, for nobody likes to fall behind his old standard, and the idea of a condition is universally unattractive...