Word: standard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have more frequent examinations, and "guardian angels for the whole freshman class," it supports the effort to secure more regular attendance at recitations. It condemns the vote as based on outside opinion rather than investigation, and as "a levelling down to a lazy man, a reduction of the standard in education. Even the most moderate of the restrictions, that upon attendance, is shown to be unnecessary under the present rules of the college. The plan of forming an Economical Club is criticized in the second editorial as uncalled for. As a substitute, a reading room under supervision of the college...
...Yale Lit. medal will not be awarded this year as the essays submitted were not up to the proper standard...
...more subjects than were necessary, shows that many of the preparatory schools provide means of instruction in more subjects than those strictly required for admission, and that many men are capable of doing more work before coming to college than the admission examinations call for, and that, therefore, the standard of entrance examinations cannot possibly be considered unreasonably high...
...Haven and lacrosse teams is largely above the average standing of the entire class. There are several instances in which men on university teams have obtained an exceedingly high rank, and many have received scholarships. It is only with respect to the athletics of the freshman classes that the standard of the athletic teams falls below the mark-attributable in no small degree to over-anxiety on the part of some freshmen to get on their class teams, and their ignorant on the subject of knowing how to combine their physical work with their study to the best advantage...
...January 15, but the result of the competition has not yet been made public. There is considerable interest shown by the college in this matter on account of the high distinction that success always brings, and then the medal has frequently failed of award because of the high standard of excellence demanded...