Word: standardness
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...compare the distances we are accustomed to walk about college with some well-known unit, we can better realize how much they all amount to. Let us take, for instance, the blocks on Fifth avenue, New York. They number twenty to the mile. Taking these blocks, then, as a standard, we find that the length of the "quadrangle" from Holworthy to Grays is two and a half blocks, and that its average width is only a little less than one block. A walk around this enclosure is considerably over a quarter of a mile. The width of the whole yard...
...committee from faculties of colleges to have full supervision and control of the sports, and also to the one that contests between colleges should not be played on neutral grounds. Finally, they passed a resolution stating that, while the athletic associations of Columbia college desired to raise the standard of college athletics, it thought that could be better attended to by the students themselves, and urged that the matter be referred to the undergraduates. A call was issued for a meeting of three delegates from each college, to be held at Columbia College on Saturday afternoon, March...
...said, again, that the system may develop men, but it only makes fine brutes of them, and sets before the college a false standard of excellence, viz., one entirely physical. It can not be said with truth that the standard is false. The standard of good scholarship remains, and many of the athletes take high rank in scholarship. The standard of good conduct remains...
...coral stone, which is an excellent substitute for brick. Even the natives receive a careful education, and are taught in the English language. Although the foreigners and natives attend separate schools, yet the same text books are used for both. American and English teachers are generally employed, and the standard American books are studied...
This winter has seen considerable improvement in the accommodations of the gymnasium. New lockers and apparatus have been put in and several desirable changes made. But there still remains one department which is capable of change for the better. This is the bathing department. It has long been a standard complaint that the small stone bathtubs for sponge bathing are far from what they ought to be. Many men speak of this and shun them entirely after a single trial. Yet Dr. Sargent prescribes sponge bathing for many men and if his instructions are to be followed these tubs must...