Word: standardness
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...Advertiser, in its notice of the Boylston Prize speaking, said that there was a marked improvement over the standard of several years ago. It is doubtful whether this statement is correct. Before the adoption of the preliminary system there was a much greater number of candidates than now, and the poor speakers, having a large majority, made the whole performance appear to be of an ordinary kind. At any rate, the present standard is not creditable, and ought to be raised...
...thus disqualifies some for speaking for the Boylston Prizes. In other words, the way in which instruction is given at Harvard produces the same effect, regard being had to the Boylston Prizes, as a close corporation. To bring up the department of elocution to the proper standard we need more instructors. If these cannot be furnished by the College, all those students who really wish to study elocution should be instructed as much as possible, and not simply those who are already good speakers...
...elocution. It is hardly necessary to reiterate the necessity of a better system of instruction in this subject, so neglected here at Harvard. We must disagree with the writer, however, when he blames the instructors. Both those gentlemen are extremely painstaking and diligent in their efforts to raise the standard of elocution at Harvard. The trouble arises not from their lack of effort, but from the impossibility for two men to perform the work which is put upon them. As the writer says, those who do not engage their time very early in the term are even deprived...
...different class nines, and that the nine winning the greatest number of games be entitled to the championship. It is evident that a course like this not only will give the captain of the University Nine a larger choice, but will increase the interest in athletics, raise the standard of excellence in base ball, and strengthen class-feeling, already somewhat revived by the system of class crews...
...question has more than once been asked, Why is it that the English surpass us in athletic sports? Various reasons have been assigned, among the most important of which are, the greater facilities for training, the high standard of English physique, and a hereditary excellence. All of these are undoubtedly true causes, although we may safely affirm that our opportunities at Harvard now equal, if they do not surpass, those of any English University; but the most telling cause of all is the greater amount of pluck among their athletes...