Word: standardness
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...standard by which a man's knowledge may be gauged, as tea and coffee are measured out by the system of weights and measures; to classify two hundred men and say not only that this one knows more than another, but that he knows just so much more, is to claim that the human intellect is capable of making an infinitely fine distinction. It is no wonder therefore that those who arrange for us such matters as marks, degrees, etc., have called something to their aid which is perfectly definite. It is easy to say that this man has given...
...torchlight procession, in which some of the students will participate by invitation of the Cambridge Ward One battalion, will take place on Thursday next. The line will be formed, if possible, on Temple Street, in Boston, at 7 o'clock, the members of each class rallying around the standard which bears its number. Horse-cars will be in readiness at half past six to convey the students to the place of formation. Torches will be delivered by the authorities of Ward One after 4 o'clock on the day of the parade. All students wishing to secure a place...
...would not have you become one by putting in the plea of human frailty. What men are it is our duty to consider only as the starting-point to what men may be. To justify our acts by other men's is to set up an external standard which, in politics for instance, would induce corruption to grow stronger and in thirty years destroy this nation. We've had enough servility. No emancipation proclamation was ever more urgently needed than that which shall release the countless slaves of public opinion, and put a stop to such theatrical performances as that...
...apparently on moral pap. Their gentle nature shudders at the thought of the disgrace of being watched by proctors, and yet does not hesitate to allow this watchfulness to justify them in a deception and a lie. The poor creatures know no better, for they have no sovereign standard of conduct within themselves. But imagine the discomfort the tender souls will meet with in the world, where the existence of policemen and penitentiaries will be a constant imputation on their virtue; and they will become miserable if indeed they do not become, as when under proctors, liars. But you know...
...conclude with justice, that an innovation such as that proposed by the instructor in Fine Arts would not only have the effect of not increasing the use of help in examinations, but would also have an effect upon the relations of the students to the Faculty, and upon the standard of honor in College, the advantage of which could not be overestimated...