Word: subjecting
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...Cobden Club of England offer a silver medal, under the auspices of the Harvard Finance Club, to any present undergraduate of Harvard College for the best essay on some economic subject...
...candidate may present an essay on an economic subject other than here mentioned, provided he send in such subject to the Secretary of the Finance Club for approval by the Committee of Award...
...played for each year, and if the title to it ceases at the beginning of a new season, there are no champions now. If the championship is a thing which belongs to an individual or a club until they are beaten, that is, if the title of champion is subject to the same rules as the cap or the belt which the Advocate speaks of, then Princeton would be champion were it not for one consideration. The belt, which the Advocate takes by way of illustration (unless there are express agreements and conditions concerning it) is held subject to challenge...
...Honorable Mention in English Composition is practically about ten per cent higher than in other studies. Perhaps it is considered that Honorable Mention in English Composition is not, on the 80 per cent basis, a sufficient title to a degree cum laude; if so, it, along with several other subjects, should be excluded from consideration in determining the grade of a degree. So far as Honorable Mention is concerned, the requirements should be uniform for all subjects, while the comparative value of it certainly depends entirely upon the subject in which it is given...
...Modern English, which shall make the attainment of Final Honors a possibility. Honors in Modern Languages are based mainly on French and German. But there are no motives to urge men to a careful study of English, except the excellence of the instruction given, or love for the subject. Is our literature, then, so deficient in value and interest? Is the ability to write - not Greek, but English - of so little importance? Students of Saxon and Old English meet with scant encouragement. Honorable Mention is a meagre reward for faithful work in seven English courses. It is but a vague...