Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...advice has been more worthless than the salt on an animalcule's eyeball, in the evanescent futurity of molecular action, I have by means of cosmic interpolation evoluted the followed restrictions, which have been gratuitously inscribed for me by my majestic biographer, from the homogenous particles of the solar system...
...rules of the bowling-alleys are very unsatisfactory. Already men are taking advantage of the ticket system, and it is to be hoped that the rules of the old Gymnasium will be adopted...
...apply, it is a well-known fact that there are a number of holders of scholarships who could live comfortably without them, while others, who have to stint themselves in regard to food and clothes, are refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another because his rank happens to be lower, seems to us exceedingly illogical. It is the cause of real mischief to thorough scholarship...
...same as that of the man who picks pockets for a livelihood. According to the steward, these free boarders have become so numerous as to make a difference of five or ten per cent in the price paid by the regular boarders. Unless this practice is frowned down, a system of checks or tickets will have to be introduced; and, at any rate, the Association needs some protection at the beginning of the academic year...
...College Fund. It seems to us, however, that a man who has held a scholarship is not likely to be so well off, the moment he leaves college, that he should be asked to pay back part of what he has received. He should certainly feel, under the present system, that he is bound to pay off the obligation, some time or other, if he is ever in prosperous circumstances; but it is too much to ask him to begin to do so at once. Let every one who is able contribute to the Class Fund, and everybody who wants...