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...that what makes the society fill its place so well is not the purely religious part of its work. There would hardly be found within the Yard fifty persons willing to devote one evening a week to praying and hymn-singing alone. For, thanks to the foresight of our wise overseers, every student has the privilege of listening to songs, praise, and prayer every morning before breakfast. We must, then, look for its distinctive character in another direction, and, indeed, we find it in the fact that the Society of Christian Brethren is one of the few societies that have...
...sends unto thee greeting: Thou mayest well be surprised at the many strange customs of the Americans. Hearken, O magnet of my existence, to the habits I have observed among the learned youth of this great country; for you must know that in this country the youth are very wise, while the old men are they who seek to gain knowledge. I was much pleased and astonished last week when I attended what they call a recitation. The young men, having investigated some branch of learning, enter the room prepared and eager to impart their knowledge to the professor. They...
...That come as warnings even to the wise...
...quarters of an inch, than the record of Conover, of Columbia, made at the last American Intercollegiate Sports, held May 9, 1879. On March 4, Mr. M. Shearman, St. Johns, ran 120 yards in 11 3-5 seconds, and on March 8, in the Oxford Sports, Mr. B. R. Wise, Queen's, ran a mile in 4 min 27 2-5 sees., or about 10 seconds better than the best American amateur record. There is no reason whatsoever for the English records to surpass ours thus, except that the Englishmen think of competing in time to allow themselves due preparation...
...another examiner, boasted of the puzzling questions he had been ingenious enough to ask, whereupon the other replied, to my great satisfaction, "You should try and find out how much, not how little, the students know." I should have no fear of questions being unreasonable put by a wise, common-sense professor like this, whereas some learned men expect a student to reach in a few months the level of their own mature knowledge. - D. Hack Tuke, F. R. C. P., before the British...