Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrows of the aggrieved student, the marking system, (pardon me for mentioning it!) that contradictory, illogical, unjust method of classifying men, seems likely to assume an importance more than local; for it is in full operation even in our lower schools, where its effects are noticeably injurious. Work at high pressure, nervous energy and its result, nervous exhaustion, are evils put by our modern Solomons on the shoulders of young people. That cases of nervous disease occur even among young children, as a direct effect of our present school system, is known to every physician. People wonder at the increase...
...admit the advantages of the system. It is easier to throw the dice for per cents than to estimate the true value of a year's work. It saves trouble to read through a book and affix to it a cabalistic sign. On the other hand, it requires care and judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank...
...Herald, last Sunday, gave a very good account of Professor Benjamin Pierce, and his work as the first of American Mathematicians...
...second subject for Jun. B., Theme VI., should have been "The Year's Work," not "The Grand Work," as it was printed in the last Crimson...
...subjects for Sophomore Theme VI. are as follows: 1. Shakspere's Plays on the Stage 2. The Right of Assassination. 3. Favorite Living Poet. The subjects for Junior B. are: ??? Dr. Johnson's Preface to Shakspere. 2. The Grand Work...