Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that will suit him; because he knows few upper classmen from whom to get information about the different courses. Take, for example, the following from the Elective Pamphlet:* "NATURAL HISTORY 4. Geology. Three times a week. Professor SHALER. Course 4 can be taken twice a week, omitting the field work, if notice to that effect is given in advance." By the use of the dictionary, one gets a definition of geology; but that does not give a very clear idea of what the course is about. The next thing that needs further explanation is, Who conducts the course? It says...
...which will be explained the formation of the beds of rock on the earth's surface; formation of glaciers and the theories of their movement; volcanoes, their source and causes," &c., &c., in detail. "The third hour of the course will be devoted, while the mild weather lasts, to work in the various quarries near Cambridge. This work will consist of collecting specimens, drawing maps, &c. During the cold weather, the work will be in drawing models of various sections of the country. The examination on the field work will be held separately from the examination on the two-hour...
...There will be an hour examination on the lectures in November. There will be no midyear examination in field work, but a one-hour examination in December. In the year 1879-80, - men took the three-hour course; - of them dropped the field work, and - were conditioned. - took the two-hour course...
Every one recognizes that the most pleasing feature of our athletic sports is that they are the work of amateurs, and it may be predicted that wherever the professional element creeps in, their enthusiasm and interest will die out. A professional almost invariably becomes the tool of pool-makers and rowdies, and even under the most favorable circumstances he has great difficulty in keeping his integrity above suspicion. The amateur, on the other hand, is free from these annoyances; he is supposed to enter into athletics from a gentlemanly desire to excel in them, and he commands the interest...
NOTWITHSTANDING reports to the contrary, the second Freshman eight are still hard at work in the Gymnasium...