Word: experimental
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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It has been said of the study of economics, in contrast to the physical sciences, that like philosophy it deals with theory, more or less pedantic, which cannot be put to practical use by the student during the period consumed in its study. The research work of late years exposes...
The verse is less distinguished; some of it, in fact, is bad. The most finished poem of the seven is Mr. Mitchell's sonnet; the most effective. Mr. Dos Passos' "Incarnation," an experiment in a form which allows itself something of the flexibility of "vers libre" yet retains rhyme and...
Among the most recent developments have been the establishment of a laboratory for the courses in Statistics and Accounting and an experiment now being tried with the thesis work in Economics 2. Dissatisfied with the results secured in ordinary thesis work, the Department this year employed an additional assistant in...
Rifle practice and Sunday marches, recent additions to the regimental schedule, fill in gaps in the Harvard organization which several publications have overlooked in their favorable comment. The Sunday marches will perform a valuable function if sufficient numbers take part. But the success of the experiment depends directly upon the...
Dr. W. B. Cannon '96, who spoke second, showed the strides lately taken by the medical profession. "Experiments and tests are the direct factors of medical progress," said Dr. Cannon. He then explained how medical experiment brought about the results previously explained by Dr. Shattuck. "There are yet many obscurities...