Word: explained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first two engineers, who served from 1904 to 1907, paved the way for Col. Goethals. The laying out of the Panama Railroad by J. F. Stevens was in itself a notable piece of work. Remarkable pictures were shown which brought out the whole situation, and went far to explain the many technical details. The huge locks, the great dant, the artificial lake, Culebra cut, were portrayed and explained...
...University has issued a booklet, explaining the prices and plans of the Freshman Dormitories, which is by now in the hands of many prospective members of the class of 1918. There will be many points, however, which the Sub-Freshmen will not understand and which they will want to know about. Naturally they will turn for information to their friends who are already students in the University. Men who are going home for the spring vacation may expect to be besieged by questions from prospective students who will want to know all about the new dormitories. It is the clear...
...Horn, General Staff of the U. S. Army, will speak informally on the subject in the Trophy Room of the Union this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Captain Van Horn is managing the organization of the camps, and will be ready to answer all questions and to explain any phase of the topic. President Lowell is especially anxious that the plan be well supported by Harvard men, and it is hoped that a large number will attend today's discussion...
When Dr. Edwards found it necessary to return and explain the enterprise here, Dr. Henry S. Houghton, of Johns Hopkins, was made dean in his place. Harvard is represented by four men, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Oregon, California, Dublin, and Copenhagen, one each. As many more institutions of learning, here and abroad, are represented on the local advisory board, which is composed of Americans, Europeans, and Chinese. The purposes of the institution are: (1) To teach modern medicine and surgery to Chinese students; (2) to co-operate with the Chinese Government in inaugurating a greatly needed hygienic reform; (3) to study...
...fraternal method of instruction. In the paternalistic method of education, the teacher does not impart the end of his instruction to the pupil. He assumes that he knows what is best for the child, and aims his instruction toward these ends, but their nature he does not explain to the child. The fraternalistic method of instruction where the reasons for education are imparted to the educated should replace the paternalistic method as soon as the child can realize the value of instruction. It is only by this latter method that the ideal of teaching can be reached, when teacher...