Word: formely
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have brick masons slashing with their trowels to form a tunnel kiln, in which our raw bricks will endure a heat of approximately 2700° F., and will be fired in 72 hours instead of from six to ten weeks...
Like many Etonians, he is impervious to criticism. He is aloof, independent, sometimes satirical, often sarcastic, but more often kindly. His verse shows all these qualities; indeed, his poems form the epitome of his character. He has never been known to write a poem to order; the nearest approach he made to doing so was after the War, when the Armistice seemed to call for an heroic ode. which he penned and called Brittannia Victrix, and which is hardly characteristic of his works...
...chivalry is not bounded by the ivy quadrangles of old England or the wide campuses of America. This was something that long needed saying, if only to give the lie to the "Constant Reader" whose form letter appears about twice a week in the local press, retelling the pathetic tale of the old lady with the black shawl who had to stand up in the subway all the way to Harvard Square...
Since both lectures and the tutorial system are to form the bases of Harvard's educational plan, the question arises as to the proportionate contribution of each. It has been made clear that the tutorial work will never completely swallow that accomplished by lectures; then, what establishes the line of demarcation? Is the lecture side to dominate and the tutorial to assist, or, will the opposite hold true? Or is it possible to have an equal division of labor...
Professor Eaton describes the tutorial and lecture systems as mutually interdependent, and would deplore the weakening of either. The pure lecture program gives the student only one form of expression for his ideas,--the written paper. The tutor cannot cover all the detail incidental to a full college course. The ideal solution is a combination of the two in which both written and verbal discussion of his field are available to the student...