Word: indexer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...batting and fielding average will be found, possibly, in the Index of next year...
...rumored that the Index will publish next year a literary supplement which will be delivered free of charge to all subscribers...
...before the Historical Society, of the "machinery" by which Mr. H. H. Bancroft carries on his investigation into the material for the history of the Pacific coast, suggests to me the application of some of the details of Mr. Bancroft's methods in the proposed plan for making and indexing newspaper cuttings according to topics. Mr. Bancroft, it is said, makes use of innumerable small paper bags, indexed by topics, and filed alphabetically, in which to store the vast mass of abstracts and quotations from books and manuscripts which he designs to use later in the preparation of his histories...
...their sections, and assign marks which are made to count a certain percentage of the year's total. Just now important an element of study note taking is, perhaps it is hard to say. Doubtless the instructor regards a good note-book in a certain degree as an index of good attendance, and good work. The value to the student is here seen in the mark that he gets. But marks cannot be regarded as anything like accurate measures of value. The mark the student gets is one thing, and the reactionary influence he gets from the mere fact...
...that well repay careful reading, and preservation. At present these articles are buried in the ponderous, rarely opened volumes in the basement of the library. By the plan under consideration, all that is valuable in American and foreign papers can be collected, placed in a compact form, and properly indexed. All must realize the value of Poole's Index. The plan of "M" would in the end prove a still more valuable aid to many students in their daily work. To those who are doing original work in historical courses, and taking prominent parts in debating societies, this system would...