Word: learning
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which mechanical drawing forms the principal part of the work. Instead of marking the drawings by some common standard intelligible to the students, the instructors in these courses indicate their gradings by a series of cabalistic symbols, whose significance is known only to the instructors themselves. The students may learn their marks in February and June, but at other times not without considerable difficulty...
...this be true, no method of ascertaining truth, and therefore no department of human thought, ought to be wholly a sealed book to an educated man. It has been truly said that few men are capable of learning a new subject after the period of youth has passed, and hence the graduate ought to be so equipped that he can grasp effectively any problem with which his duties or his interest may impel him to deal. An undergraduate, addicted mainly to the classics recently spoke to his adviser in an apologetic tone of having elected a course in natural science...
...gratifying to learn that the Co-operative is the largest and most successful store of its kind in this country. The superintendent frequently receives inquiries from other colleges as to the society's management and methods and it is recognized everywhere as a model to be copied...
Spring practice is valuable not only because the candidates learn a great deal of football, but also because they get in touch will the coaching system. The coaches, also, learn to know the men and can estimate the worth of the available material. In the fall the coaches cannot devote their time to individual coaching; they must work to perfect a machine. In the spring, however, there are a great many coaches who spend their time watching the different candidates...
...been doing what they could to improve the management of Memorial and Randall, but they have found that the difficulties of the present situation can only be cured by an increased membership list. To secure information as to where the members of the University get their meals, and to learn the common objections against the two halls, postal cards have been sent out with questions relating to these subjects. We trust that everyone will answer these questions carefully and fully, and return them to the Committee at once. It is only by ascertaining the wishes of the students and complying...