Word: method
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...counted worthy to rank among the great strides made of late toward a perfect system of college government. Just as in politics, the nearer the government is to the people governed, the more effective it becomes, so in the case before us. The great reason for this new method of regulating attendance, lies in the fact that each instructor is much better qualified to limit allowable absences than was formerly any central authority, however competent. Then, too, in case of an overstepping of this limit, he will best know how to enforce the proper amount of attendance by depriving...
...change which has been announced in the work of History 12 seems to be a decided improvement on the method in which the course has been heretofore conducted. The lectures have been reduced to one a week, the study of the period which the course covers thus becoming a matter for the student to undertake in his own individual capacity, yet aided by the advice of the instructor. Original research in historical work has become during the last few years an important factor in the Harvard curriculum, and although the method pursued in History 12 can hardly be dignified...
Foot-ball has changed. It cannot help changing from year to year from the very fact that competition is constantly urging it forward. One party in trying to surpass the other will find some new method, some weak point in its adversaries' tactics, which, properly made use of, will gain for it the desired end. It is precisely the same in any other matter where competition takes a part, whether we confine ourselves to athletics or not. And our game of foot-ball is not an exception. The time is so short for actual training; the matches...
...prevalent customs of Harvard living. But we confess our inability to see in how far such a criticism can effect the change desired by those whose opinions Mr. Garrison has so well represented. We acknowledge much truth in what the gentleman urges, but take exceptions to his sweeping method of dealing with the evils. Let us see. What do we have proposed? The abolition of the secret, societies "whose end is secrecy and exclusiveness," a decrease in the monetary support of all athletic teams as well as the secondary expenses incurred by a personal support; and finally the discontinuance...
...leaving Groton, one's attention is immediately attracted by the huge grand stand on the New London side of the river, which is built directly opposite the finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front...