Word: method
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...increased powers of the Speaker are a corrective of these evils.- (a) Power of appointing committees.- (1) Speaker as party chief.- (2) Gives policy and method to Congressional action.- (b) Recognition.- (1) Party majority can present its programme.- (c) So-called veto power.- (1) Prevents loss of time on measures obnoxious to the majority.- (d) The Speaker's power as chairman of the Committee on Rules.- (1) Prevents clashing of committees.- (2) Enables measures to be considered in the order of their importance.- (3) Fixes responsibility for legislation...
...result of the "University Club" canvass gives a basis for only a very rough estimate of the demand felt by the resident members of the University for the proposed club. Those who have had the canvass in charge have realized the inaccuracy of the "blue-book" method of getting opinions, as there are always sure to be a certain number of men who sign their names thought lessly, to say nothing of the few who mutilate the books by writing fictitious names. Two things, however, have been made clear in conducting the present canvass: First, that no men were urged...
Professor Schwab has introduced a new system to Yale in excusing from the examinations in Economic Policy all who have a sufficiently high stand. The use of the method may be extended...
...object of the course is three-fold. First to teach the science of reading at sight, second to cultivate the voice, and third to bring out the aesthetic qualities,- to sing with expression and feeling. Herr Frese does not adhere to any particular method, but through extensive study is able to present the best ideas of all the different schools...
...Foot." It contains a vast amount of practical common sense compressed into a comparatively brief space, and the advice it gives, in the clearest and most coherent manner, is invaluable. The explanation of the structure of the foot, with accompanying cuts, must convince any unprejudiced person that the present method of making shoes is, in a great majority of cases, foolish, injurious and destructive of natural beauty. Shoes made on a scientific basis after Dr. Appleton's method have received the endorsement of our best people in literary, professional and social circles. Every one should obtain a copy...