Word: method
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only serious argument that is ever brought forward in favor of the seminar system is that it provides an easy method for men to earn money for their college expenses. This is doubtless true, and whatever measures are adopted to overthrow the system will probably not be such as to make it absolutely impossible to give seminars and to earn money in this way. No rule can be passed forbidding them, for rules would not affect outside tutors and there would be an obvious injustice to a college man who happened to want to give seminars. The Faculty can take...
...spiritual, the real and the ideal. He took facts and in his attempts to make them appear picturesque and poetic he exaggerated grossly. It was this that offended the taste of M. Taine. He, in his characteristic love for accuracy and truth, could not but depreciate such a method...
Then the Italians were lovers of beauty. Here they stand in strong contrast to other races of artists, the French for example, who have been said to be "beauty blind,"- that is, they prefer making a picture great by their method of expression, to painting only a reproduction of a scene beautiful in itself...
Some changes have been made this year in the method of computing the total strength of men who take Dr. Sargent's test. The tests of both forearms are now added instead of taking the average, as has up to this time been the custom. This necessitates the changing of the records of all strong men whose names have appeared in the Index. The names of such graduates as have a record of 900 or over are published below. There are about 75 other graduates whose records are better than the lowest test published in this year's Index...
This is an intercollegiate affair and is very important. It is practically the only method of determining the comparative developement in a scholarly way in the two Universities. Of course this is but one branch of scholarly work, but as it is the only means of comparison it is of considerable moment. Every man who ever has spoken or thinks he can speak should feel it his duty to come out. Harvard won twice last year, and ought to win again. As the debaters of last year will none of them compete, there will be three entirely new men chosen...