Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army taught thousands of G.I.s-to speak foreign languages-even "unspeakable" ones like Thai. Its secret weapon was a phonograph with made-to-order records. Old-style language teachers scoffed at the Army method, even after the Army method worked. It wasn't the records that brought results; they claimed; it was the intensive, purposeful way the G.I.s studied, and the small-size classes they studied in. But when the Army released the records for civilian use, educators were among those who scrambled to buy them...
Last week 225 colleges and 300 schools were experimenting with the Army's records in language classes. Cornell was already convinced, now uses the Army method exclusively to teach seven languages. In groups of ten, Cornell students listen to the records until they are blue in the face; they put in 120 such "contact-hours" a semester. Cornell figures that new-method undergrads cover twice as much linguistic ground as by old methods...
...Chief staple: poi, a fermented paste made from taro root. "And an unseductive mixture it is," wrote Mark Twain, who nevertheless was fascinated by the native method of eating it: "The forefinger is thrust into the mess and stirred quickly around ... the head is thrown back, the finger inserted in the mouth and the delicacy stripped off and swallowed-the eye closing gently, meanwhile, in a languid sort of ecstasy...
...Boys. The cornerstone of Bob Mize's method is to give delinquents a chance to mingle with normal society. St. Francis boys go to regular public school, and are encouraged to date local girls on Friday or Saturday nights. At the beginning, Ellsworth's citizenry was skeptical of such freewheeling, and they soon had apparent cause. Father Bob's first bad boys practically took the town apart...
Although the House counters and the Graduate Dining Hall will close down during the holidays, the Union will continue to serve three meals a day, payable either by coupon or at the regular weekly rate of $11.50. Students planning to use the latter method should sign up either at the Union or Lehman Hall...