Word: methodically
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first year class has been noticeable; for while in the first year class last year there were only three Yale graduates, this year there are eighteen. This large increase may be traced in part to the changes going on in the Columbia Law School, by which the method of instruction is becoming more like the one used here. Speaking of the Law School President Eliot said not long ago, that the excellency of the method is not only recognized, but the success of the Law School has given an impetus which has been felt through all the departments...
...subsidy method is unwise and unbusinesslike: Chandler's speech, Cong. Rec. 1891, p. 3550. - (a) Unsuccessful when tried before; Dockery's speech. - (b) Leads to scandal and corruption. - (c) England's example no criterion; Fithian's speech. (d) An unconstitutional measure; John Codman...
...Free ship" method is practical and immediate. - (a) Free ships would save us $140,000,000 yearly. - (b) Would stimulate our ship yards. - (c) The example of Norway and Germany a wise one to follow. - (d) The carrying trade employs fifty times more men than the shipbuilding industry; Kelley, p. 31. - (e) With "free ships" we should rival England on the sea; Atlantic Mon., vol. 47, p. 174. - (f) Free ships would stimulate American invention, in building and handling ships...
...perhaps worth mentioning, in connection with these meetings, that there has been a change this year in the method of governing the observances of the local associations. Generally the subjects for the different evenings are prescribed by the association for all its branches, so that the services of any one evening have the same general character all over the country. This year, however, the choice of subjects is left entirely to the discretion of the local boards. The annual collections for the support of the International Committee of the association are also omitted this year. In fact the spirit...
...made a brief address and was followed by Professor Fisher of Yale, who spoke of "College Education and the Opportunities and Obligations Resulting from it." President Gates of Amherst came next with "College Men as Leaders" for his theme. Then President Raymond of Wesleyan spoke of "The Philosophy of Method," and President Andrews of Brown University on "The Moral and Religious Value of Higher Education." President Eliot, as has been stated before, was unable to be present. A letter was read from the Rev. Frederick A. Farley, class of '18, (who, at the age of ninety-one years, is Harvard...