Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...advising that a single officer be appointed to interview every applicant and that the experience of tutors be carefully heeded, the report points the way to an efficient method of determining students' personal qualities. Furthermore by grouping the awards into classes and not announcing the small "aids", the University will be able to consider extracurricular activities and general all-round ability, unhampered by public criticism and interference. Thus a few deserving Group IV men should no longer be sacrificed for Group III "grinds...
...like a rhinoceros, a monstrous swan wattled like a rooster. "Nature is an inexhaustible mystery," reflected Vu, explaining that the pictures had been obtained in "The Wild Forests of Brazil." Elsewhere in the issue were text and pictures showing how "the famous German Professor Julius Lirpa" had perfected a method for extracting gold from the scales of fish...
...Dove points out that, 19 centuries ago, Pliny described almost the same method of creating artificial unicorns. The Maine biologist concludes that the bright myth of the unicorn may not have arisen solely from man's unaided imagination but from artful transplantation by ancient shepherds, who created single-horned animals to serve as dominant and easily distinguished leaders of their herds...
...principal change in the method of assignment this year was the result of information about second choices of applicants which House representatives obtained in their conferences with students. If a Master was unable to admit the applicant, he referred the student's application to the Master of the House of second choice. Only those applications which were not accepted by either the House of first or second choice were sent to the Central Committee. The Central Committee compared the records of the men not placed with the records of the men in the various price categories accepted by the House...
...effort to induce cooperation in the soil conservation indirect method of crop control fails of substantial support it would seem even possible that a farmer demand for a constitutional amendment approach to the problem might take shape at Philadelphia. It is certainly hardly to be expected at the Republican circus in Cleveland. To this extent then the influence of this rugged, partly grey haired ex-farmer will be felt through out the country...