Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...domestic situation in France to the realm of foreign affairs. Doumergue has seized upon the Austrian-German question as the one most likely to arcuse interest in France which would be sufficient to divert public opinion from the Stavisky scandal. For years this has been a time honored method in French politics; unfortunately, it has been generally unsuccessful; in 1830 it came too late to avert the collapse of the monarchy, and in 1840 it merely caused the fall of the government and came near to starting a general European war. I think that if M. Doumergue's artifice succeeds...
With compelling logic, Dean Hanford rejects the proposal to restrict tutorial instruction to men of Dean's List standing, pointing out that one of the chief values of the tutorial method is its capacity for stimulating a spark of intellectual curiosity in minds which the course system would never have aroused. The contrast in emphasis with President Conant's report is striking. The President would lavish money and attention on the few brilliant minds in each class. Dean Hanford declares: "There are always a number of able and ambitious students who will do work of honor quality without the need...
...Transcript has his own explanation for the inclusion of the last two plays in the list; he is of the opinion that the censor is haunted, that theatrical spooks are making a hell of his life and that loudly banning plays which almost everyone has forgotten about is his method of laying the ghost. Mr. Parker, I hardly need add, is not being humorous and is offering his solution of a very, puzzling problem in all seriousness; and Mr. Parker, I think, is right. Ghosts are the only explanation of censorship psychology...
...American high school method of decision debate from which Harvard Varsity teams have so far only attempted to break away, and which now more than threatens to be adopted by the numerous House teams, is a simple formalization of intellectual dishonesty. Long since discarded by English Universities, the practice of handing down decisions which are based exclusively upon forensic ability, and which at the same time imply the existence of an intrinsic Right or Wrong, not only provides intensive training in the exaggeration and suppression of facts and the distortion of logic, but also operates to destroy whatever capacity...
...examinations here. There is just a little knack to it, and if you know the knack you don't have to spend a couple of months flunking exams finding out for yourself the curves of the examinations. In the first place, it should be understood that the Harvard method of answering a question is one calculated to baffie the least exacting cross-examining lawyer. Rule 1 is never to answer a question Yes or No. On Harvard examinations they give you a question that can be answered simply by Yes or No, but to your surprise when you look...