Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that midyear examinations are over it seems time to bring forward a criticism which has been made before of the method of examining students on their reading period work. At present this is done by means of a question on the midyear to which the student is supposed to devote an hour, or in some cases a half an hour, of his time...
Publicity of this kind has had an unfortunate effect; it has obscured the fact that this is no ordinary political wrangle, fought for political ends. Mr. Gill is struggling to preserve the "Norfolk System," a method of reforming criminals which Cameron Forbes has characterized as "the one creditable page in the history of prison administration in Massachusetts." He has no political goal; he does not wish to build up political prestige or to influence voters. His only desire is to be left undisturbed to continue his constructive work. The objectives of Mr. Hurley, on the other hand, will bear careful...
...should be pursued in a different way, with a different mental armament. Mr. Chase sees only the differences and misses the common element, that research is a necessary element in the creation of a scholar and teacher, either in chemistry or classics, though very different in procedure and method in the two cases...
...procedure is not orthodox--that is, it has never been done quite the same way before-but that does not mean it is not sound. As a matter of fact, the President's method of temporary devaluation puts long term investors on their guard and keeps the money situation on a short term basis until everybody can see a little more clearly what's ahead...
...There will always remain, however, a place for books upon great authors and upon movements of profound importance. But such books are the fruit of a lifetime of patient and understanding contemplation, during which the scholar has become of the very flesh and blood of his subject. The scientific method of minute research has only a subordinate place here, and calls for no great ability. Yet the arts have been striving for years to imitate the sciences and have filled Widener with their petty lucubrations upon dead themes. This is the second fallacy, to expect of the arts a type...