Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Geography 1 were regularly open to Freshmen, individual abilities would appear before the end of the year. This proof is far superior to the present decisions based on amateur psycho-analysis of students by the instructors. It is the only fair method to demonstrate to students their actual adaptability to the requirements of the field. The result should raise the calibre of concentrators, which would be to the advantage of those really interested...
With the money now available, it is planned to award at least two of these fellowships a year. The method basing its remunerations on ability, character, and record without regard to financial need, carries the "sliding scale" feature and will take a man through the four year course on a maximum yearly award...
...although the critical function of these articles is felt to be important, inasmuch as it is the only method at the present time by which the University receives any popular indication of how effectively its teaching staff is operating, the prime purpose of the Guide is to give the bewildered Freshman an idea of what undergraduates think of the work to which they are devoting their "four long years". The Guide is an expression of undergraduate opinion which is gathered at oral hearings and by questionnaires among the Freshmen, and its mistakes result not from editorial bias, but from...
...reduction in the Treasury's gold price would be: 1) directly deflationary and 2) a quick method of halting the flow of foreign funds to the U. S. Since the intertwined problems of inflation and "hot money" are very much on the Administration's mind, last week's rumor about price-cutting in gold seemed by no means fantastic. Where it started no one could be sure. One story was that Russia sought a 60-day guarantee on the $35 price for future gold shipments, and having been refused for the good reason that the Treasury...
...impress him: like John Ruskin viewing the exterior of King's College Chapel ("an old sow lying on its back") the sight depressed him. reminded him of "an old comb lacking half its teeth." Manhattanites struck him as "uncomfortable, nervous, harassed, brutal, sullen, dehumanized." The U. S. method of solving social problems roused his scorn: "Folks get drunk on alcohol? Easy: abolish alcohol. . . . Dour dramas corrupted Sweet Sixteen? Easy: censor the drama. Crazy communists upset bedtime story mood of bourgeois gentlemen? Easy: jail 'em and let the Supreme Court of the U. S. outlaw their nonsense." The press...