Word: methods
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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This has been the method of preparation for these examinations, and when it is necessary to write so much in so short a time, and to exercise so great discrimination as to what shall be taken out of extra pages, it seems to me the only method of accomplishing in any measure what is required. These examinations demand cramming, and little else, and as such, they are grossly inconsistent with the avowed opinions of all instructors on this matter. The plan does not differ much from giving out the questions of an ordinary examination a day or two previous...
...this aversion has also other causes. It does not proceed alone from the method of instruction, but from the very nature of the subjects taught. We are forced to study wholly useless subjects, several centuries old, which custom retains in the University courses without other reason that that of their antiquity. Of what value are Latin verses? Of what utility Greek themes? Above all, of what earthly use are Latin orations? And why even orations, and always orations? Have n't we already enough fine speakers? Have not we Frenchmen already too strong an inclination to give ourselves...
...favorite plan with the Seniors is that which allows the men to secure rooms by classes, the Seniors having first choice, the Juniors next, and so on; this plan shares, with one or two others, the support of the Juniors; and the Sophomores favor, to a man, any method that gives them a choice before the Freshmen. The Freshmen are rabid communists in the matter, firmly believing that it is the height of injustice to permit any one to secure a room before they themselves are served. Although there is no doubt that, if all the complaints and suggestions...
...have for a long time been defrauded of our money by the exorbitant prices which have been set by those who supply us with the necessaries of life. Now at last we have them on the hip; and, although the number of those who gain by this new method of retribution is quite small, nevertheless, as they are a credit to the College by reason of their shrewdness, we who have suffered do not grudge them the rewards of their labors...
Several men having spoken in favor of paying the debt by making an assessment of a certain sum on each man in the class, and as this method seemed preferable to the usual one of trusting to the liberality of a small number, it was voted that each man should be asked to pay two dollars, this amount being considered sufficient to meet the indebtedness...