Word: methods
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Thus writes a correspondent to one of our papers. It is gratifying to know that an investigation is being made into the method of instruction and the requirements made upon a student, but much more good would be done were the investigating committee to inquire into the manner of studying and the regularity with which such studies are pursued. From all sides one hears complaints from the students as to the large amount of work required by instructors: lessen the work as much as possible, and still the student complains that it is too much, and cases occur where...
...very well known that there are different methods of pronouncing Latin employed in the university by both instructors and students. In the case of the latter it is readily explained by the fact that the men come from various preparatory schools; but for instructors the authorities ought to establish a uniform manner of pronouncing the Latin, and insist upon strict conformance thereto. Either of the two methods commonly used among scholars should be decided upon, and this method should be taught to students as far as practicable. Much confusion and annoyance are caused to men taking notes...
...Eliot, which we commend to the attention of all college men. The writer compares the Yale system to the great schools of England, Eton and Rugby, and finds the Harvard theory to be an approximation to the type of the European university. Commenting upon the disadvantages of the method of strict regulations and supervision imposed upon students at Yale, he says: "No efficient seat of learning can, with any endowment which any American college now possesses or hopes to possess, undertake anything approaching to parental care of the students. . . . The result [of ceasing to attempt this] will be greater care...
Prof. Lovering lectured yesterday for the last time before the mid-year, on "Acoustics." The subject was "Optical Method of Studying Sound." His next lecture will be Thursday...
...evil, too, is doubly enhanced when, we are told by our informant in '85, that the method employed by the instructor who has them once a week, is wholly at variance with that of the other two, whose course is regarded as far more practical...