Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- In the last issue of the Harvard Monthly an article appeared, addressed to the young men of Harvard and advocating the "scientific method" in philosophy...
...also a composite of the Harvard faculty. Portraits of the senior classes in the different colleges for women are also given, so we have before us the typical college senior of both sexes. "Composite photographs of college classes should furnish more important evidence as to the value of this method of typical representation than any which could be derived from composites of less closely related groups. Will all the senior classes of the same college yield the same composite face? By comparing the photograps any one can see at a glance that this is not the case. There...
...from this is "Acheron," a pretty simile in graceful, poetic language. The writer of "Ce Qu 'On Dit Et La Verite" shows considerable imagination and writes in a lively, entertaining style, which would be none the worse for a little more polish and elegance. The dated-letter or journal-method of telling a story is a device which is beginning to pall on readers of modern fiction. It is too frequently a convenient loop-hole for writers who have not the talent, or else wish to avoid the trouble of describing the closer detail of the surroundings of the actions...
...four stories with a tower in the centre in which a clock is to be placed. The work is under the personal supervision of the founder, who devotes his entire time and attention to the welfare of the college. It is his intention to found this college after the method of the old European universities, although it will be modeled on the plan of no particular one. There will be a board of corporators, consisting of nine persons, who will have control of the funds, choice of instructors, etc. They will assist the founder in carrying out the plans already...
...Resolved, that we, the members of the senior class, respectfully urge the faculty to abolish the present system of the allotment of college rooms, and that we recommend the institution of a method giving preference to seniority of college standing...