Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This whole idea is a new one and to a certain extent a possible one, but that it could ever become firmly fixed enough to radically change the method of housing students where large bodies of them are gathered together, hardly seems probable. And we fear that for a good many years to come, students will be forced to live in dormitories and boarding houses, and undergo the trials and tribulations of their forefathers...
...Thus, little by little the necessary arrangements attendant on the class races are becoming perfected. A year or two ago the shells were started for the first time from boats moored in the stream. This made a correct alignment more sure and easier to accomplish than by the older method. Now, this year will see the referee steaming rapidly about in the nimble "'87," and consequently placed in a position to start the crews without resorting to the confusing steam whistle...
...proposed to form a co-operative society at the University of Michigan, on a similar method...
Student duels are rather mild performances in most instances. The German method of fencing has very little of the grace and science of the French style, requiring only great strength and flexibility of the wrist. The sword used, spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held...
...different subjects. But the instructors are hard to get at, and the result is that many men choose their courses at random, or on the warped advice of personal friends. This year, Professor Laughlin, recognizing this long felt want, has hit upon a new and still better method of spreading abroad the required information. His plan saves trouble, both to the instructors in the department and to all students. He has determined to lecture on the subject. His plan is to show what will be done in the political economy courses during the academically year, 1884-85. He will also...