Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regard to the inner administration of Harvard is that of the establishment of a system of examination boards-indeed the question of the entire reform of the present examination system. There is no doubt that with the development of the university system a change, which shall introduce some method of examination by examiners totally distinct from those actually engaged in the work of instruction, is bound to come about. The work of instruction and the work of examination should be separated by a line distinctly drawn; in themselves they have no connection. This matter indeed is directly connected with...
...words of explanation may not be unacceptable. It is the intention of the class secretaries in requesting every member of the class to write a short autobiographical sketch to obtain items of interest in the pre-collegiate and college life of each member, not easily ascertained by any other method. When the class lives are all handed in, they will be bound and kept in some accessible place, open to the inspection of the class only. The importance of these records may now seem but trifling, yet in after years, when many of those little items which give our college...
...reduced to a "Hobson's choice." The subjects to be "read" upon are so varied, so alluring, so rich, that only the man of fixed purpose, or of one idea, can pass through a couple of years without wasting some valuable time outside of his specialty. The method of instruction is by lectures in every case where it is possible. There are certain courses which each candidate for a degree must hear before presenting himself for examination. A record of these is kept in a book given to each student for this purpose, in which he enters the subjects...
...athletic organizations would be the better way of accomplishing the desired end. They are selected for their knowledge of athletics, and are best fitted to discuss the subject, indeed, they would be the men who would chiefly carry on the discussion, if it were open. The latter method, a general discussion, would have some advantages, but it is open to the objection that it would take much longer to accomplish the same result, and would be much more apt to wander away from the main argument. But unless the students wish themselves placed in the same position as before, only...
...gymnastic exercises. "We need in America," said the doctor, "a happy combination of all the systems of athletic development as practiced in these countries-the German for strength, the English and Scotch for sport, and the French for grace. The Western States adopt for the most part the German method, the Eastern and Middle States hail with delight the English athletic games and sports, while in New England the French calisthenics are popular. Each system is good in its way, but in order to make perfect bodies and clear heads the three should be combined. There are probably no sports...