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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...universally conceded that a course to be successful must inspire men with a live interest in the subject it treats,-an interest sufficient to lead them to attend regularly and to devote to it at least a fair amount of work. The old method of conducting half courses, by which two lours of recitations per week were held throughout the entire year, was certainly a failure when viewed in this light. And in truth this was only a natural result. Aside from the lack of interest which was due to the intervale between the recitations, every man felt that such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/8/1884 | See Source »

...students of the college are instructed in a very extended and liberal course by a large faculty. The system followed is that of "election by terms." By this method the average student is less likely to become a mere literary grazer than he would be were he, at the commencement of his sophomore year, without any clear idea either of what he ought, or of what he would desire, to study, brought face to face with a broad and unrestricted course extending over three years, and told to pick and choose. The accommodations, however, for those desiring to pursue special...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY. | 2/7/1884 | See Source »

...Chicago Medical College has again got into trouble, owing to its somewhat peculiar method of obtaining "subjects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/5/1884 | See Source »

...Nominally there is a university Senate and a Rector at its head. In reality the universities are under the direct control of the Czar. It is he who rules us. It is upon his words that our privileges depend. With his whims change the whole system and method of instruction. Not only this, but he places a military officer whom he calls Curator, in general charge over us, and through him directs the minutest details with an iron hand. The instructors' chairs are not indeed bought and sold or given to absolutely ignorant members of the military as they were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A RUSSIAN STUDENT. | 2/4/1884 | See Source »

...written a book on "Education and Educators" which ought to attract attention in the United States. Among other points, he discusses the hereditary effects of education, its relation to the state, its connection with religion, and the different kinds of educators. The book is written after the scientific method, and its positions on all points are supported by ample citations from leading authors. The author designs to put forth two more books, one on anthropology and the other on pedagogy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTE AND COMMENT. | 2/2/1884 | See Source »

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