Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possible to pick out a four from the class crews immediately after the class races. This would leave nearly two months before the regatta at Saratoga, which ought to be ample time to get a crew together, as the men will already be in condition. This is practically the method adopted at Oxford and Cambridge. There is no reason why Harvard should not be willing to be represented by a crew chosen in this way. Such a crew would be thoroughly representative of this style of rowing, and would (for the distance) very likely be faster than a four picked...
...been their policy during the last few years to keep everything about the 'varsity crew secret, and to allow no one to approach them white on the water. They never pull against another crew till they meet us for the final tug on the Thames. The only method which they have of ascertaining what speed their crew can get on is that of time rows, and the record of these is below par. Bent on an opposite policy, our crew has always been glad to meet other shells on the river. Many brushes take place with the class crews...
...from England by Bob Cook, which won Yale the race at Longmeadow in 1873, has been revived under his careful supervision. Mr. Cook is amply satisfied with the material at hand and expects them to win the race next June when they shall have become fully practised in his method of rowing. Much interest and enthusiasm is shown by the men. Several of them during the Christmas recess visited Philadelphia, the home of Captain Cook, trying hard, under his personal instruction, to forget the disastrous stroke used last year. Part of the plan to overcome the old fault has been...
...June admission examinations are now conducted simultaneously at Andover, Exeter, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco, and they answer a good purpose and cost but little. This method of carrying the examination papers to the candidates, instead of obliging all candidates to travel to Cambridge, only dates from 1876; it has been gradually extended, and bids fair to become the normal method for large academies and for cities which possess schools capable of preparing boys for this university...
...plea that the colleges should not increase the "noble army of smatterers" he goes on to discuss the question of college government in the following terms: "The plan of the college is of great importance; but of still greater importance, practically, is the question of its theory and methods in its relations with students, their discipline in conduct and study. There are two opposing systems. The one considers the student still a boy, hedges him about with close paternal government, stimulates him with merit-marks for successful study, and punishes him with demerits for ill-conduct; ranks him by examinations...