Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...London paper gives the following curious statement concerning the method of examination employed in the "Flowery Kingdom": It is a curious fact that of all Chinese cities, Canton, though it is within eight hours of Hong Kong, and has, of all the places in the empire, the longest known Europeans, has undergone less change than any other great centre of population in China. It remains precisely as it was hundreds of years ago, and when once the wall is passed the traveler might for all he can see, be at least a thousand miles from any Western influence. And there...
...health and vigor. When the body is feeble and sickly, the mind is either checked and hampered in its impulses, or, attempting to ride them boldly forward, breaks down altogether. The habit of being beforehand with whatever a man undertakes is an important element of success. The only sure method of securing intellectual thrift and comfort of doing what one does without distraction. and so of doing it in the most healthy condition of one's faculties, is to establish the habit of anticipation in work. Have some fresh intellectual acquisition always in hand. Some students, after getting fairly settled...
...subject of interest to many, students and instructors alike, is the need of a much larger number of duplicate copies of certain reference books in the library. Several new methods of study have been introduced during the past few years, and among them is the use of reference books for parallel reading. Especially has this become the practice in many of the history courses, which are among the largest and most popular in the elective schedule. One of two alternatives for carrying out this reading must be taken by a candidate in such courses. Either he must buy or borrow...
...trouble saved. For our library, there might be an account of how to find files of papers, where certain large reference books and maps are kept, the bound volumes of the college papers, the alcoves assigned to the various instructors, how to use the card catalogues most quickly, the method of taking out reserved books, all the various regulations of the library, including the privileges allowed students pursuing special courses, how to get access to the stack when permission is granted...
...gain an idea of what his section is doing. But, asks our correspondent further, is there no other way of doing this ? This is a hard question to answer. We think that most instructors can gain a very fair idea of the work of their sections by some other method than the hour examination, but we are ready to admit that there may be isolated cases where this is really the only practicable way of obtaining such information. But even if the latter is the case, we doubt if they are advisable, for we thoroughly agree with our correspondent when...