Word: methods
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speaker is bad; (a) Likely to cause irremedial mistakes. (b) The committees are so numerous that many must be composed of men of small calibre. C It is arbitrary powers deprive members of freedom of debate, provided in constitution. (Amend. I). (1) The speaker has absolute control over all methods of bringing a measure before the House. (a) A member's recognition, depending on will of speaker is prerequisite. (Atlantic Monthly, LXIV, 71.) (b) He can refuse to let his eye be caught by a member likely to be hostile. (c) He can refuse to recognize a man personally obnoxious...
...situation of Enneacrunus, the famous fountain of Athens which Thucydides tells us, in the fifteenth chapter of the second book of his History, was beautified and adorned by the tyrant Pisistratus. His interpretation of this famous passage will give members of the University a capital opportunity to observe his method...
Professor Dorpfeld's interpretation of this celebrated passage will have an intrinsic interest, as the statement by a learned man of the grounds of his opinion on an important question; but many who hear him will feel even a greater interest in observing his method, which has become famous. I venture, therefore, to call the attention of students, especially of those students who are engaged in investigation in any department of the University, to the appointment which Professor Dorpfeld has kindly consented to make...
...secretary but to let the chairman attend to all correspondence. The chair was instructed to write and urge Princeton to send her choice of subject as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made to hold trial debates at an early date. The committee will adopt the method of holding trial debates which has been used so successfully by the Freshman Debating Club for the last two years, that is to have ten men selected at the first trial debate and the final speakers to be selected from these ten speaking at a second trial debate. The first trial...
...classes the book will be of great value, as it states concisely the principal arguments, pro and con, on a large number of the important topics of the day; that it presents working bibliographies on these topics; and that it gives examples of logical statement, and suggests a systematic method for the treatment of other topics...