Word: methods
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...moved to join purely for the actual usefulness and convenience which they get out of it, and these have been so evident and so generally felt that it is thought that nearly all the members of the university will become members by the end of this month. The different method of carrying on the Houston Club financially, may suggest an objection to the analogy drawn between that and the plans as roughly outlined for the Harvard club. But this much at least seems to be shown by the experience of the Houston Club, that if, whether by one scheme...
There seems to be just ground of complaint concerning the poor ventilation of the new reading-room in the Library. Apparently the only way of ventilating the room at present is by opening the windows, a method which is not only inadequate, but on account of the draughts which it creates is dangerous to the health of the readers. If this trouble is one which it is possible to abate by putting in any ventilating device, in the roof or elsewhere, the necessary labor will cause less annoyance in the end if it is done now, while other work...
Until modern times, physical force and intimidation was the only known method of restraining those who prove unable to restrain themselves. Now, however, the purpose of punishmen is more justly to inculcate self-control, the rule of moral force. With this object inview, of calming stubbornness, and appealing to prisoners through hope rather than fear, the Elmira reformatory system has been introduced and bids fair to become a success, so far as may be expected of any remedy for the disease of crime. At Elmira every effort is made to find the weak points of each prisoner and to strengthen...
...most prominent figures in the history of Christianity. They lived in the same century, but St. Ambrose being somewhat the older, was the first to gain prominence. After his election to the bishopric of Milan he made an exhaustive study of theology, and from his teachings dates that allegorical method of treating the Bible which is the base of the Catholic Church...
...Racquest and Tennis Club of New York, held an invitation fencing meeting in which the following teams took part: The Twelfth Regiment, the Racquet Club, New York Athletic Club, the Fencers Club and the Harvard Fencing Club. There were no prizes, but a novel method of judging was tried namely, that of having for judges all those in the front row of the spectators and those not at the time fencing...