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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...problem method" of instruction, supplemented by reading, lectures, and tours of inspection to important factories and offices, will be continued next year. Advisory committees are now being formed of prominent business men, who will direct this work of practical investigation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Announcement of Business School | 5/24/1909 | See Source »

...lodged under one roof, with a suitable common room for a general meeting place, the members would soon become acquainted, and many friendships would be formed immediately which now take about four years to develop. But it will undoubtedly be some time before this ideal is realized, and another method should be devised for use until that time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN UNITY. | 4/8/1909 | See Source »

...College Entrance Examination Board most of these difficulties would be done away with, and the educational standards of the University would not be lowered. These examinations are broad in scope and amply test the applicant's general knowledge, without requiring the peculiar courses necessary under our present method...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. | 3/30/1909 | See Source »

...Arequipa station the total number of stellar photographs taken during the year was 3,509. Meteorological observations have been continued as in former years. Very extensive and important work is being done at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in the way of atmospheric observations. Kite-flying is an effective method of observation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Report of Astronomical Observatory | 3/25/1909 | See Source »

This reduction of age might be brought about, as at Annapolis and West Point, by an entrance age limit, but a better method would be a change in the entrance examinations. If these were made more elementary in character but none the less thorough, a year at preparatory school could practically be transferred to College, increasing the number of courses required for the degree and graduating the average student a year younger than under the present system. The great question is whether or not this would make Freshmen too young for their responsibilities, for it is generally admitted that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YOUNGER FRESHMEN? | 3/23/1909 | See Source »

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