Word: methods
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Recent conferences between the University Debating Club and prominent graduate coaches of University teams make it probable that several important changes will be made this year in the system of debating. Although the present method of conducting University debates has worked successfully, it is still thought to be imperfect in several respects. The probable changes will come in the system of preliminary trials for debates, in the method of choosing judges, and in the work to be done by the second or alternate team. In all trials for University contests it is recommended that the men who have debated against...
...collection comprises some ten thousand skins, mostly of Eastern North American specimens, and includes about a hundred type specimens. The skulls of the animals are kept in separate cases, and are numbered to correspond with the respective skins-a method not adopted in the preparation of the original collection, where the skulls are not removed and consequently are not readily studied. Every specimen is accompanied by a label, with full data, including measurements made from the living animal...
...England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, President Eliot was authorized to investigate and report on the advisability of adopting a uniform entrance examination board, similar to that now existing in the Middle States. If the committee decides in favor of this plan, it is also to suggest a method of organization...
...method of treating individuals is notable. Professor Wendell does not take Holmes, Bryant, Whitman, and Longfellow and treat them as unrelated individuals, but takes the work of each as a special medium through which to see American character. The great fault of previous looks on American literature has been that they have over-estimated the merits of American authors. Professor Wendell, though thoroughly American in spirit, is almost too reluctant in his praise of our best literature...
...played under entirely new conditions. It was voted at the last annual meeting of the association to change the length of the tournament from six to three days, and to increase the number of men on each team from two to four. This will do away with the old method of having each man play every other man, and will substitute team matches between the colleges...