Word: methods
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this is by no means the case, the ratio there being generally 50 to one and often much higher. Unfortunately these latter are the courses where the need of personal contact is greatest, since the student is a novice in the field, ignorant of phraseology and a typo in method. Yet to these beginners is vouchsafed the least assistance, the section men to whom is left the task of giving individual instruction being in general but little more advanced than those whom they instruct. In striking contrast are the small courses composed of scholars advanced enough in their subject...
...planned to have real contests rather than exhibition feats, although there will be several of the latter. Events will be scheduled for a definite time, as it is considered that enough progress has been made in aeronautics during the past year to warrant this departure from the usual method of holding a meet...
...radical change in the method of admission to Harvard College was adopted by the Faculty at is meeting last Tuesday. The "point system," now in use will ultimately give place to what may be called a "merit system," in which the candidate for admission will be required to pass only four examinations in general subjects. His record in the secondary school will be submitted by the principal, and on the strength of this record and his examination marks the final decision of the College entrance authorities will be made. The proposed system has not yet been passed upon...
Coolidge described his journey into East Africa via Nairobi to Kijabe, where he set out across a waterless desert with a train of bullock wagons to the Wandorobo river. This was the only method of crossing this stretch, for the bullocks were able to travel several days without water. Among the game he shot and photographed were lions, leopards, bush cats, cheetahs, ostriches, and rhinos...
...CRIMSON hopes that under the new direction the subsidiary libraries will receive much needed attention. These at present lack proper advertising among the students as to their location, the qualifications for membership, and the time during which books may be used. If uniform hours and a standard method of gaining admission to the subsidiary libraries were adopted, it would facilitate their use, and consequently increase their service to the University. Furthermore, by generally acquainting undergraduates with these facts, the overtaxed resources of Gore Hall could be proportionately relieved...