Word: methods
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remedied by a reform of the club, because, being a purely Freshman organization, there is no steadying influence to keep it straight. The only thing that can be done which is worth doing at all is the complete extinction of this sole surviving Freshman club. What is the best method for doing so is not here to be discussed...
...Boutroux's lectures on "Contingence et Liberte" are but an epitome of this, his whole method of thinking. By contingency he means the unforeseeable novelties and variations which are constantly leaking into life, the real movement of which cannot be accurately confined within our intellectual formulas. This theory of M. Boutroux's, which he is now explaining, has radically influenced modern thought in France, yet the moderation with which he applies it has made him the friend of men of the most diverse opinions...
...called "library method." of instruction, which is now in use in the majority of courses at Harvard, was originated by this University, and is undoubtedly a great advance over the former "text-book" system. The present policy of the Library means practically a return to this inferior method. For this reason, it is a backward step and likely in the end to prove far more costly than its monetary saving can justify...
...more attention to the point of view section because a just criticism of college papers has always been that there is usually little suggestion of college about them. In the current number, for example, there are two letters on a subject of direct local and contemporary interest--the new method of assignment of rooms in Senior dormitories, these very letters, moreover, bringing out the point that articles in such a paper as the Advocate should be much more carefully thought out and should be expressed in a more nearly final form than are such letters in the CRIMSON. The Advocate...
...entire energies to the Harvard Law School. As a student he first came in touch with the case system under its noted originator, Professor Langdell. A year after his graduation from the School he was appointed Assistant Professor of Law and became the leading expositor of the case method, which has now invaded the whole country. In 1877 he received a full professorship and for the last 15 years of his life was Dean. His knowledge of all branches of the law was profound. He taught at various times at least half of the courses which were given...