Word: methods
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...glance at the index which lies behind the thirty chapters of America Finding Herself will largely reveal the method of the book. All the authors, actors, books that influenced people or interested them 20 years ago are written down under separate headings. Twenty-three of the games that children used to play are listed by name. Under the heading "Plays," there are 104 titles; under "Songs...
...boxing match began. Ralph's opponent whacked him in the ribs and Ralph cried quits before the first round was over. After school he ran home to complain to his parents. They had Principal Rainey arrested for disorderly conduct. Last week in police court the Principal explained his methods of school discipline: "I believe we have the best method of character training here in Brooklyn. When a boy is insolent to his teacher or is anywise unruly, we give him his choice of bringing his parents to school or putting on the boxing gloves and fighting...
...Sullivan has once more come forth with a volume which psycho-analyzes in terms of newspaper headlines, once current fads and fancies, forgotten manias, previous eras of the United States. He has written not exactly a history but rather the evolution of a popular mentality. Having begun this peculiar method of examination in "The Turn-Of-A-Century" the first part of that work called in entirely "Our Times", he continues it in the second part, "America Finding Herself...
...believe that the most efficient method of university teaching is obtained by the lecture system, supplemented by tutorial work" Professor J. V. Portus, of the University of Sydney, Australia, told a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "In Australian universities" he added, "we rely largely upon the lecture system, however, because of lack of sufficient funds to provide a large faculty...
...visitors know that the old doctor has been using fever-causing toxins 'to treat paralysis since 1887; that since 1919 his malaria method has been in wide...