Word: methods
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best solution appears to be the last named, that of the happy medium. Obviously the quickest method of accomplishing this aim is to copy the Oxford idea of Pass men and Honor men. But, excluding discussion as to whether or not this would ever be advisable with the American undergraduate, it may be pointed out that in those institutions which have tried this arrangement-- Columbia and Smith--the tendency has been toward a decrease in the number of Honor men, a contrary reaction from what might be expected. This is of course undesirable, especially when there are other means...
...American colleges to throw more responsibility upon the students, was the opinion expressed by W. E. Clark '03, visiting professor from the University of Chicago. President Mason's plans would make opportunity, rather than compulsion, the keynote of educational institutions, and would do away with examinations, the present stereotyped method of obtaining credits, and all routine except that which is self-imposed...
...lines as if preparing for an examination, Cassio and Roderigo were fully adequate. The production was was both rich and smooth, with settings at once satisfying and suggestive, and with no long waits between them such as often dull the interest of Shakespeare. Mr. Leiber offers the most painless method of reviewing the important play...
...been in picking a subject of timely and intense student interest such as the football debate of two years ago. Enthusiasm was generated here by the presence of speakers, whose prominence in undergraduate affairs and information on the subject, added some zest to the occasion. The second successful method of attack has been to invite an expert or widely known speaker from the outside, whose appearance alone is sufficient to draw the crowd. The latter procedure, while of considerable value in itself, has proved a weakening influence on the primary purpose of the Union. Members have been awed...
...part of the personality of the author and hence actually evidences of his sincerity. There is, in the first place, no good reason for calling the book (as Mr. Durant does) a "mental autobiography"; its subject is usually something very distinct from Author Durant's intellectual development and its method is far from analytical...