Word: methods
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...effort, a year. Tired of supplying neighboring ice boxes with their heavy fuel, weary of dashing up and down mud covered gridirons, even, it seems, fatigued by the importunities of the camera man and the movie director, he has found an easier, and a more profitable method of employing his talents. He now sits comfortably at home while industrious candy dealers and phlegmatic pharmacists from the Alleghenies to the Rockies sell candy bars with the name "Red Grange" inscribed on them--sell candy bars and pay him for whom they are named 50 per cent of the profits...
...constituted. The second division will be devoted to assisting in the orientation of Freshmen in the choice of their upper school, discussing with students the election of courses and a career, and collecting data to aid the Board of Admission in solving problems related to the method of selecting students and in general assembling information that will be helpful in vocational guidance and in the placement of Seniors...
...Some method," he said, "ought to be found for arousing this large group who are 'asleep in Jesus.' . . . There is not much consolation in taking in a large number of new members at the front door and letting out an equal number at the back door." Let there be a campaign against indifference "without the thought of raising money...
...distinctly observed. Any knowledge of the art of writing which the student may have acquired before coming to the University is soon lost upon his arrival, and the present objectionable system of taking notes compels him to fall in line with his fellow students in inventing a suitable method of short hand to enable him to take down the maximum number of facts in the minimum amount of time. Indeed, on the few occasions when he is compelled to write in examinations the results are decidedly poor, and it is extraordinary how the examiners and readers are able to translate...
...American Arbitration Crusade embodies a group of citizens interested in securing arbitration as a universally established method of international settlement. This summer a delegation of students from six American universities, including Harvard, will go to France to visit French universities and present Professor Sayre's treaty, with an appeal for action. This move follows on the recommendation of Foreign Minister Briand of France that such a treaty be drawn up between the United States and France...