Word: methods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Masters have long been known to be unhappy with the paper work and time demanded by the present method of selection. Many are known to feel that many other factors are more important in determining the character of a House than the selective system...
...left open the possibility that the present method of selection would be altered next year, noting that the Committee on Houses had discussed the problem at length and that there was presently "some talk going on within the Administration...
Ford said last month that he was anxious to hear student opinion on the present system and said that he had received quite a few letters from undergraduates. The letters were unanimous in urging a method which permitted application with roommates, Ford noted. "There is no thought of destroying that provision," he said...
...Methodological--general in that it examines the basic tools of a discipline. Such a course would explain the method for understanding the content of a field rather than the content of a field itself (for example, Hum 6) or would compare methodologies (e.g. Paul Tillich's course in philosophy and religion...
This vocabulary is not simply one of method or content because it must vary from field to field and even within fields. Sometimes method may be the key to organizing one's perceptions in an area of knowledge--as in science. Sometimes content is the key; an awareness of the historic themes of Western Civilization would both motivate and structure a student's future investigation into the Humanities. Sometimes method and content are clearly merged as in a Social Sciences course which combines the central disciplines of history, economics, and politics. And there are of course other examples. The point...