Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Goodale defined the scientific method, now generally used in almost all departments of inquiry, as the straightforward method of investigation. First of all, he student examines a given object or phenomenon from all possible points of view and compares these results with those obtained by a similar examination of other objects and phenomena, endeavoring to ascertain what they may have in common. Thus he is prepared to formulate general statements. From such inductions he proceeds to justifiable deductions. and thence to inductions of higher orders. His most useful instruments of research are hypothesis and experiment. The demands made...
...total eclipse which takes place at 2 p. m. on January 1st, at a town called William, in the Sacremento Valley. Under favorable circumstances this eclipse will be visible over a strip of country one hundred and twenty miles long; it will also be visible as a sunset phenomenon in Canada near Lake Superior, and as a partial eclipse as far east as New York. Owing to the wide range of country from which the eclipse is visible an excellent chance is offered to solve various problems concerning the sun's course and the amount and intensity of the light...
There will be a total eclipse of the moon on the 28th of this month, visible in this latitude and longitude, and unless cloudy weather shuts out the phenomenon, it will be an interesting and profoundly impressive sight. The moon is full at 6.35 p. m. on that day. The eclipse begins at 4.30 p. m., but its total phase does not commence until 5.31. The middle of the eclips is reached at 6.20, and the total phase ends at 7.09, but the earth's shadow does not entirely clear the lunar disc until...
...next article, a description of a Hoffman concert, is a very readable paper, but it is doubtful if the subject is one which interests the college at large. We have heard so much of the young musical phenomenon of late that little new can be said of him. Still the writer is very successful in what he attempts...
...lively interest in foot-ball, for by it men of every stamp of athletic attainment can find a field for their work. Of course, the games will not be highly scientific, but they will at least be highly entertaining. The desperation of many of the contests is a psychological phenomenon. How men can become so worked up to white heat, to such a pitch of frenzy over these games is worthy of the investigation of some giant intellect. But the healthiness of the excitement is indubitable, and the games are excelled in interest only by the perennial victory...