Word: plans
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...success of a series of short lecture-courses on anatomy, physiology, geology, astronomy, etc. by our own professors would not be at all doubtful. This plan of instruction would supply a real want. All that is necessary for its introduction is the expression of the desire for such instruction from a number of students sufficient to make the plan seem feasible to instructors...
...subject over, it has occurred to me to suggest a few different ways of doing this, hoping that in the following number, both of your paper and of the Advocate, they will be discussed, so that finally some idea may be obtained of what would be the most feasible plan of beginning...
...plan of the instructor, which changes the exercise from a farcical affair, such as it was a few years ago, to a highly advantageous study, is to divide the time among the applicants in such a way that each man may have the undivided attention of the Professor during the twenty minutes allotted him. In this way all remarks are made to him personally, and to correct his individual faults. Such an elective, or rather extra, should be offered to the other classes as well as the Senior, to supply a want long felt among the students...
...have received the Brunonian in its new form, and a very bright and well-appearing paper it is. It adheres to the plan of printing a longer and more pretentious story than is usual in college papers; but if the attempt is always as successful as in the present number, the Brunonian need print no shorter pieces. The editorial articles are evidently interesting to the students of Brown, and in keeping with the local character of the paper...
...interest awakened by these contests would insure the constant attendance of a large number of people, desirous of speculating upon the chances of the various competitors, and, after the award, of critically examining the personal appearance and peculiarities of the victors. The establishment of such a plan as I have suggested would at once give pleasure, in providing the students with quite a new field for contest, and secure profit, by transferring a little of the surplus wealth of the novelty-seeking public to the coffers of the University...