Word: problem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Dorothea Brooke's problem in Middlemarch and how she solved...
...Boston Herald, Jan. 12, 1896; G. S. Boutwell in Boston Herald, Feb. 2, 1896; C. E. Norton, F. S. Woolsey and I. L. Rice in Forum XX pp. 641-651, 705-712, 721-732 (Feb. 1896); Senator Wolcott in Congressional Record, pp. 976-980 (Jan. 22, 1896); "The Real Problem" and "The Venezuelan Correspondence" in Nation LXI pp. 458 and 458-459; and ibid p. 455 (Dec. 26, 1895); "The Venezuelan Commission," ibid LXII...
...characteristic features of President Eliot's report compel the attention of the reader: First, his careful study of a general educational problem-the proper adjustment of the curricula of secondary schools; and secondly, his suggestion of many very interesting questions which come up in the administration of the University itself. One of the most interesting things which he discusses is the group of courses most largely taken by students in the College under the existing elective system. The President does not tell us just where he draws the line between the larger and smaller classes, but he gives...
...educational problem which President Eliot takes up is suggested by, and receives some light from, his summary of the courses most generally elected. Some of the more elementary of the latter,- in English, French, German, History and Natural Science, he thinks could wisely be given in the upper grades of good, secondary schools. He does not discuss this question at any length, but the recommendation in itself is of no little interest and will, we believe, carry considerable weight. The secondary schools are brought up again in the mention of a revision of entrance requirements now under consideration...
Lectures on Social Problem. V. The Duty of the State to Special Classes. Dr. Frederick H. Wines, of Springfield, III. Sever...