Word: research
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contributors of long articles to the November number of the Harvard Law Review, which has made its appearance, are Professor James B. Thayer, and Mr. Marland Cogswell Hobbs. Professor Thayer's article is a lengthy research into the subject of "Law and Fact in Jury Trials." Mr. Hobbs's article, much shorter, is on "Total Disability in Accident Insurance...
...chemical department of Harvard publishes more reports of original research than all other colleges in the United States combined...
...President then adds: "The need is a serious one; it exists at the very centre of University, considered as a place of study and research, and the very fact that it is so keenly felt signifies that the Library is fulfilling, though under difficulties, its all important function; but as was stated in the President's Report for 1887-8, it is a need which the President and Fellows are quite unable to satisfy with any resources now at their command...
...late a considerable amount of monographic literature has been issued under the title of University Studies which indicates a new conception of the functions of our educational institutions. These publications prove the Universities to be centers for the publication and distribution of the results of research work, and show that an increasing number of instructors as well as students, have the time and spirit to make valuable investigations. Such monographs supply, in a measure filled the place by the prize essays of the English Universities, although very little has yet been produced which equals the work of most...
...seniors, and will be a great relief in the pressure of thesis work of the senior year. Physics A had proved almost as unsatisfactory under its new form as before, and its death will be a relief to every one. The new courses are chiefly in advanced work, especially research. They indicate a growth in university ideas and methods that follows appropriately on the discussion about shortening the college course. The relations between student and instructor will be improved by the increase of conferences and seminaries, which will also stimulate investigation by the students of topics in which they...