Word: stepping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...system and spirit of teaching. The present lecture system, except in rare cases, is too formal and affords too little vital stimulation to the student. I believe that the tutorial system as it is carried out Oxford and as it is being introduced at Harvard is a step in the process of informallzing education. At Wisconsin nothing has been done as yet to establish this system but it seems very likely that it will be in the future...
...originally organized, an entirely new board went in each September, but the lack of experience from which it necessarily suffered was so great a handicap as to make some change necessary. The first step in modifying this complete hiatus between the retiring and incoming boards was to elect three men in March who belonged to the small class that had entered after the previous mid-year period. To strengthen further the continuity thus established, it was decided this year to take on three men from the regular class after their first term. Positions on the board are now held...
...Freshman". For such odd phenomena do still persist in spite of all the attempts on the part of the semi-sane to make university life at least half cultural. Indeed, I have discovered by some diligent research in the files of other college papers many gestures of the "just step right up and call me Speedy" variety. For instance...
...This step was taken to bring the work begun yesterday by several assistant crew managers to a more speedy conclusion. A large cut has already been made and for a foot out from the riverbank in front of Standish Hall. It is expected that the Leviathan will be on the water before the end of the week if the weather continues warm, and the work on the ice continues with reasonable rapidity...
...sought to perpetuate in modified form the six-power system, which had preserved the European balance of power during the nineteenth century. This arrangement has never been very satisfactory, but neither is increasing indefinitely the size of the council a feasible plan. Abolishment of the council altogether is a step which has not been contemplated. Yet such a plan, by placing the members upon an equal footing, would free the Assembly from the dominance of a few large nations, and give the League that universal character, which it has lacked under the present status...