Word: subjected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When authors sink to speaking tours and find themselves destitute of topics they invariably seize upon the subject of censorship. And when censorship is mentioned Boston automatically becomes the center of the discussion. Walter Prichard Eaton, appearing before the Western Massachusetts Library Club, is the latest to take up the cudgels...
...print-and spit out all those which seem to have any application to the questions, with a sensation of relief at being rid of them. And, of course, they forget that mite because they accumulated only words and phrases which were not organized into any definite ideas on the subject. When the final examination comes there are no notes to study, the sources are immensely too bulky, and resort is had to purchased notes which convey at best a sketchy idea of the material...
...senior year some have learned how to study. They will have discovered that the only way to master, a subject is to have complete notes on it and continuously go back and review those notes, connecting the present work with what has gone before. if, in the Freshman year, courses had been so conducted as to force the student to adopt that very system, would it not be of great benefit to him? And, thereby learning more about the course than he would otherwise, he would probably have more interest...
...study the material in the course so that it is understood and assimilated? If the Freshman can be made to do that he has learned something-about the course, to be sure-but, what is more important in the future, about how to study, how to master a subject in spite of a lack of interest...
...subject set forth by Professor Wilson was "Laws on Immigration for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Japan." It is a detailed treatise on the technical problems which confront the various nations, and sets forth the influences of race, population, resources, and climate which each of them has to consider in enacting immigration laws. It then goes on to offer criticisms and suggestions for the purpose of improving these laws...