Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...presentation of courses, and the use of the library. The results of this questionary will be tabulated and presented to the faculty for their consideration. This general criticism of the methods of teaching, if it does nothing else, should at least have a stimulating effect on the existing system, of college education as it is practiced there...
...Florida" again triumphed, this time by a score of 2 to 0, was explained throughout by W. R. Okeson, commissioner of Eastern football. He distributed among the coaches sheets describing all the new rule changes and then explained every rule as an illustration occurred on the field. A new system of signals for the officials was also tried out. Under this arrangement, when a penalty occurs in a game, the referee or the umpire will immediately flash a signal which will let the men in the press box know just what penalty was exacted...
...trials, open to all Freshmen, are to be in the nature of four-minute speeches on either side of the question, "Resolved, That the governments of the world should adopt a system of compulsory arbitration in international disputes," which is also question for the debate. A prize of $50 will be awarded to the man delivering the best speech in the trials...
...center of tradition, and as it becomes necessary to replace these customs for the sake of greater efficiency, there is always much lamentation on the part of those who have been brought up in them. The Governing Board of the Union has now decided to change the present system of employing Graduate Secretaries as managers to that of having one professional to assume that position. In addition to that, this new office will not necessarily be filled by a Harvard graduate. Such a complete change from the system now in use can not but arouse opposition...
...situation is considered from the point of view of the Governing Board of the Union, it is evident that this new system will make it possible to increase the efficiency in management. The fault of the present practice is not with the Graduate Secretaries, but with their other activities, which necessarily prevent them from devoting a sufficient amount of their time to the affairs of the Union. The new manager will be confined to one field, and will thus be able to be of greater use in his position. The traditions of the past may be destroyed but the increasing...