Word: use
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this can be accomplished by the use of the system of nominating and voting known as Proportional Representation by the single transferable vote, or, for short, in this country, P. R." continued Professor Johnson who is a member of the Proportional Representative League in connection with such men as Ex-governor Robert P. Bass '96 of Massachusetts, Arthur N. Holcombe '06, professor of government in the University, and Senator George Wharton Pepper of Massachusetts...
...experience. Spreading from smaller cities, the great city of Cleveland with an 800,000 population adopted it in 1921 by direct populate vote as a basic feature of a new city charter. In 1924, Cincinnatti followed Cleveland's lead. In 1926 Hamilton, Ohio, did likewise. It is now in use in Ireland for choosing the members of the national parliament at Dublin, and also of the parliament of North Ireland...
...intended," Professor Corwin says, "that this test shall supercede any of the present means of judging preparedness for college work. Its use will be tentative at first, and until experience has shown its proper function: How much and what aid it will give to the examiner is still problematical...
...second course considers the "New Education" in its various aspects, its claim to novelty, and its basic principles. Recent developments in psychology are reviewed. Modern experiments in individual schemes such as the Gary plan, the use of tests and scales, and new modes of discipline are considered in the light of the principles developed in the course...
...photography of the firing lines in France is as good as in any recent war film. The use of clever firework devices has given the impression of much explosion and shrapnel, though it may be that too few men fall by the wayside to satisfy a good martial appetite. The lighting of particular scenes, especially those in Charmaine's home, is novel and effective in its naturalness...