Word: usefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Conversely the new emphasis upon the critical examination of particular problems will impress upon concentrators in this field, the dangers that await the dabbler. The body of knowledge which relates to the adaptation of man to his society must still, for the most part, be interpreted by the use of more experimental hypotheses. In a field which deals with countless variables, the very existence of many of which are scarcely realized, there can be no exact scientific laws. Superficial study has a tendency to discover order where there is none, and it is only by thorough investigation of restricted portions...
...circulated a questionnaire in the student body, the purpose of which is to discover the pedagogical methods which prove most satisfactory from the point of view of the undergraduate. It takes up the problem of the advisability of the final examinations, mode of 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...
...Change in the use of the XIV amendment", Professor Elliott, Harvard...
...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...
...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 demands of management entirely justify this action of the Board...