Word: useful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...industrial revolution which took place about 100 years ago when the steam engine was a new invention is compared with the achievements of modern industry by the general use of electricity. Comparison is made between our water power resources and our coal deposits, and it shows that there is enough coal used yearly to build a Chinese Wall entirely around the United States. Animated drawings demonstrate the operation of a steam turbine and the generation of alternating current. The story ends with the construction of a modern electric power plant and a glance into the future of the electric power...
...use of December Hour examinations in elementary courses has always been reminiscent of compulsory chapel attendance or some other relic of a bygone era. As such they are probably beneficial to the freshly matriculated student, acting as a check on his proclivities to let the daily assignments slide before the Midyears. Their presence in advanced courses, besides being unnecessary, places an undesirable strain on his preparation for course theses...
...reading from relevant parts of a half dozen books. One strongly recommended for the examination was Marriot's "Revolution of 1848", a single copy of which was placed at the desk in the Reading Room a week before. Assuming a constant demand for the book, it could be used for roughly 300 hours during the three weeks notice given. With approximately 200 men in the course, and allowing two and a half hours for each man to study the 100 pages assigned reasonably well enough for adequate preparation, the one book would have to be in use for an aggregate...
...choosing of class-officers than was manifested by the Class of 1930. The chief reason for the slight vote is rather to be found in the range of polling places and of time for voting. There are two alternatives either of which would increase the vote appreciably: the use of post-card ballots, or the extension of voting hours and the pumlier of polling places...
Last year the Bureau was maintained throughout most of the second half-year, without being much employed, Such an experiment could well be repeated, but its value depends entirely on the consent of the tutees. In teaching while there is still time to learn, the organization should be useful and stimulating; but the accurate compilation of spot passages is, properly, outside its sphere, and the man who aims merely at passing examinations will find it of little use...