Word: method
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the proposed deliberative conference is little more than a "sop to Cerberus," and this opinion is, in some respects, well founded. It is not wise however, to pass too hasty a judgment on this proposed experiment. It is, without doubt, a firm opinion among the students, that some method, can be devised that will obviate the annual conflicts of faculty, athletic committee and students. It is felt by many that a radical change only can accomplish this end. It will, however, take time and careful consideration to hit upon this much desired plan. A body made up of members...
Although the many innovations in the method of conducting the required English courses of the senior and junior year's have much to recommend them, the promoters of this scheme seem to have overlooked one fact which has hitherto received attention. We refer to the practice of writing commencement parts, which seniors are requested to follow. In former years a commencement part could be substituted for part of the forensic work of the senior year. At present, however, no account is taken of commencement parts, and no allowance made directly for those who wrote them. It is true that...
...athletes of Cornell are not contented with winning mere empty honors, or even with receiving the customary medals for proficiency in their chosen specialties,-as may be seen from a glance at the prize list, on which appear clocks, statuary, silk umbrellas, easy chairs, and books without number. This method of rewarding athletic excellence may, at the first glance, seem rather peculiar, but, we are sure, a closer inspection of the system will reveal some points of excellence which are not to be found in the present method of prize-giving in vogue at Harvard...
...take "Polly Kon" together. Snodkins' seat is just in front of mine, so that I get a very good view of Snodkins' back, as well as of the back of his note-book. The other day I thought I would watch Snodkins and discover, if I could, his method of taking notes. He came in just in time to be marked absent by the instructor, spent some very precious moments in getting off his coat, and arranging himself generally, but was at last, I thought, ready to go to work. But not yet. What good are introductions? Snodkins listens...
...think of Mill, Cairnes, Walker and Richards, and of their overpowering ideas. But how? At last I find an explanation; I am forced to a realization of the power of the association of abstract ideas and principles with physical, that is, tangible surroundings. The success, then, of Snodkins' method of taking notes is due only to this power of association...