Word: method
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certain courses where they have not been used before, but where they are nevertheless needed. If the School is to take the high position in the country which it should take, the requirements for admission should be made harder. Only the best men are wanted, and the chief method to get the best men there, as here in the college, lies in these requirements for admission; the more difficult they are the better the men who pass them. On the other hand if the requirements are too severe they will doubtless tend to shut out many men who object already...
Finally an article on "How Civil Government is taught in a New England High School' is worthy of a good deal of attention. It is well-written, and the method of teaching described is certainly ingenious...
Influence, though in a way opposed to power in character, often works along similar lines; but its method of work is very different. Influence works quietly, unassumingly and in unexpected places. It is more nearly related to the quality of love than power. Of the two, however, it is the stronger. The church has really very limited power but its influence is tremendous. It does not need power, for its work is done in a very quiet way in the homes of the people...
...first members' meeting of the B. A. A. was held in their gymnasium on Tuesday night, and the all round championship was competed for. A new method of competition was instituted, first and second prizes being awarded on a basis of handicap performances, and the championship going to the man winning the greatest number of points on the basis of actual performance. The new method of computing points was used. The amateur record in each event making a standard of 100 points. There were seven competitors and the events were the running high jump, putting the sixteen pound shot...
...meeting of the alumni and other persons who are interested in the erection of a new building for the Harvard Dental School will be held in the Horticulture Hall, Boston, today at 12 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to select the best method of obtaining the necessary money for the new building. President Eliot will preside and the Rev. Bishop Brooks and other prominent speakers will address the meeting...