Word: method
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...police, were ever on the watch to catch their pupils in the midst of their misdemeanors. Each instructor was assigned to guard a certain section of the town. Many of the "cops" even went so far as to disguise themselves in an attempt to trap unwary students. This method, proving unpopular as well as ineffective, was discarded in favor of a somewhat primitive "honor system", accompanied by a process known as "reading the catalogue". This meant going through the list of students at faculty meetings to see if anybody had "something on" each student...
...merits of this plan are superior to the older method. With every state offering candidates, a competition will be stimulated which will assure a high grade, representative group at Oxford and the choice of any foreign university for the student in his third year makes possible a broader and more cultural education than heretofore...
Many a Warbook author has told of self-inflicted wounds, apparently a common method in all armies of getting a respite from the front, but Author Frey tells of soldiers deliberately infecting themselves with gonorrhea, of painfully faking symptoms of syphilis. "Information as to the best practise spreads from hospitals to the troops in the line...
Father Leo de Geeter, Roman Catholic priest from Ostend, Belgium, arrived in the U. S. to raise $100,000 for a new parish church. His method: By singing old Flemish songs. Declared he: "My voice is a gift from God. I shall commercialize it in His service...
...union's never-ending fight for higher wages and better living conditions, and also outlined a national 48-hour law which would equalize industries throughout the United States, yet permit the payment of varying wages to suit the conditions and caliber of workers in the various states. By this method of uniform working hours no company would be forced to compete against the longer hours of another, and yet the more efficient workers of an industrial city could receive wages commensurate with their ability...