Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like many another Democrat, Alfred Emanuel Smith has a low opinion of the R. F. C. as a Depression-buster. Before a Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems in Manhattan last week he flayed its tight-fisted method of doling out small sums at high interest rates...
...purpose of the lectures in English 52 is indeed admirable. A few other instructors have realized advantages of such a method, but the great majority of lecturers in academic courses still insist on reviewing the facts of the course at each meeting. These men would do well to take their cue from Professor Greenough and replace stagnant repetition of facts with enlightening commentary on background and personalities...
...exercise the sort of control indicated above. But as yet they have, perhaps wisely, refrained from any definite interference. It is, however, all too easy to point out that even the slightest word of warning front a responsible library executive might have prevented the introduction of the general search method and the disagreeable reaction which attended its disclosure...
Speaking in New York Monday night, President Hoover delivered these words in the course of his address: "When we compare the attitude of nations toward each other twenty years ago with that of today, we can say that there has developed both the spirit and the method of cooperation in the prevention of war which gives profound hope for the future." It has long been a mystery where President Hoover derived his never-failing optimism. But the above dictum presents a riddle surpassing anything heretofore. If there were much evidence that international feeling had undergone any considerable change...
...method of general search must not be confused with that more specific means of recovery which is used when the assistant visiting a room in order to secure a volume for which the occupant signed during the preceding evening. In this case there is definite responsibility, and such a method is essential to good library management during times of stress...