Word: phasing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...change has been made this year in the conditions governing the award of the Pasteur Medal. Instead of taking part in a debate, the men in the final contest will be permitted to treat any phase of the subject. In making the award, the judges will take into consideration not only logic and clear presentation but also the general knowledge, manner of delivery, and literary style of the speakers...
...debate between two teams composed of three men each. This method has proved unsatisfactory, however. This year the subject will be some broad, general topic instead of a limited and definite proposition. Instead of being assigned a stated side, men will be allowed to treat any phase of the subject...
From the point of view of the audience, a phase of the subject very generally neglected in such things, the change should be most acceptable. The formal debate of today is undoubtedly of great value to the participant, but it is not interesting to the average man. It is too technical, and redundant. The proposed contest will be considerably shorter, more varied, and more comprehensible. The emphasis on the literary quality, the power to please and persuade an audience, should bring out that phase in which our debating is weakest. Altogether, the new arrangements are to the advantage...
...teams, similar perhaps to the mildly manifested eagerness displayed in intellectual pursuits which is causing most of the trouble. Just what would become of the athletes who were able to survive the ordeal of such a training season, the writer does not dwell on. Perhaps he sees in that phase of the situation the surest remedy of all-when men won't want to be members of the teams--with the result that soon the teams will become discouraged through lack of material and the men will peacefully lay down their burdens and lend their efforts to other things where...
...last of the four Godkin lectures on "Municipal Government" was delivered by President Eliot in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum last Saturday evening. The special phase of the subject considered was, "The Promising Future of Municipal Reform...