Word: slipped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Green Slip Trouble...
...relation between Advanced Placement credits and requirements for concentration and degrees is still hazy; probably it is most muddled in the English Department. A new Sophomore with A.P. in, say, mathematics, American History, and English Literature would have been presented at registration with a green slip which said, "You can not take the following courses for credit: Math 1; Chemistry 1 or 2; one course in English...
Seemingly, this statement means that the unlucky green slip holder can not take a course for credit in English, no matter how hard he tries. Of course, this is not so, since the cryptic inscription really designates an "unassigned" credit in English. But for the English concentrator the problem has only begun. Technically, he holds a credit for Freshman English, which, of course, does not exist at the University. For this reason, English Department officials generally have expressed some reluctance to accept this "unassigned" credit for use toward a B.A. in English, especially where Honors work is involved...
...with the House dining halls can claim not to recognize the often wide discrepancy between Central and independent kitchen food borders on naivete. His notion--that since one agency makes all the purchases, food quality does not differ from House to House--is blatantly false. There's many a slip twixt sale...
...latter, the varsity will swim Tom Bartlett, Bill Schellstede, and Bill Murray, with hopes that Schellstede can slip into the finals. Bob Komenda, a 440-yard competitor all season, will enter the gruelling 20 minute, 1500-meter freestyle...