Word: attainments
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...reminding them that it is worth while to try to improve on the time of last year. Mr. Watson has been coaching them during the past two weeks, and his work has had a noticeable effect; but they have still much hard work to do before they can attain the perfect form of the crew of '78. Their present bad form is owing to no lack of conscientious effort, but to the fact that they were unable to be upon the river this spring as early as usual. It is well known, however, how much a crew improves...
...plan proposed to the Faculty by the Committee on Honors and Honorable Mention, and the subject has since been referred to in our columns. Instead of the present rule, which divides the persons recommended for the bachelor's degree into two classes, dependent entirely upon the average mark attained for the whole course, or for the Junior and Senior years combined, it is proposed to widen the field. By the new plan the members of the graduating class who, availing themselves of the elective system, have devoted their time and labor to such special studies as they judge best calculated...
ATTENDANCE at recitations and at exercises in Themes and Forensics will be voluntary for the present Juniors on the following conditions: 1. Juniors who did not attain seventy per cent on the work of Sophomore year will lose their privilege, if they abuse it. 2. 267 censure-marks will lead to suspension, and 200 to special probation. These numbers will be reduced by one third for students already on special probation, and by one fourth for those excused from prayers for the year; a proportional reduction will be made for those excused for a part of the year. 3. Juniors...
...third objection is that Commencement Parts could not be assigned; and this seems insurmountable. But what if Commencement Parts were not assigned? Would much be lost? Under the present method those who are most capable of offering interesting parts often fail to attain them through their devotion to difficult courses. But if exercises at Commencement must be had, would not treatises in different branches by students who have won distinction therein be more interesting than the present exercises? Indeed, they could not well be less...
...attention has been attracted by the general dissatisfaction given by the marks for the last hour examination in Natural History 3. It appears that the examination was made up of one long general question and several shorter ones. The instructor stated that a student could attain the maximum mark by devoting his attention to the first question. Many confined themselves to this one question. Others wrote part of the time on the first, and then answered some of the other questions. On looking over the books the instructor marked them on a scale of 100 for the first question...