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...reading period drew to its caffein-filled close, students talked yesterday about the many ways to cope with the pressures of paper deadlines and the exams that begin 24 hours from...

Author: By Steven D. Irwin, | Title: Liquor, Howls and Pinball Help Students Relieve Exam Tension | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...William T. Knife, creator of Okey-Dokey, a beverage with "just enough caffein in it to be profitably habit-forming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fun With Fund-Raising | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

...Bluebook blues" is not only a fake malady. Exams only intensify what Dr. Bock believes are the ever-present problems of the undergraduate. "Year after year we try to explain, but they don't listen to us," he said. They stay up all night, feeding on coffee, coca-cola, caffein tablets, and benzedrine sulfate." If students would go to bed around 11 o'clock instead of cramming. Dr. Bock feels that they would do better on the exams next morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Exam Dodging Tried By Healthier Harvard Men | 1/21/1942 | See Source »

Active learning, that is, studying by writing down notes or really thinking over what one is reading, is many times more effective than passive learning, they explained. The use of stimulants such as caffein or benzedrine is sometimes effective, but there is a let-down afterwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMINATIONS | 5/7/1941 | See Source »

...such be the case, these pills are medical miracles, and Harvard men should pass on the blessing to the rest of the world in large-faced type. But to every action, according to physics, there is a reaction; and after every stimulant, whether caffein or marijuana, therefore, comes a let-down. Perhaps it is slight; perhaps the effect is scarcely noticeable; but there is an effect. Taking caffein pills without doctor's orders might well lead to insomnia and general irritability. This certainly is no way to finish an evamination, nor is it the easy path toward resumption of studies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TICKET TO STILLMAN | 4/20/1938 | See Source »

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