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COLUMBIA.The marking system of Columbia College is not complex; the maximum mark is 100 per cent. in the college and school of mines. The minimum or passing mark for freshmen and sophomores is 50 per cent.; for juniors and seniors, 60 per cent. The honor classes are made up of students whose standing for the four years has been above 80 per cent. First class those having total mark 95-100 per cent. Second class, those having a total mark of 90-95 per cent. Third class, those having a total mark of 80-90 per cent...
...marks given are published semiannually, unless the professor chooses to make them known monthly. The monthly mark of the student in every department counts 50 per cent. The remaining 50 per cent. is made up by the semi-annual examinations, the two together making the maximum work for the term. The chief honor on commencement day is the Greek salutatory. Number two delivers a Latin oration. Others in second honor class have English orations. The Valedictory address is delivered by a student whose only requirements are that he shall be an honor man, he shall be nominated by the faculty...
...horizontal cut-off in the hollow walls between the stories. This will cause the fire to enter the room, where it can be seen and attended to. If this simple expedient should be generally tried, and the floors carried to the outer walls, probably at least twenty-five per cent. of the losses now experienced would be done away with...
...26th of this month, occur in the following order: Monday, March 25, Latin; Tuesday, Greek; Thursday, French and German; Friday, one-hour examination in Physics; Saturday, Trigonometry; Tuesday, April 4, Classical Literature. The examination in German is not required from those who received a grade of seventy-five per cent. on last term's work...
...this year. Let me urge the members of the freshman class in particular to make their subscriptions as large as possible. In estimating the amounts to be contributed by the various classes it has been the custom hitherto to count upon thirty-three and one-third per cent of the total amount from the freshman class, but unless the members of '86 contribute more freely than they have done thus far this year, they will fall far below the estimate...