Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...June 1, candidates will be required to take their regulation three-hour finals with the exception of Military Science 1, on Friday evening, May 31. If possible, only one special final two-hour test will be held in the afternoon of these three days. Mr. Cram last night asked all students to watch the CRIMSON each day for the exact time and place of the examinations, as many changes may have to be made even after the list is given...
...only commend Mr. Hack's opinions. The tendency to cram for examinations, to haggle over marks, to amass information relative to nothing other than the mer possession of it, are all symptoms of an educational disease that this writer sees clearly. But whether we agree with Mr. Hack's constructive ideas or not, it is great relief to find in his work a fearless bidding to Mr. Flexner and his opponents to stop their howling. The world is tired of fighting over terms. If there are faults with modern education, negative criticism alone will not go far toward curing them...
...fact we are often wont to forget. Moreover, the mid-years are coming nearer and nearer, and the new law gives us a gentle hint to do a little work; Mr. Storrow's restriction may even save us from the annual post-examination call on Mr. Cram. To make Boston deader than it is seems an unnecessary blow, especially with New York revelling practically as of yore. Still, coal must be saved and until warm weather comes our motto must be: Off with the dance, let joy be well confined...
George Washington Cram, '88, has been appointed Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from September 1, 1917, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Goddard Hart '93, A. M., '94. The resignation and appointment were both approved at the last meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College...
...Cram has been Recorder of the College since 1893, but will now assume the office of Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in addition to his other duties...