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...Also on display is the series including the sole monarchy of England before the conquest. This series includes the coins of Canute, king of Denmark and England. He was the king of whom the story is told that he commanded the tide to stop rising. His coins show a feature common to this series, a voided cross on the reverse design. The purpose of this cross was to afford a convenient gauge for cutting the coins into halves and quarters as the practice was then to make change by cutting the penny. A half penny so cut is shown among...
...known fact that the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and the preparatory school records give the most accurate estimate of a student's abilities. His capabilities are shown in these records and not by a mere display of memory work as in the case with Old and New Plan examinations. In nearly all of the articles contributed in the CRIMSON survey, the importance of aptitude tests and school records have been emphasized, and here is the apparent solution of the problem...
...during the years before the four year-oral examination. It means inculcating into the undergraduate the realization that he is the only one profiting or losing, that he is pursuing culture rather than sixteen credits. Finally, it does offer him a fairer opportunity and a more comprehensive test to display his qualities to the examining board. It involves the departure of the written examinations and the course as an end instead of a means; it offers education instead of mechanical sheepskins...
...show the mechanism of the body there is a display of the lungs showing that they hold only some four to six quarts of air, but have about 120 sq. yd. of surface with which to absorb oxygen. There is a model to demonstrate how the 10-oz. heart moves a total of 20 tons of blood daily. After the "Man" exhibit, most interest focused on the physical culture section. This shows with models and pictures the various laws which govern the structure and functions of the body. Scenes depict how various peoples and bodies at various times get their...
...Florence people stood six hours in line waiting for admission. Not since Verdi, the talk was, had Italy been so stirred by the display of musical genius...