Word: exam
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...personal disappointments or bitter memories prompt this attack, but rather four compelling reasons: (1) Cramming is a slipshod, superficial method of review, deadens undergraduate initiative, and places a premium on merely getting by. (2) In view of the fact that only certain types of exam questions can be asked and that these can easily be spotted by experienced tutors, cramming by Hun puts University examiners under the temptation of trapping the trapper and giving tests that will beat Hun and fail everybody. (3) Shallow tutoring is foreign to the purpose of all worth-while study, encourages habits of mental laziness...
...lectures and class room experiments, and the retentive ability of the class for this knowledge is as throughly tested in quizzes at frequent intervals. As in much Chemistry, a sufficient knowledge may be obtained by a little intensive study on the ever of such a quiz or hour exam. Chem 2 is a pleasant course, and will waste no one's time...
...matter of classroom honesty, we make the conservative estimate that at least half the Yale undergraduates are at this moment guilty of breaking the college rules during the present exam period, the penalty for which is expulsion, the description-cheating...
Speaking of the cinema, the show at the University tonight is just about perfect for a bit of light mid-exam period refreshment. The western picture is thoroughly entertaining and all real Vagabonds will be completely delighted with Miss Janet Gaynor in her latest smile...