Word: gladding
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...harshly. We, certainly, are not so bowed down by years that we can consistently look upon every innovation in the literature of the College as a permanent evil. The field the Lampoon has chosen by no means encroaches on our ground--even if it did, we should be rather glad than sorry--and we can assure its editors that any jokes at our expense will be taken always in the spirit they are made...
While Kleinfelder says she is glad the days of school-sanctioned drinking are over, trust and team dynamics continue to be most effective in controlling team drinking...
That said, we are glad that Mansfield has finally chosen to separate explicitly his private feelings about grade inflation from his public assessments of students, and we encourage professors who agree with him on grade inflation to adopt a similar approach. Grades are used as a measure not only in individual courses, but also across courses and academic careers. A future graduate school or employer finding a Mansfield-inflicted C-minus on an applicant's transcript will assume that the students' work in the course was uniquely deficient, not that the professor was uniquely honest. A lonely giver...
This is true largely because we can longer trust the grades we see on a transcript from a Harvard graduate. A "Harvard A" does not, in fact, mean that the graduate has learned the course material. I am glad, however, that these same graduates feel good about themselves...
...College should also ensure that students have a full week between initial class meetings and study card day. Last fall only five days were allotted between the start of classes and the study card due date--we are glad to see that the Faculty's tentative calendar for the next two academic years allows students seven days to select courses...