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Since 1927, it has been the policy of the Law School to admit all graduates of "colleges of high grade", who ranked in the upper three quarters of the class, and graduates of other colleges who ranked in the first quarter of the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Stiffens Admission Rules to Reduce Early Failures | 1/15/1937 | See Source »

...grade of C at the end of the year is considered proof of a sufficient knowldege of English for a college student. Since there are no mid-year examinations, and the November "Hours" usually include a theme, the principal basis for the marks are written compositions. The main test, therefore, is ability to write good English, which would be fully proven by a mark of "B" at mid-years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXEMPTION FROM ENGLISH A | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

...combined with the fact that the course does not count towards a degree, provided little incentive for hard work. A more reasonable exemption mark; on the other hand, would stimulate effort. Most students can not consider the course as anything less than a penalty. B is an honor grade and should be considered sufficient to remove this chastisement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXEMPTION FROM ENGLISH A | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

Author Dodge has based her romantic tale on a rubble foundation of fact. Claverhouse was a real character who, she thinks, has been handled over roughly by historians. As raw material for the cinema, Graham of Claverhouse is magnificent stuff. As a book, it is cloak-&-sword romance, Grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Killiecrankie | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...aforementioned performers could carry a Grade B musical show by themselves. What puts The Show Is On definitely in the Grade A class is the addi tion of another pair of entertainers, Reginald Gardiner and Beatrice Lillie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 4, 1937 | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

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