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...race will take place over a mile and three quarters of the two and a half mile trail. The steepest single grade of the race is a twenty-five degree drop; the course averages a forty foot width. Base of operations will be the Mountaineering Club cabin on Mt. Washington and the race will begin at noon. From the placing at the finish of the race it is expected that the nucleus of the team will be selected by Coach Charles N. Proctor...
...sport clothes, trooped from the dance floor and lined up. Blushing attendants led them one by one to the proper spot. From a cautious distance 20 debutante milkers took turns pulling & squeezing at Nysia Maggie Titanic de Kol and Nysia Maid Gertrude, produced a total of one cupful of grade A milk...
...post because of scandalous rumors. On the second occasion, when friends warned him of impending trouble, Veblen fatalistically replied: "What is one to do if the woman moves in on you?" This philosophic detachment was typical of him. He was accustomed to giving all his students the same low grade, never checked their attendance, seldom set examinations. He discouraged ingenuous questions with: "I don't know, I'm not bothered that way." When his second wife enthusiastically embroiled herself in discussions on Socialism with other faculty wives, Veblen would remark that either side could find enough books in the library...
There can be no dispute about the ineffectual training with which the average freshman enters college. "Adequate preparation," is indeed vitally necessary. The very existence of rigid examinations, however, makes this preparation more difficult by emphasizing the value of a passing grade rather than of genuine education. Since this is true, some substitute for the present system must be evolved...
...take English A, for lack of any examination record of their knowledge of grammar and literature. But in common with many of their classmates, they are not greatly delighted with the course, and for many of them it is no more necessary than for those who receive the grade of 75 or better in the English College Board and are thereby exempted...