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Courses containing fifty or sixty men present a problem which those large gatherings in the New Lecture Hall do not possess. The unfortunate professor in charge of the course not only has to lecture to his students but at the same time has to grade a large number of mediocre papers...
Knute Nelson, the family moved permanently to Washington. After grade school and a short time in Central High School, Son Bob went off to Mercersburg. There in two years he became a football and track star, treasurer of his class and a graduate aim laude. His schoolmates were proud to vote him the typical Mercersburg student...
...first semester, which may be counted as a half course if taken with a grade of C or better, continues the work of integration in Osgood where the Freshman left off, and concludes with a rather thorough investigation of infinite series; the latter will prove extremely boring to any but the mathematics fanatic, though offering a breathing spell after the rigors of definite integrals. The second term includes a month of Solid Analytic to prepare the student for the mysteries of partial differentiation...
Without a reasonable amount of application, even a passing mark is unattainable, for the grade is based chiefly upon the daily work. A vast amount of time is spent in solving problems fabricated purely to prepare the students for the more difficult hurdles ahead...
Unlike most universities Harvard has not seen fit to tighten up on the requirements for graduate degrees. This is especially true of the master's degree. It can be obtained in most of the departments by passing four courses with a grade of B or higher, and three of these may be the regular undergraduate courses. A ruling of the government department, however, to go into effect next fall, requires that for the degree of A.M. in political science, the candidate must, besides the requirements stated above, pass a general examination and present a thesis...