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...eligible must be a student who has satisfied college entrance requirements, is enrolled in a college or university and is continuing work of a first year collegiate grade. A contestant may submit only one essay, and this must not exceed 2500 words in length. Essays must be typewritten, double spaced, on one side of appear eight and one half inches by 11 inches. They must bear the name, home address, and name and address of the institution attended by the contestant, and must be in the hands of the Secretary, Committee on Prize Essays, American Chemical Society, 85 Beaver Street...
...than the minority "who ought to be flunked anyway" for the sole purpose of passing that quiz; taken like a doze of salt instead of as food. Notes, if any are unsystematic, unimportant, and useless for review. They are probably not looked at again until the final exam Final grade "D"-disappointment because he "really worked damn had for that exam," is it not much better to study the material in the course so that it is understood and assimilated? If the Freshman can be made to do that he has learned something-about the course, to be sure...
Such a car, tested, proved that it could ascend a 20% grade, accelerating briskly, stop in the middle of the grade, then proceed again without necessity of manual gear shifting...
This fashion of making bricks has great wastage. In the kiln heat a great portion of the bricks warp and curl. Some can be sold for seconds and used in the hidden supporting walls of low grade apartment houses. Most, however, must be crushed and used as road-making filler...
...unnecessary burden from the shoulders of over one half of the present Freshman class. Whereas formerly the only method of escape from the elementary and irritating demands of this subject was through anticipatory examinations given before the opening of college--examinations neither widely advertised nor understood a grade of 70 per cent or higher in College Board English examinations now permits exemption. The result is that all those taking the course at present may be said to be in need of its services and those whose entrance papers have proven their ability are at liberty to proceed with work...