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...Grade B represents satisfactory work and is what the average student should aim to receive but not always expect" says the prospectus issued by the faculty. In order to become an Honor man the student must not get below B and no one can be considered a candidate for a scholarship who gets more than one C. In addition to this, their faithfulness and effort are indicated in three grades by the figures 1, 2, and 3; 1 indicates a high degree of faithfulness and effort; 2, a spasmodic effort, and 3, indifference...
...names of those who received grade A or B for the first half year in History I have been announced. There were 6 A's and 50 B's. All men who received grade D or E will be notified by postal card...
...told of James Freeman Clarke's early educational training. "The State University in America," by George E. Howard, advocates the establishment of universities in each State, which shall be universities in something more than name, and the relegation of the many colleges of insufficient means to a grade intermediate between the school and the the university...
...delicate accompaniment of the orchestra and a melody for 'cello solo made a very piquant combination. The rest of the programme consisted of two movements from Cowen's Scandinavian Symphony, and Dvorak's Scherzo Cappriccioso, which were exceedingly well played. The movements by Cowen are not a very high grade of music, being descriptive and imitative in character. the last one suggesting a sleigh ride in Norway. The piece of Dvorak's, with which the concert closed, a sort of idealized waltz, showed plainly the great advance that has been made in the art of writing for orchestra since Haydn...
...instructors, tutors, etc., in the same way. A supposed or real unevenness of ability among those already employed and candidates for vacant positions, has been the cause of the trouble, and in many cases, where one man is paid $1,000 a year, another in the same grade has been paid $2, 000. To clear away this patchwork system a schedule has been made as follows: Professor, adjunct professor, instructor, tutor, assistant. lecturer, curator. The office of lecturer is only temporary, while that of curator, which is entirely new, has been created to fill the want of some scientific...