Word: grading
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...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...
...very gratifying for those who watch with interest and pride Harvard's advance to the highest University grade to notice the number of seminaries and conferences which, according to the calendar, take place here this week. Last evening there were important meetings in the Modern Language, History and Science departments at which the results of advanced individual research were presented and discussed. Tonight there is a similar meeting in the Geological department, while in numerous other ones, such as in that of Classical Philology and of Philosophy, though the regular meetings are not announced in the calendar, the seminary work...
...Fine Arts 3 who receive a grade below C in the October hour examination will be excluded from the course...
...statistics on rank, published in yesterday's CRIMSON, may be taken as a criterion of the seriousness of a student's work during the four years of his college life. The varying percentages of marks in the five grades show a striking and gratifying tendency toward more earnest work in each succeeding year. In the Freshman year less than 16 per cent, of the marks assigned to '89 reached A, while almost 3 per cent. fell into grade E. A steady increase in the A's brings the per cent. to more than 22 in the Senior year...
...most interesting tables given are those showing for each year. and for the whole course, the percentage of marks in each grade assigned to the class. These tables show that the number of men getting high marks increases in a most gratifying manner the longer students remain in the university. The tables, which speak for themselves, are given below...