Word: pers
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...turn at last place next year; no one is placed under a disadvantage, the only fault being that this advantage, if it be one, will have been given twice to the present Senior class. But it may be doubted whether this last place is any great advantage; fifty-three per cent of the Juniors who spoke at the preliminary trial are to speak at the final contest, against fifty-seven per cent of the Senior candidates. The difference between the proportions, it will be seen, is very slight, notwithstanding the fact that the Juniors spoke first. In an arrangement...
...admit the advantages of the system. It is easier to throw the dice for per cents than to estimate the true value of a year's work. It saves trouble to read through a book and affix to it a cabalistic sign. On the other hand, it requires care and judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank...
NUMEROUS cases of brain-fog and actual insanity from over study have recently occurred in England. Ten per cent of the young men who passed the competitive Civil Service Examination for Indian service showed, when they afterwards applied for health-certificates, that they had been affected injuriously by the strain of the examination...
...number of hours that the average student would have to give to outside work, and what the general nature of that work would be. The statistics of the number of men taking the course, and of the number dropped, &c., as above, would be very useful. The average per cent attained by those who were not conditioned would be interesting. One or two of the professors have thought of publishing some statistics and explanations of their own courses; but no official suggestions of the kind have been made, to our knowledge...
...Sophomore class supper will be given at Young's Hotel, Wednesday, March 10, at 7.30 P. M. The price per plate will be $3.00, - subscriptions to be paid at Bartlett's before 6 P. M., Tuesday. All are requested to be punctual, and those who wish to sit together can bracket their names...