Word: scholasticism
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All Freshmen entering from Cambridge public schools who are in need of financial assistance are given a scholarship or aid of four hundred dollars. An examination of the records of the past six years indicates, however, that only an average of fifteen Freshmen scholarships are given. It should be pointed...
For too long a time have worthy students of scholarly ability been forced to carry a financial burden that has seriously affected their scholastic work and curtailed their participation in extra-curricula and social life within the University. The administration has recognized that such students should be given great security...
The plan advocated by the CRIMSON-requiring the comprehensive English examination, the scholastic aptitude test, and a careful scrutiny of the applicant's school record-is admittedly imperfect. Ideally, as stated before, "if a similar broad examination were to be given in every subject, the entrance system would be adjusted...
Emphasis should be placed upon the fact that an examination of the candidate's scholastic record forms an integral part of this system of admission. In this way the requisite factual information is assured. As a standard of judging preparatory schools the success of their graduates at college rather than...
Does not this scheme amount, in the last analysis, to a suggestion that examinations as such be scrapped? The English examination, although it requires a certain amount of preparation, demands, above all, a natural ability, parallel in many ways to that required by the scholastic aptitude test. Why have any...