Word: attenders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arranged that the numerical total in the weekly papers, the midyear and final examinations is ascertained, and the mark is given according to the total number of points. As a result there are always certain men who have been doing well, who would not even need to attend the examination in order to receive a satisfactory grade. It also means that except for men on the border line between two marks the examination has little significance, either as a possible means of raising a mark or of lowering...
Dartmouth college has instituted a plan for a very few of its ranking seniors that goes to the extreme in giving the student freedom in his educational work. Those chosen to follow the plan will not pay tuition, will not attend classes if they do not wish to attend, and will not be required to take any examinations. In short they will be allowed to follow the intellectual life at Dartmouth as they see fit. This would be the ideal in education, but unfortunately few students would be strong enough to follow that plan and get anything from their university...
Late bulletins were encouraging. The King was able to sit up in bed, to attend to important business. The people of Windsor were glad to notice that the band continued to play at guard mount, a sure sign that the King was not yet dangerously...
...summoned a cordon of police, rushed at dawn into the home of Toyoshi Nakamura, a young chauffeur. Faced by scowling gendarmerie, Chauffeur Nakamura confessed all. His duties kept him busy from 5 p. m. until dawn, he said. He had robbed the geisha houses for money with which to attend dance halls and amuse himself in his spare time...
...also learned that representatives from Princeton and Cornell, the two colleges which combine to meet the Englishmen later in the month, have been invited by the Harvard Athletic Association to attend this meet. It is expected that Keene Fitzpatrick, Princeton track coach, and Romeyn Berry and Jack Moakley, Graduate Manager of Athletics and track coach, respectively, at Cornell, will be present...