Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee appointed to correspond with other colleges on marking systems. The report embraced twenty two colleges. A general discussion ensued of the various systems, the tendency being to favor a system of ranking by general classes. The great objection to such a plan was shown to be in the award of scholarships. A resolution expressive of dissatisfaction with the present was tabled, although manifestly in accord with the prevailing opinion. No conclusion was reached, and the meeting adjourned until...
...ranking by classes, such as: those not passed, those conditioned, those passed, - with credit, - with great credit, - with the greatest credit. Honors could be assigned to those standing in the upper classes. The great objection that will be urged against any general ranking system as this, will be the award of scholarships. This difficulty can be obviated by requiring those applying for scholarships to maintain a certain rank in their class work and to do other outside work on which they can be examined on the same basis and by the same instructor...
...Olympian Rink of Boston offers prizes of many hundreds of dollars to be awarded in the near future to the best drum corps out of the many it expects to contest. It is suggested that the H. D. C. be resusitcated and compete for the prize. As the award is to be made not only for musical skill, but also for skill in evolution, and as the old H. D. C. performed the most marvellous evolutions ever seen in the great parade, there will be little doubt that the prize and hundreds of shining ducats will come out to Harvard...
...class musical clubs of Princeton held a prize contest last Monday, evening. President McCosh presented the award, a silver badge, which was assigned by the judges to the club from '86. Dr. McCosh also announced that a prize of $25 would be given to any undergraduate who should hand in before September, the best Princeton college song, words and music...
...prize speaking last evening was one of the closest contests which have occurred for years between the compe titors for the Boylston prizes. Although as usual some surprise was manifested at the award of prizes, this surprise has come to be one of the concomitants of our Boylston declamations, and arises rather from a diference of opinion than from any exception to the justice of the award. Nothing could be a greater proof of the efficiency of Mr. Jones' work toward eradicating the old-time rant and rage in speaking than the speaking of last evening. Self containment...