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...public service" inspection. Their tests concluded, they found that Whitman's strong points (e.g., good academic courses, an attentive student body) more than compensated for its weaknesses (e.g., a cumbersome administrative setup, spotty alumni financial support). A.I.M.'s President Jackson Martindell gave Whitman what amounted to a B-plus-8,100 out of a possible 10,000 points...
...Constant Wife. Sample of the Cornell review: "I am afraid we were a little too swift tonight . . . But really, I do think we were all better than we were in Sioux City ... If I were to grade tonight's performance, I'd give it a B-plus...
...Columbia) rates a B-plus for its efforts with a B-picture plot: the old one about the detective who bores from within a big-city racket to get the goods on the mystery man at the top. It is full of sluggings, shootings and characters with fake identities; the mastermind is the last anyone would suspect, and, at a venerably crucial moment in the final reel, the hero's girl falls into the villain's clutches...
...done should be done; and here enters the grader. This man has a horrid job. He must read, by the dozens, illegible essays written on tedious subjects in vile English. And when he has finished each essay, he must somehow decide if it deserves, say, an 89 for a B-plus or a 90 for an A-minus. But miserable as the job is, it must always be done more carefully and conscientiously than it is done now in many cases. For although there is a lively cynicism at Harvard concerning the significance of grades, their importance is often very...
...whole, the faculty scored about B-plus. The average grade was 3.1 (out of a possible 4.0). Only five professors had flubbed badly (with 2.5 or below), while 43 got a rousing 3.6 or more from their students. At the end of the year, the teachers will be allowed to see their report cards. Some will be pleased ("This is the only class I really hate to cut"). Others will be embarrassed ("I have come to dread going to his class...