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Under the present set-up, plusses and minuses have much less importance than many people attach to them. B-plus and B-minus both count as straight B's for rank list ratings and for the student's final record transcripts. The man with a B-plus who has just missed an A has, in a sense, been robbed, while a person with a B-minus has been exalted somewhat out of proportion to his talents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Rank System | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

...fine arts major, Kranz has maintained an A to B-plus average in addition to spending three to five hours a day painting. His thesis is on "Color Problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stewart Kranz Wins Fellowship | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...couple of U.S. Treasury agents on the trail of a counterfeit gang. It was obviously put together without much time or money to spare, and as often happens under such circumstances, vitality and unpretentiousness get a chance to exert themselves. The result is a nice, brisk, intelligent little B-plus melodrama, far more real and entertaining than the general run. Chief credits go to Players Dennis O'Keefe, Wally Ford and Alfred Ryder (Broadway's blooming June Lockhart is also present), to Writer John C. Higgins and Director Anthony Mann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Jan. 26, 1948 | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...complain that a CRIMSON Editor was able to buy a B-plus in History 32 for twenty dollars. I agree with you that there is good reason for complaint. But you say that he bought his B-plus from Mr. Cramer, while all that he bought from Mr. Cramer was six hours of factual information. You neglect that the CRIMSON Editor then took his six hours of information to the Department of History, and they gave him a B-plus in return. Now, I contend that Mr. Cramer's transaction was a perfectly legal and honorable one, and that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blames College, Not Cramer | 1/16/1948 | See Source »

With applications flooding in daily, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has been forced to raise entrance requirements from a B average to a B-plus A-minus one. A 50% increase in the highest previous enrollment of the school has been forecast for the fall term, with three-quarters of the expected students veterans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate School Applications Top Past Record High | 5/2/1946 | See Source »

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