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Word: classrankings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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Minor obstacles like graduate school admission and Selective Service classrank could almost certainly be overcome, but scientists' opposition would present a stronger check. John H. Van Vleck, Dean of Engineering and Applied Physics, contends that courses are necessary in the sciences; saying that the European emphasis on reading and tutorial applies reasonably only to the Humanities and Social Sciences. "You can browse around in literature," he says, "more easily than in scientific disciplines and the laboratories...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: The Grading System: Its Defects Are Many | 6/13/1957 | See Source »

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