Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the two or three weeks before examinations one can loaf or cram probably a little of both. It is true there is work assigned for courses and other work for the tutors. However, if I am not mistaken, the purpose of this freedom is to encourage individual study. It may attempt to produce scholars...
Blackstone--Pryde, Winstead v. Foster--Cram, Newell...
...11English 23 Harvard 2, 3Fine Arts 1f, Robinson HallFine Arts 2c Fogg Mus.Fine Arts 2d Fogg Mus.Geology 7 Emerson F.German 1a I Old Fogg Lect. Rm.German 2 I Sever 8German 21 Sever 36Government 19 Sever 23, 24, 30History B Sever 17History 1Mr. Clarke, sects. 1, 29 New Lect. HallMr. Cram, 2, 36 and conf. group I New Lect. HallMr. Dow 3, 13 and conf, group II Memorial HallMr. Durand, conf, group III Harvard 5Mr. Evans, 5, 37 and conf group IV Memorial HallMr. Gideonse, sect. A and conf, group V New Lect. HallMr. Gratwick, 4, 15, 25, 26 Harvard...
...weekly or fortnightly quiz, given for the purpose of keeping the student on the job, as it actually works in most cases, fosters pernicious methods of study. The students do what is expressed by a very familiar phrase, "cram up for the quiz and forget it." They read up the chapters assigned the night before the quiz. There is no time for taking notes. They go to the section meeting remembering words, phrases, and paragraphs-mere print-and spit out all those which seem to have any application to the questions, with a sensation of relief at being...
...Fine Arts 13a Fogg Lect. Rm. French 21 Allin-Lanier Sever 18 Leith-Wilkinson Sever 14 Geology 17 Sever 30 German 1a I Dr. Cawley, sect. 1 Sever 1 Dr. Stevens, sect. 2 Sever 2 Government 19 Ach-Main Sever 18 Markley-Wiesman Sever 20 History 1 Mr. Cram. conf. sect. New Lect. Hall Mr. Gratwick, sect. 1 and conf. sect. New Lect. Hall Mr. Scramuzzn, sects. 0, 13, and conf. sects. New Lect. Hall Mr. Strayer, sects. 10, 17 and conf. sects. New Lect. Hall Mr. Taylor, sects. 4, 14 and conf. sects. New Lect. Hall Mr. Durand, sects...