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There is a certain amount of truth in this rebuttal, but the whole truth is that many, if not all students use essentially the tutoring school method of approaching examinations. They cram, they use outlines, they borrow their friends' reading notes, they look up old exams in order to spot questions, and they skim frantically over the reading at the eleventh hour. That they are not so successful as professionals in these methods merely indicates that they haven't the scientific approach of the professionals, not that they find the methods morally reprehensible. It can be argued that when...
Presumably with a straight face, they offer, among others, such moral gems as "Don't cram before exams;" "Freshmen, play upon to the sophomore and upperclassmen. . . .ask for advice;" "Don't chew gum insistently" (sic); "Don't bring midget radios to the classroom;" "Don't be bashful about reciting;" "Don't change roommates every week--adjust yourself;" "Leave the bathroom as you ground...
...three-month CRIMSON investigation of the commercial cram bureau revival was initiated after discovery of a copy of a letter from Lester S. Cramer '30, sent to some of the College's social clubs and announcing readless "to provide tutoring for hour, mid-year and general examination in the major liberal arts studies...
...dealt the knockout punch in the spring of 1940 when the University made liable to disciplinary action any student using their services. The official ban ended a year-long campaign which was started after a Student Council poll showed that more than two-thirds of the student body frequented cram bureaus...
...humming with life once more. On its upper floors dormitories have been set up, shower rooms moved in bodily. A staff of 25 cleans and cooks, as academic affairs cram every old corner during...