Word: crediters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that a Harvard alumnus can donate money to a Radcliffe fund and still receive full credit for giving to his University, it becomes increasingly difficult to dispel the old adage that "Harvard is not coeducational in any respect except in point of fact...
...same ambiguity cut the other way, for the students best able to cope with the regular requirements were also allowed to dispense with them and get course reductions, tutorial for credit, and other special dispensations, while those who found courses extremely difficult to adapt to were not allowed to dispense with them, but continued to plug away at the media to which they were unsuited...
Both tutorial for credit and course reduction offer gradeless, relatively independent study for some students. The line between them blurs, and it is hard to tell how much tutorial for credit succeeds when it is anything but a thesis course or a cram session for generals. Not too many students avail themselves of this privilege, which is infrequently pushed by departments...
Tutorial for credit could be required for junior honors candidates. Grades could be given to insure adequate competition with courses, although a tutor who inspired respect would probably not need this club. The tutor should write a searching report on the student, a report carrying great weight in determining his status for the senior year, and his admission to a courseless program...
Once, 22 years ago, Master Sergeant Ridgley, 43, got to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Amateur. He has a couple of Air Force titles and some minor British tournaments to his credit as well. But never anything like that fine semifinal at Formby. With his crisp, choppy swing, the ex-tailgunner demoralized South Africa's Arthur Walker, 13 and 12. British championship golf had not known such a bad beating since Lawson Little won the Amateur title from James Wallace at Prestwick...