Word: criterions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dean's office. Men who are really interested in their studies and realize the true value of academic attainments will form the most valuable nucleus for the occupants of the "House". I do not mean merely grinds. It is difficult to interpret but there is a definite criterion which may be used to judge applicants on the basis of true scholarly mindedness...
...words "But he doesn't respect the Constitution!" Between his wanderings from lecture hall to lecture hall the Vagabond has picked up enough knowledge about the current campaign to assure him that there is still no more destructive charge Same of the factors that influenced the birth of this criterion of Americanism will be discussed by Professor Baxter at 10 o'clock in Harvard 3 under the title of "The influence of Foreign Affaire on the Formation of the Constitution". Other lectures of interest today...
...from an endurance stunt to the dignity Boston institutions to escape the obloquy of the enlightened. And if, eight seconds in this instance seems as short as the twenty six miles seem long, they gain added significance in the fact that this year's race was the criterion of choice for the Olympics. The race, indeed, is so influenced by this, by what it reenacts, and by the nationalities that run in it, that it is peculiarly suited to the Athens of America...
...Harvard and Yale can compare the efforts of their leading students on the same examinations without the accompaniment of glowing press accounts, and without creating the impressions that the results obtained are to be regarded as a criterion of the educational efficacy of the two colleges the cause of undergraduate scholarship in both should be greatly benefited; if not, a new distortion of values in the American college will be in the process of development...
Since a Dartmouth undergraduate refused to become a member of the Phi Beta Kappa on the ground that college grades were no criterion of real ability, there has been revealed evidence from two sources that his stand is not justified by the facts. President Lowell, in his speech at Yale last week, stated that he had found that the graduates making the greatest successes in after life had done well in college studies while the prevalent opinion that extra-curriculum activities were more valuable as a preparation for later life has no basis for its claims. President Lowell has carried...