Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said that she moved like a souped-up glacier, or like a mass of primordial mud. Though young ladies did not usually walk alone at night in those days, Gertrude knew she was safe. In fact, she promised to climb a tree at the approch of a masher--then drop on him and squash...
Many students drop out of honors not merely because of mere laziness or incompetence; they rebel at the increasing specialization some departments require and in general would like an academic framework which leaves more time for general reading or study. The CEP proposals have tended to produce a polarization of undergraduates into honors and non-honors groups which unfortunately lumps this middle segment of students with scholastic reprobates. It is heartening to see that in the past two weeks plans have been advanced which together contain all the elements needed for a non-honors program which satisfies the needs...
Only 35.3 per cent of last year's Freshmen made Dean's List in June, a "serious" drop of over seven per cent from the class of '60, according to the annual report on the Freshman year which was released yesterday. Dean von Stade called the drop "disappointing and, to a great extent, baffling." Not since 1948 has a Freshman class has a smaller percentage in Group III or above...
...students who flunk out "are certainly not dumbbells," said Bender. "They are often very useful, fine, intelligent people, who have a problem adjusting to the Harvard environment." He pointed out that the seven per cent drop is "only one class--an isolated situation, not a trend...
Also commenting was Von Stade, who said, "We have very little knowledge about what motivates a student to do well." Citing the Asian Flu epidemic last fall as one "minor" reason for the drop, he commented that "perhaps the remarkable thing is not last year's drop, but the consistent rise for five years before that...