Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wasted, and that it would be better to enter business immediately, but I believe that the Business School training is practically invaluable. Not only does it develop a man's quickness and ability to coordinate his thoughts on the task at hand, but, above all, it teaches him the exact methods by which the big firms carry on their work in each branch of the business. It also gives him a wider grasp and knowledge of the whole field, and a broader outlook on the work in which he is not materially interested, than that of a man who immediately...
Tryouts for the Freshman Triangular Debating Team will be held at 7 o'clock tonight in Harvard 6. Candidates may speak for five minutes, with or without notes, but preferably without, on either side of the question of "General Wood and the Philippines." Exact wording of the question may be obtained from Phillip Walker '25. Weld 43 telephone University...
...General Wood and Philippine Independence" has been announced by the Debating Council as the subject for the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Freshman triangular debate, which will take place April 5. The exact wording of the question will be announced later...
Spring competitions for the acting, business, publicity, electrical and stage departments of the Dramatic Club will get under way with a meeting to be held in the Faculty Room of the Union the latter part of next week, the exact date for which will be announced in Tuesday's CRIMSON. The competition in acting is open to any member of the University; all the others are restricted to Sophomores and Freshmen...
...absolute standard is ideal theoretically; practically, it has been found that in most subjects, except the exact sciences, a relative standard is the only useful one--that is, the best men are given A's, the worst E's, and B's. C's and D's are dealt out following roughly a standardized grade-curve. With an absolute standard, it is conceivable that no one should attain an A or an E; with the relative standard, it is inconceivable...