Word: exam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard College, with its system of testing students' knowledge, has always been a favorite place for the Vagabond at exam time. For although there are no lectures to go to, there are always exams with spot passages, whether literary, musical, or otherwise...
...Fine Arts lectures. Now he has them all in his heart. He will remember them; but he will never forget to try the tests, just to make sure he isn't getting rusty. But the final morsel, which he is waiting for, comes in the Music 4 exam, next week. A few little pieces will be played, then disappear into silence. Who might have written them? What musical form are they in? Compare, or contrast...
...such quizzes are fascinating, whether of the exam or "Ask me another" type. How many know this introduction, which is to appear in a prominent new English grammar book as a sample of beautiful writing: "The earth sighed as it turned on its course; the shadow of night crept gradually along the Mediterranean, and Asia was left in darkness. The great cliff that was one day to be called Gibraltar held for a long time a gleam of red and orange, while across from it the mountains of Atlas showed deep blue pockets in their shining sides...
...first is the tutorial system inaugurated by Dean Turk. Student tutors now prevent the man who lags in his work from academic suicide by intensive training in the subjects he fails to master. This system has its culmination for the year in exam week...
Biological knowledge at New Haven, it seems, is reducible to the limits of the yes and no exam. This is, of course, no reflection on the sons of Eli in their non-academic capacity, but refers to the scientific racket recently exposed at Yale. Fortunate in the possession of a blind scholar, equipped with the necessary intelligence, when the weekly quiz came around the sly Yale boys just counted the taps on his typewriter and with rapid manipulation of their fingers were able to decipher the opinion of the blind Homer on the subject at hand. The resulting standard...