Word: exam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roaring out of a House dining hall yesterday morning in one of those frenzies induced by a coming hour exam, a rollicking Senior just for the hell of it bawled over his shoulder to the nearby hostess as he went out the door: "Send an order of griddle cakes over to the House Library for me. I'll be hungry a little later...
...burden on seniors from too many written papers relieved, the advantages from such a course of action should convince even the most conservative members of the University that an essay is a more searching and a more accurate test of a student's ability than an hour exam...
...dull, factual examination questions demanding little but an air-ting memory. Veering away from such a danger, two recent trends at Harvard have approached the problem from different directions, both pointing toward a more successful criterion than factual memory. The value of the first trend, substitution of more general exam questions attacking a broad subject from a particular angle, has been recognized by practically every department, even in the most technical sciences. On the other hand, the second trend, the use of essays, papers and short theses in place of monthly tests and hour exams, hotbeds of memory questions...
...fingers who will come our on top. Yet this places a high premium on one type of student, and explains why so many people with thoroughness rather than equickness, originality rather than powers of memory, do not have a chance to show their ability in an hour exam. But given an essay to prepare outside of class, all the various talents of each individual manifest themselves; initiative in research, originality in approach, clarity of organization, and brilliance of interpretation become obvious in an essay of moderate length. Above all, it does what an hour exam can never do, by making...
...saucy had and sleek fur coat. He watches her face as it searches the crowd anxiously. The expression is too good to miss. After all, this is a foreign city to her. Then she spies him, and Vag smiles a really happy smile. It has been a long, exam-filled week, but now at long last she stands there in front of him. Smoke swirls around them...