Word: exam
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Their nerves taut from worry and lack of sleep, a good number of students will resent the ubiquitous exam proctor as he casually walks around the room and stays close to people going out for a cigarette. The reason there is no honor system at Harvard is not because the students are immature or dishonest, but because the College has many men and little social compactness. Another reason is that the complaints have never been very loud...
...when the College is nearer normal, there should be a general plea for an honor system, coupled with determination to enforce it on the student level, it might be put gradually into effect. Such a move could have the advantage of creating a healthier attitude toward college courses and exams, but the result also can be disastrous. The few dishonest people around will stay dishonest and make the honor system a farce unless the social pressure favoring it is enormous, and at the present there is no such pressure. An alternative at some schools that ostensibly have no policemen...
...General Exam for Seniors...
Concentrators must write, in addition to the thesis, an examination in their own linguistic field and an exam in general linguistics. An oral test is also required. None of these exams, however, cover the literature of any language...
Economics 1--"Theory and Policy"--is nominally required of all honors candidates, and is virtually a necessity for the divisional exam. Many students find this the most difficult phase of their study, and the highly abstract nature of the material necessitate competent instruction...