Word: exam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like the ones above, have been legally casting off both coats and ties; Hoadley has allowed Leverett to wear "a clean shirt, a tie, and no jacket," or a sports shirt, and jacket with no tie. These regulations were to have been in force until the end of the exam period...
...Harvard man persisted, he looked up, and said: "Excuse me, buddy, but I can't talk to you. I'm taking an examination." Where upon the Harvard man crossed the lounge to a couple of students dipping coffee, only to find they too were in the middle of an exam, and were taking a brief break...
...doesn't work out that way at Yale. Of course, the basic tensions that make exam period a morbid time of year are as present in New Haven as at Harvard or anywhere else. There are as many bleary eyes, poor appetites and ragged tempers; as much No-Doz swallowed and coffee drunk; as many rumors of students cracking-up, breaking down, and flunking out. What distinguishes Yale is the difference in the examination procedure itself. At a designated time, students pick up bluebooks and copies of the exam in one room. They can then go to any classroom, lounge...
...CRIMSON starts its exam period publishing schedule tomorrow, which means that papers will appear seven days a week, with the exception of Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Memorial Days. No papers will be printed after June 6, with the exception of five special Commencement editions. The official exam schedule follows below. Group Examination I Friday, May 27 II Thursday, June 2 III Tuesday, May 31 IV Friday, June 3 V Wednesday, May 25 VI Saturday, June 4 VII Tuesday, June 7 VIII Friday, May 27 IX Friday, May 27 X Wednesday, June 1 XI Saturday, May 28 XII Monday, June...
...since the days of Napoleon has France changed its fundamental educational goals. The secondary schools are still so rigidly academic that only about one in every four children gets into them. Those who do must face the dreaded baccalauréat (bachot) exam to graduate. Many must memorize stacks of Greek and Latin verbs, know how to translate Seneca and Tacitus, analyze (in English) the works of De Quincey, Ruskin and George Eliot, be familiar with everything from the Pensées of Pascal to the characters of Corneille...