Word: exam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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University officials have refused a request by Donald C. McKay, professor of History, which would allow students in his courses an extra 15 minutes to think over final exam questions before beginning to write their answers...
McKay had proposed that proctors distribute the exam questions before giving out blue-books so that students can "read the question thoroughly and think out and organize their answers...
...make exams as quiet as possible," Kennedy said. "McKay's idea would cause too much confusion. It would be a different story if we had enough space to have every exam held in a separate room...
...solution to the Dean of the Faculty recently: to tack an extra 15 minutes on the examination period, in which the questions would be handed out but the blue-books held until the time came to start writing. During the 15 minutes, students would be able to read the exam and think about it, but would be forbidden from writing anything or making notes...
...library. Whereas the separation of Dudley from Apley is more a mental block than a real one, the scarcity of space already looms as a definite inconvenience. Apley's Bunk Room has enough beds for only ten men, which may well fall short of the usual exam period desire for some kind of overnight accommodations. "It seems like I spent more time going home and coming back than studying last year," one sophomore complained...