Word: exam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lamont Library was opened five years ago to handle the first problem, overcrowding. But the Korean War and the resulting drive for grades have come since then. Although Lamont still suffices adequately for most of the year, at exam periods it fails to provide all the needed study space and time. And in the immediate future the University must make some preparation for the soon to arrive bumper crop of war-baby students...
...Midyear exams have been shifted to a point in early January, the authorities said, because the two weeks of classes which now divide Christmas vacation and midyears are an academically representative period. Since Yale has no needing period, students tend to ignore their classes during these weeks and to wait for the actual exam period before studying in earnest...
...Yale administration's chief problem in establishing the new academic schedule was to reconcile it with athletic schedules that were arranged several years ago. Since Yale's midyear exam period will now come two weeks before those of other colleges, it was necessary to reschedule all contests that would have been played in early January, in addition to those which would conflict with the Elis' new spring vacation
...mean that any prospective Harvard, Yale, or Princeton student would have to pay at least $22 and as much as $29 to apply to one college. Secondary school students already pay $12 to take the College Boards Examination, and are required to pay another $6 to take a practice exam in the junior year. Added to this expense, the College Scholarship Service, instituted this year, is charging $1 to handle each application for financial assistance...
...today is the final exam, and an "A" this afternoon will mean an "A" for the year...