Word: exam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GUMMIDGE: You're on your way. For your final exam, read and commit to memory the 23rd Psalm Jargonized by Alan Simpson, president of Vassar College...
Easily the liveliest septuagenarian in Government, Hershey also scoffed at the idea of the all-volunteer army. Most volunteers, he pointed out, only signed up "after they passed the Selective Service exam and it became apparent that Uncle Sam had some permanent interest in them." Hershey conceded that the draft was uncertain, but added, "I have some friends this week who found certainty-their obituaries were published in your papers." And for all its faults, the draft sure beats the way "George Washington had to spend most of his time looking for men-he had to arrange his schedule...
Against expediency is weighed the draft exam and class rank, two adjuncts to II-S with enormous political consequences. Professors do not like the use of class rank as a factor in determining deferment because they resent being drawn into the Selective Service process; psychologists dislike it because, they say, it leads to grade-grubbing and unnatural tension -- and they claim that grades often don't have any relation to performance after college. The draft exam can be attacked: congenital inaccuracy which makes it impossible to answer some questions because the right answer is a) not given or b) given...
...poll was held to aid the Administration in planning for reading and exam periods, when it is expected that Hilles will be used to capacity. The library's day staff has been investigating the problem of overcrowding, and making periodic spot checks on the number of people using Hilles at all hours...
...Historical Inquiry" and "Exposition and Scientific Methods." Of the 250 enrolled in these half-year seminars, 80 per cent are super-literate freshmen who pulled the required 700's on both the verbal and math SAT's and 4's or 5's on the CEEB Advance Placement exam in English. The rest are upperclassmen who managed to impress section men with their enthusiasm or need for writing instruction at interviews this fall...