Word: exam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Strivers do badly on an exam, they blame themselves for not studying enough, or for not organizing their information adequately. "Everyone could get good marks," they say "if they just studied more (or harder, or better)." Seniors do better than freshman, they declare, because they have learned how to study. To them, grades are extremely rational, accurate measurements of achievement. Some Strivers get all A's, some get all A's and B's, some get grades that settle around B-/C+; but a single student's grades generally do not fluctuate very much. Their patterned method of working...
During reading and exam period, Lamont will add to its weekend hours and remain open until midnight on Saturdays and Sundays. Reserve books will circulate overnight at the following times: Friday at 9 p.m.--due Saturday at 9 a.m.; Saturday at 9 p.m.--due Sunday at 2 p.m.; Sunday at 9 p.m.--due Monday...
...hungered for recognition, according to his crew mates. He tried out for the postwar Bikini tests but lost out in competition. He was refused a regular commission in the Air Force, and after enrolling in the U.S.A.F. meteorological school, was eased out of the service for cheating on an exam. While being mustered out, he got mixed up in a harebrained scheme to invade Cuba and make it a 49th state. Federal agents discovered a cache of arms and the plot was aborted. Eatherly received a suspended sentence...
...that empty space under your door tomorrow will mean only that the CRIMSON publishes Monday through Friday during reading period and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during exam period. Tomorrow is Saturday...
...Editor's Note: With this column, the CRIMSON inaugurates a series of diverting articles to entertain and enlighten Harvard students during reading and exam periods. Twice each week from now until the end of the term, "Here and Other Places" will provide earlymorning escape from the tedium of studies. In the first installment we present a preview of subjects to be treated in weeks to come...