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...last year and attributed this trend in part to a "general intensification of student effort." An assistant professor of lolitical science commented recently on the overall quality of the students at Illinois: "After grading for three years at Harvard, I have been pleasantly surprised to find that the best exam books here are easily the equivalent of the best at Harvard and that the general quality of the books is relatively close to the Harvard average. The students, however, do not seem to realize this." He continues, "This sort of self-image and lack of confidence can only have deterimental...
...building will be available for separate exam facilities "in the forseable future," necessitating the long duration of the change. Longfellow Hall, formerly used for Radcliffe exams, has been sold to the Graduate School of Education and will soon be renovated. There is no other suitable building and at present the college has no plans for the construction or purchase of any such structure, the official said...
...Harvard no honor system is in effect. The exams are proctored and girls will not be allowed the freedom of informal attire. 'Cliffies must abide by all of Harvard's exam regulations, and no changes in the Harvard exam system are expected...
Music 1, for example, uses phonographs in final examinations. A separate exam requires a duplication of these special facilities, a move which departments have been increasingly reluctant to make...
Although she described the exam change as a temporary emergency measure, Mrs. Bunting said that there is considerable sentiment in the Registrar's office and among the faculty in favor of making it a permanent policy. Separate exams are often a nuisance for section men collecting blue books and for proctors checking attendance. But the RGA, Mrs. Bunting stressed, would have an opportunity to consider the advisability of making the change permanent...