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GENTLEMEN: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System," you reprinted recently...
Artful equivocations are even worse; Iynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our Iynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud." (V.G.); "But whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say." (A.E.) Now one such might...
Although letters discussing grade inflation are often sent during the fall exam period, Wolcowitz said this letter was "more pointed and strong" than those of years past...
...That room is the least used in Lamont, evenduring exam period," he said. "GovernmentDocuments is used by 100 to 150 people every day,half of whom are undergraduates. I don't see aproblem in moving a heavy use area into a betterlocation...
According to the letter, the restrictions were prompted by expected overcrowding in the dining halls during reading and exam periods. First-years shopping prospective houses before the spring lottery will also strain the dining halls, Young wrote...