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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There has been a great deal of adverse criticism of the system now in use, according to Mr. Pennypacker. Two methods of examination are possible: the restricted plan, whereby a student takes his examination during his preparatory years, and the comprehensive plan, which requires but one exam, and that during the summer of the year in which the student is to enter college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOMAS HEADS BOARD TO REVISE ENGLISH EXAMS | 11/16/1929 | See Source »

...sorry...Well, why the hell don't you look where you're going? Oh...Jees, look at my sleeve. Chocolate milk all over it. Sure, I do. The litle shrimp sits in front of me in French. I'll joggle his chair, absentminded, tomorrow. Yeh, we got an exam. You can drive a guy nuts that way. You can drive a guy--sure, it does. Just scrape...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: THE CRIME | 3/12/1929 | See Source »

...this course borders somewhat upon my field of concentration I am taking today's exam merely out of the spirit of curiosity, and would you be so kind as to give me a grade?" Signed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vagabond King Makes Debut in Striking Exposure of Exam Mechanism--Passing Grade Rewards Three Hour Session | 2/5/1929 | See Source »

...first indication that anything out of the ordinary was going on was when the proctor at the Psychochemistry X exam noticed that there was one more man in the room than was enrolled in the course. Suspicious of some plot on the part of one of his rivals in the phlegtobotany department, he watched for an unfamiliar face as the students came up to leave their books. Just as the throng about the desk was greatest, he caught a glimpse of the strange face. It was only a glimpse, and before he could say a word it was lost...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/23/1929 | See Source »

...Mucilage who had the first suspicion of the truth. The morning the English 99 1-2 exam was to be held, he substituted at the last minute papers for Abyssmian Philology. A few discontented murmurings were heard from the students, but most of them set diligently to work. Then Mucilage began to walk up and down the aisles, peering over the shoulder of every man. At last he found what he was seeking...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/23/1929 | See Source »

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