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...together and has some meaning rather than an assemblage of miscellaneous courses. It is evident, then, that the Harvard student has two inestimable advantages over the Yale or the Dartmouth student; (1) an ordered plan of study for his last three years; (2) a tutor, whom he sees at frequent intervals, and who acts as his guide in planning and following out his program of studies. In respect to this second point let me remark that in my three years at Yale no professor has made an attempt to give me an idea of the relationship of my various courses...
...more mature and experienced, the first purpose is sufficiently accomplished by one examination at the end of each course. There is no need for the second use one studies or flunks. One examination would be sufficient to disclose the knowledge of a college course too, but the stimulus of frequent examinations is felt by all perhaps erroneously to be necessary in order not to place too much responsibility for doing his work on the under classman. It is probably, in the main, sound sense because the underclassman usually over estimates his own ability to absorb information in a lump...
Granting the necessity of giving frequent examinations, why should not a type of examinations, why should not a type of examinations be given that will be of some benefit to the students instead of being an unmitigated aggravation...
...kopeks a pood, after paying 20% taxes on profits, 5 to 45% royalties and higher wages for workmen. Now, he continued, the production of crude oil costs double, despite the confiscation of property, no taxation or royalties, lower wages to workmen and lack of strikes, which hitherto were frequent...
While reading to President Calles President Coolidge wore, instead of his familiar black-rimmed spectacles, a shiny new gold pince-nez with long black cord. Observers realized that the change would not necessitate the striking of a new Coolidge medal,* since eyeglasses are not a frequent enough accessory to the Coolidge features. He wears them only when reading...