Word: grades
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fordham's best batter to boot. Against Yale last week Right-hander Borowy performed in routine fashion: he struck out ten men, allowed only four hits, shut out his opponents 5-to-0 for Fordham's 16th victory of the season. In three years at Fordham (against Grade A competition) Junior Borowy has chalked up 27 victories in 28 starts-a record that looked pretty good to the World Champion New York Yankees with whom he is reputed to have signed (with a bonus of $10,000 for signing...
...robot, not thinking for himself, but speaking words put into his mouth. He uses cliches like the "psychology of the business man"--Wolff's contribution to Economics A--until the grader, coming across it for the twentieth time, cannot help but see its origin. And cannot help but grade accordingly...
...professors. Nothing could be more fair. There is no invalid discrimination. The only ones who are hit are those who tutor. The student who has honestly tried and still is not able to think with originality on an examination should--hard as this may seem--get a low grade anyway. All others are not affected, for the exams are not made harder, but only more thought-provoking...
General comprehension and original interpretation will be the criteria determining students' final grade in Economics A. The personal contact between instructor and student, and the examination questions will be directed towards this end. Professor Burbank pointed out the futility of tutoring and the "inadequacy" of prepared notes...
Enter Goring. Since General Goring took control of the entire German economy in 1936, the Nazis have made some progress towards their goal of Wartime self-sufficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. Low-grade iron ores are being worked by the State-owned Hermann Goring Iron Works; by 1940 the Nazis expect that perhaps 35% of the iron consumption of Great Germany will be supplied from domestic sources. Aluminum from bauxite imported from Hungary and the Balkans is supplementing heavier metals, such as copper and nickel. Artificial rubber sufficient for 25 to 30% of the peacetime rubber requirements is being...