Word: grades
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Three agreement does not dictate the program of finals, midyears, hour or makeup exams in each University any more than it sets the requirements for a passing grade in Freshman English. When Harvard abolished November and March probation for upperclassmen and then reduced midyear pro, it was never felt by those in Cambridge that such action was in any way the concern of Yale or Princeton...
...makeups are taken imediately college opens and those men who pass with a sufficiently high grade are then removed from the probationary list. Those who merely pass remain ineligible until January. Definite information could not be obtained on what was considered a sufficiently high grade since this is purely a matter of discretion and rests on the faculty's attitude toward each individual. Before the Associated Press story on Friday concerning Platt and Scott, 15 men had already been removed and last night another 33 were added to the list...
Scott was regular tackle on the "Iron Men" eleven of 1934 and Platt was captain of the 1935 Freshman team. Gallagher, who did not make a high enough grade this fall in the opinion of the faculty, was a substitute center last year...
...else to ponder besides Skipper Orsborne's memories artfully ghost-written in third-rate Kiplingese. Up in Bow Street Court stood Skipper "Dod" and his Brother Jim Orsborne to hear themselves indicted for stealing the Girl Pat. Trial begins next month in Old Bailey, promises to provide some Grade A nautical sensations. As the two accused sailors stepped out of the iron-grilled prisoners' dock, their lawyer, Christmas Humphreys, hinted: "Very serious allegations will have to be made against certain witnesses for the prosecution...
Argentine cattlemen would like to improve the milk production of their cows by breeding them with high-grade imported bulls. But bulls bought from the U. S. usually succumb to the tick fever now prevalent in Argentina. For the same reason U. S. owners are unwilling to ship their bulls to South America on a loan basis. Owners of the best bulls, in fact, generally refuse to ship their prizes anywhere at all, demand that the cows be brought to them. Nevertheless for many months Argentine cattlemen have had their eyes on two fine Holstein-Friesian bulls...