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Grouser marched angrily to the Dean's office. "I want to see Dean Holbrook," he stormed at one of the secretaries. After about 10 minutes, he was led into the presence of the dean. "It's either the graders or me, Dean Holbrook," he shouted incoherently. "One of us has...
Noting that Grouser was serious, Professor Hubbard described the grading procedure. "There are two members of the Faculty in charge of each report," he began. "They analyze it very carefully, write it down, and have their first meeting with the graders. All points are carefully discussed, and reports and picked...
"Again papers are picked at random, and girls meet in conference groups to set up standards. The grading is not done on a point basis and credit is definitely given for a good but unorthodox approach." Grouser was awed.
He listened to Grouser's gripes sympathetically, and then traced the background of the procedure. "The increase in enrollment after World War I, and the policy if extending the case system to all courses made it impossible for the instructors to do the grading. So in 1920, I hired three...
Discovering to his embarrassment that all the graders expected him to stay something, he ventured, "Where is the blind one?" To the surprised questions of the girls, he explained that "someone told me that one of you went blind and kept on grading exam papers for four hours."