Word: homework
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Long the bane of Math A goers, the course texts, written by former staff members Osgood and Graustein, are admittedly inferior and used mainly for their homework problems. In places the subject matter is incorrect and in others it is now taught differently. The Department has rejected all substitutes, however, as being even more inadequate for the purpose of the course. If the staff refuses to use other books in the field, then it is clearly time to write one of its own, designed expressly for the course, as in English...
...left tackle, Tex Coulter (dropped from West Point in June because his math grades were poor) is tough on defense, but he is apt to be a vulnerable link when the Giants have the ball. Halas' Bears practice three hours a day, get three lectures a week and homework...
...September polio siege ate up 13 precious school days, grown impatient when a 40-inch snowstorm knocked out two more in November. John L. Lewis looked like one affliction too many. Last week, forced by the coal shortage to shut down the schools a third time, Greene handed out homework and organized a school-of-the-air. Said he: "You can't skip a month or two in education and make it up. We are now seeing to it that school goes on, polio, blizzards, strikes or what have...
...Network standbys will continue. Tuesdays and Thursdays from eight o'clock until nine o'clock the customary Music One programs will again assist undergraduate musicians in relatively painless homework sessions. Although the Network will not cover College football contests as previously announced since Boston's WHDH has assumed the broadcasting rights, post-game dance music is definitely on the agenda. Sometime during this term, the Network plans to extend its wiring facilities into the Yard and Business School areas. Service at Stillman Infirmary is again projected. Each bed will be equipped with "hush tone" speakers, whose installation will be completed...
...week long classes are held; then the teacher hands out enough homework to keep pupils busy for four or five weeks. The school car is hooked on to another train, rolls on to the next spur, stays a week, moves...