Word: honored
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Senior and Junior classes at Yale Sheffield Scientific School have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the honor system. The plan will now be submitted to the vote of the freshmen...
...director. This observatory is famous for its investigations of the clouds and it was there that kites were first used to record meteorological data. In recognition of his efforts to advance the knowledge of the atmosphere Professor Rotch was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and he has also received the Prussian Orders of the Crown, and of the Red Eagle...
...Honor Grade...
Again, sixteen and five-tenths percent. of the men who entered under the old plan received honor grades (A or B), as against thirty per cent. of the men who entered under the new plan. Most striking of all, perhaps, is the fact that ninety-one per cent. of the men who entered under the new plan were reported at the mid-years as having done a satisfactory half-year's work in English, that is, as receiving grade C, or better; but against this ninety-one per cent. of new plan men doing satisfactory work appears the fact that...
...means of kites, and later with registration balloons. He has taken part in several scientific expeditions, and, in 1905, collaborated, with Teisserenc de Bort in sending a steam yacht to explore the tropical atmosphere. While in Europe in 1889 Professor Rotch was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and has since received many honors both here and abroad...