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...message to Garcia"; in the Army's Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. He was sent by President McKinley at war's outbreak to learn from Cuban insurgent General Calixto Garcia the strength of Garcia's forces. He carried his instructions in his head, but uplifter Elbert Hubbard's editorial, A Message to Garcia, put a letter in his hand, later put money in Hubbard's pocket, ultimately sold more than 40,000,000 copies. Rowan's reward was a promotion, a D.S.C...
Information about the squadron can be obtained at the Cadet Armory on the corner of Arlington and Stuart Streets in Boston any Wednesday evening between 5:45 and 8:30 o'clock, or by calling L. Laurence O. Pratt '26 at HUBbard 0430. Lt.-Col. Charles A. Coolidge '17, a member of the Board of Overseers, is the commanding officer...
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 at random, to check the findings of the group. The girls have already studied the case...
Professor Hubbard then explained that a large card filled with graders' comments was filed away for each report. At the end of the year, all eight cards are examined, the trend of the grades is noted, a frequency distribution of the grades is made and then the final mark is determined...
...student shows improvement in the last reports, which are the most complicated, it is to his credit." But Grouser was, apparently, still not entirely convinced, so Professor Hubbard suggested a chat with Professor McNair to learn the history of the system...