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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strange step backwards, the Division of History-Government-Economics is applying an old and useless method of correlation to take the place of the examinations abandoned last spring. They are demanding that seniors in the fields of government and economics, and not in history, take one full advanced course inside the division but outside their field of concentration. It remains a mystery why the division considers that a single advanced course in addition to the regular requirements can by itself solve the thorny problem of correlation...
...Last year it was decided to discontinue the correlation exams. Although considered unsuccessful, they had at least demanded a general knowledge of social sciences and some ability in combining the material of two different fields, which is more than can be said for the compulsory advanced course. The fact that History concentrators are spared suggests that the course was decided upon, not as a final settlement of the problem but just as some kind of a substitute for an exam which the student was no longer forced to take...
More than 40 students will have had flying instruction by the end of the week, according to William Bollay, instructor in Aerodynamics. Thirty additional men will be able to take advantage of the added quota sent last Saturday from Washington and will have their first flying experience within two weeks...
...last quarter, when it was the Elis turn to benefit by the wind, they stormed the Harvard not with a vengeance. But the efficient work of the backs, led by Al Merck and goalie Joe Phelan, held the desperate Blue team without a score...
...highlight of the game was Joe Phelan's thrilling catch of a Yale penalty kick in the fourth quarter. It was this save more than anything else that inspired the Yardlings to stop those last minute Blue drives at any cost...