Word: lot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lot of hour exams have been failing as this yardstick, however. They are the bluebooks that the student finds with a single big letter grade serawled on their cover, and no other comment. No exam really helps the student to learn unless he knows what he did wrong; a grade and a line of cryptic figures written on the inside cover are not constructive criticism. Despite their tremendous pressure for time, graders should comment on exams--telling students what they have done wrong and how they can tackle their errors. Coupled with expanded office hours and discussion in sections,--History...
Football can certainly do a lot for public relations--in fact, the football team in the fall and Valpey in the winter are Harvard's two biggest ambassadors. But football cannot do much for public relations unless we either win or make an excellent losing showing...
...football team is to fulfill these two functions it means that the players must put in a lot of time and effort which directly benefits Harvard University. But the University is not reciprocating. It is leaning over backwards not to reciprocate, on the apparent premise that any help at all would be subsidization...
...Minneapolis Harvard Club told one of the authors this fall that the Yale Club of the same city could offer a prospective Yale student both a steady job and a room at one price during his four years in New Haven. This relatively small guarantee means a lot to a boy who is not sure just how far his finances will go towards paying for college, and who does not know how much college will cost him in toto in the first place. Neither of these aids include any provisions that force a man to play football...
...think, however, that Harvard should be able to make a good showing in the East, and certainly in the Ivy League. But even putting the Crimson back on a par with its hallowed rivals is going to take a lot of doing. And the alumni are the only ones...