Word: marked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only old records that fell were in the 440 where Captain Jack Morse ran out the old distance to establish a new G.B.I. quarter-mile mark of 49 2-5 seconds, and in the Varsity discus where Johnny Healey skimmed the plate 156 feet, 6 3-4 inches, shattering G.B.I. and Harvard records, both formerly held by his teammate, Johnny Dean...
...This mark the first positive step of the President to put into effect a belief which he enunciated prominently in his report. He said, "No line should be drawn between teaching and research. Our strength in the past has lain in the fact that the spirit of scholarship has pervaded our teaching and our scholars have seen the importance of perpetuating the ideals of scholarship as well as advancing knowledge in their own specialty. . . "Sufficient time should be allowed for writing and investigation...
...cleanliness of Manhattan's streets is the concern of two rival groups of society ladies. The Outdoor Cleanliness Association, headed by Mrs. Arthur B. Claflin, scored when it persuaded Mark O'Connell, a street-cleaner, to leave his beat, and make a speech ("The thing about it is, they dirty 'em and we clean 'em up and they dirty 'em again."-TIME, March 26). Head of the Clean City Committee is Mrs. Herbert Shipman. lively widow of the late Suffragan Bishop of New York. Not to be outdone by the O. C. A., Mrs. Snipman...
...table experiments, however, usually make up for this, except when some assistant has prepared them incorrectly and they fail to respond according to Hoyle. The quizzes themselves, coming always as regularly as Fate, are taken entirely from the two lectures of that week, and count heavily for the term mark. As for the lab work, if the student works earnestly and hard during the entire period, he can finish the prescribed work in the time allotted; most students come back another day. Although the majority of the experiments are dry and boring routine, several of them give to the aspiring...
Without a reasonable amount of application, even a passing mark is unattainable, for the grade is based chiefly upon the daily work. A vast amount of time is spent in solving problems fabricated purely to prepare the students for the more difficult hurdles ahead...