Word: markings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Every year after the examination period there are some men who feel moved to grade their own work. Not satisfied that the instructor can or does mark correctly, they besiege him to reconsider and revise, and see if there is not a blunder somewhere. Fortunately, or otherwise, they are all of one genus: no one was ever heard who pleaded for a lower mark. One and all clamor for a "raise...
There are two things these pests of the post-examination period overlook. First every mark near the honor of the danger line passes a strict censorship. No man is given D or E haphazardly. The instructor who tosses a coin to decide his mark is rare if not quite mythical...
...provisional one which can be raised by a little personal persuasion. Tacitly, they accuse the marker of discrimination against them, in the very breath in which they ask for a personal favor. And yet these men would be the last to admit or desire "pull" in their other work. Mark-pulling is a little more inexcusable than any other kind...
...Office until Friday at $1 and 75 cents each. At this meet the University short relay team will race the B. A. A. On February 6, the latter team made the present world's record of 3 minutes, 2 4-5 seconds, breaking the mark set by the University runners at the same meet last year. Saturday's race is sure to be close, as both teams are capable of making a new record for the 1560-yard distance...
...Harvard flag in parades through the city streets, Professor J. H. Beale '82, LL.D., of the Law School has brought before the Legislature on amendment to the State law, by which "any religious, educational, or charitable organization may file with the Secretary of State a distinguishing mark of marks, and the carrying of a . . . . . . flag bearing such mark of marks in any parade authorized by such organization shall not be evidence of opposition to organized government." No final decision has yet been reached on the amendment...