Word: maximum
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Students taking Spanish 1, 2 and 3 and Italian 3 are reminded that a considerable maximum mark is assigned to pronunciation. During the remainder of this year the instructor will give marks for pronunciation, and the average of the credits so allowed will determine the student's mark for this branch of the course...
...lady, and not a member of the University, he was naturally forced to withhold the first prize of one hundred dollars, in compliance with the rule that the prize could not be awarded to any one outside of Harvard University. The young lady was, however, awarded the maximum prize of the Annex-thirty dollars-in consideration of the excellence of her essay. For the daily press to set up a how at this, and declare that the young lady paid seventy dollars for the privilege of being a woman, is distinctly wrong, and an injustice to the University...
...professions must be ruled out. Enormous gains can only be hoped for in commerce. The most celebrated lawyers seldom have an income of over $50,000, and the most famous clergymen and physicians rarely receive more than $20,000 annually. The thing to be considered is not the maximum prize but the chance of success. Literature is comparatively free from the risks of failure to which the merchant is exposed. The young clergyman, lawyer, or physician often has a hard struggle to earn his daily bread but an author who is even decently equipped rarely spends the year without earning...
...Johns Hopkins University now requires all undergraduate students to pass an examination in gymnastics before obtaining a degree. Vaulting, jumping and simple exercises on the parallel bar, horizontal bar and ladder are required. The maximum mark is 36, of which 20 is necessary in order to pass...
...straightening of the spine and the relaxing of the cartilages while in a horizontal position. In this case the spine is comparatively straight, so that little difference is shown between the standing and horizontal length. The strength tests in this case, as in the others, approach near to the maximum class. Upon glancing over the chart as a whole, it will be seen that the normal position of this individual is in the 80 per cent. class. To bring the depth of chest up to this standard by natural processes, although impossible now, would have been a simple matter...