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Fell's use of Ogam is convenient; as Goddard notes, "It is an epigrapher's delight." Ogam, which consists of clusters of vertical parallel lines positioned above or below a horizontal median, is easily made ambiguous by weathering. In addition, most of Fell's supposed Ogam inscriptions are written without vowels. Goddard says this makes it easy for Fell to read anything he wants...
Last quarter your campus began to discuss a transcript change that would add to the transcript the number of students enrolled in the course and the median grade. On the Berkeley campus we too are discussing this proposal, referred to here as "relative transcripts." Contrary to one of your articles, this proposal is still under discussion and has not yet been implemented...
Fourth, the median grade may not adequately reflect the academic quality of a course. A high median grade does not necessarily mean that a course was very easy and thus of little academic merit. It could be that the course was taken by many students who had a strong background in the field, or that a professor was succesful in having many students master the material...
...Median income of Black families, having reached 61 per cent of white median in 1969, fell back to 58 per cent...
...meantime, the Extension School continues to contribute a rather substantial effort to public education. While the median family income for Harvard undergraduates has been estimated by one source at around $50,000, that for Extension students is around $10,000, and one-quarter of the Extension students have family incomes of $5000 or less. Extension students come from throughout Boston's metropolitan area, and nearly all either work or hold down family responsibilities full-time. The ratio of women to men in the school is about two-to-one, and about three-quarters fall between the ages...