Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first plan provides for compulsory, interdepartmental discussion groups for Seniors only led by two tutors from different fields. The groups would meet weekly to consider a broad topic appropriate to the group. These men, who by good performance and possibly by an essay, might merit a degree with Honors. Such groups would be organized primarily on the departmental level...
Richard G. King, Assistant Director of Admissions, commented that he didn't credit the argument that such programs as Merit narrowed school curriculum by making teachers concentrate on subjects likely to be tested...
Agreeing with Raubinger's charge that any evaluation of high schools in terms of the Merit winners and semi-finalists they produce is "foolish," Wilbur J. Bender, Dean of Admissions, said he entirely supported the view that national testing should not determine college placement...
During his term at Rider, swimming was made a major sport on the strength of Brooks' record and it was one of the few small colleges successful enough to merit Ivy opposition. He had a similar record at Detroit and with the Crimson freshmen...
...active reserve establishment designed to guarantee rapid mobilization of trained troops. The Cordiner report, of which some provisions have been adopted, envisioned greater reliance than is presently possible on a stable body of well-trained professionals. It advocated a salary and promotion system based on the critical skill and merit of a soldier rather than on his time in grade, and deplored the rapid turnover in skilled manpower. Cordiner pointed out that only about 23 per cent of American service men sign up for a second hitch and that the re-enlistment rate for "soft" skills, such as cook...