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...this first meeting, the heads of the two departments will explain the work and the system of giving credit. The competitions will last about 11 weeks, with no work during Christmas vacation. Ample time will also be allowed candidates during the mid-year period to prepare for their examinations...
...must be prepared to be assigned to sections less convenient to them." Moreover there are two glaring faults in the manner of conducting the course. It is reasonably poor psychology to reassign sections on the beginning of the second term according to the grades men have received in the mid-year examination. And, secondly, what possible benefit can accrue to the student from rushing through a very dull grammer "allegra furioso" and then repeating the performance at a still madder pace? Any student who has "flunked" German A will assure you that the undergraduate would learn far more...
...Building. At this meeting J. K. Watson '23, the manager, will describe the work that is required of candidates and will explain the way in which the competition will be conducted. This competition will not be as long as those of previous years, and will stop just before the mid-year examination period...
Only Juniors will be eligible to compete for the Editorial Board. This department will hold two competitions: the first from Thursday, September 28, to Tuesday, January 9; the second from approximately Monday, Februarys 12, immediately after the mid-year examinations, until Monday, May 8. A feature of the work will be frequent editorial conferences with prominent Boston newspaper...
...About 297 books were missing from the Reading Room at the mid-year period. . . . Sixty-seven have been returned or have been located, etc. . . . A careful examination would show that more than 230 are now missing from the Reading Room...