Word: mid-years
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Flexibility, providing for the initiative of the individual student, is the dominant word of the hour. No longer do hour exams, mid-year probation, and attendance at classes restrict upperclassmen. No longer will specified distribution requirements restrain the ambitious Freshman. No longer will the elementary language requirement force unwilling students into German...
...Mid-year grades have confirmed the University's step in abolishing the return of November grades and the reporting of attendance in courses, primarily for Junior and Seniors...
Dean Hanford yesterday revealed the results of an analysis of the mid-year records of Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors which indicate that in each of the three classes the percentage of men on the Dean's List is greater than that of a year ago. For the three classes as a whole the percentage of men doing unsatisfactory work has been lowered, although the Junior Class shows a slight increase in failures...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, is the winner of the new LeBaron Russell Briggs Prize Books awarded annually to the Freshman taking History 1 whose essay in the mid-year examination best combines skill in historical treatment with distinction of literary style. The award this year consists of a two-volume set of Thucydides...
...mid-year grades of any of these men show that they have not met the standards required by their courses, however, they will immediately be placed on scholastic probation. The warning, in other words, will be placed on their records for future reference...