Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...them as the one limiting the length of the written test to one hour, are mere administrative regulations of no great significance. That a student should be allowed only one trial at the written examination seems a reasonable concession. For anyone who fails in this test after a minimum of two attempts at the oral quiz plus half a year of the tutorial course hardly deserves to be petted further...
...year by the preparatory school whose scholars do best in the University entrance examinations. No detailed rules have been drawn up except that the award will be based on the number of names on the honor list in proportion to the number of candidates from the school (with a minimum of five), so that small schools, provided they send five or more pupils to be examined, will have as good a chance as the larger schools...
...differences exist between courses, the stiffening up of the office requirements can only result in over-emphasizing the advantages of the easier courses. Many men are of course, not influenced in their choice of courses by the amount of work; but these are not the men for whom the minimum requirements are being raised...
...Monthly closes with an editorial on "Electing Failure" in which it is contended that by the present system in force at Harvard "an infinite amount of concentration" is required accompanied by "an irreducible minimum of distribution." It is also explained why President Lowell is a Montessori father...
...speaker, who is one of Boston's leading lawyers. Mr. Brandeis is prominent through his brilliant work as counsel in several cases of national importance, and is the author of several articles on the trusts, labor unions, and various pieces of legislation. He has recently been arguing for the minimum wage law before the Supreme Court of the United States...