Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proposed a new system which would give plus and minus grades much less weight than they have at present...
...present system assigns rank the same way Phi Beta Kappa picks out students for possible election. An "A" is worth 12 points, and the scale goes down from there -- 11 points for an A-minus, 10 points for a B-plus, 9 points...
...Administrative Board suggested it be scrapped for a 19-point system -- one of several drafted by Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Tests. Under the new system, an A would be worth 19 points and an A-minus 18 points, but then the scale would jump to 15 points for a B-plus 14 for a B, 13 for a B-minus, then down to 10 for a C-plus...
Under the 12-point system, students are ranked by converting grades to number values. An A equals 12 points, an A-minus 11 points, a B-plus 10 points, down to a D-minus, which is worth two points...
Cornell coach Jack Musick, a former assistant of Dartmouth's Bob Blackman, geared his defense to stop Beard and succeeded remarkably, holding the Indians to minus 13 yards rushing in the first half. But in the second half, there was no way to stop Beard, who completed 10 of 11 passes as Dartmouth romped for 25 points...