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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Others felt the need for "live" feature shows. Their cries will be answered Monday when Miss Florence Gerrish, resident head of Cabot Hall, gives scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" over Radio Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Summaries, Classical Music Favored in Cliffe Poll | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...Miss Braverman pointed out that students felt a professor could just as easily send an assistant to explain the examination, or that they could go on to the next questions and wait for the professor to arrive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Dean Kerby-Miller, Joan Braverman Discuss Joint Exams | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...cross section of student opinion, Miss Braverman revealed that a discussion at Barnard Hall raised a two-point criticism of joint exams. "These girls felt it was up to the student how much time was wasted on an examination," she said. According to the girls questioned, Harvard exams were just as noisy, with proctors walking around and boys getting up and down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Dean Kerby-Miller, Joan Braverman Discuss Joint Exams | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...answer to Dean Kerby-Miller's query, "Is there a real advantage in the honor system as it operates," Miss Braverman cited student opinion that the honor system eliminates tension caused by proctoring or by the feeling of suspicion if one leaves the exam. "We are proud of this honor system privilege as it distinguishes Radcliffe from other schools and from Harvard," she said. "Ours is a mature type of exam because it approximates the manner in which we live after college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Dean Kerby-Miller, Joan Braverman Discuss Joint Exams | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

According to Miss Braverman, the student feels that if the exams are made joint, the honor system will lose its most important aspect and one which students want to retain. "We do not consider administrative efficiency a good enough substitute for the honor system," she declared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Dean Kerby-Miller, Joan Braverman Discuss Joint Exams | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

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