Word: orall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...true that the essay for candidates who have to drop out of honors their senior year is no longer required; but this applies to very few people. The rather perfunctory Bible-and-Shakespeare group discussions will no longer be required; but the standard exacted in other group discussions and oral examinations will be raised. The honors thesis will, in general, be limited to 10,000 words, as in many other departments. But this is hardly an "easing" of the requirement. It is simply that greater emphasis will be placed on intelligent condensation...
...literature. We wish to get away from a tendency of many concentrators now to dichotomize this field in their own thinking and to concentrate heavily in one (usually literature) and endure the other. To this end we have revised some of our thinking about tutorial and the several oral examinations, particularly, as you state in the final oral examination given in the Senior year...
Also as part of the revised program seniors this year will take oral exams on general aspects of history and literature instead of an exam divided between the two subjects...
...finalist Ames clubs, which survived the December elimination; are the Scott Club and the Morgan Club. Each club consists of eight law students, two of which deliver the oral arguments, while the remaining six are of counsel on the briefs...
...United States shot down her space satellite. Dulles will offer to pay half the damages, explaining that the Air Force thought it was a trial balloon. President Pusey will resign to become head of the Divinity School, replacing Dean Horton who will quit to become a speech writer for Oral Roberts. General Motors will deny reports that it will merge with the U.S. Treasury Department...