Word: pass
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...radical change has been made by a recent action of the Faculty in the plans for admission to Harvard College. This change is a step further in the direction towards making Harvard easy of admittance to the public school student who has not had special training with the passing of Harvard examinations in view. The first step, adopted a few years ago, was in creating a second plan of admission called the New Plan, by which the pupil's school record was taken into account, the pupil having, in addition, to pass four examinations in advanced subjects...
...change now made is in the Old Plan of Admission. Technically expressed it amounts to this: that hereafter instead of requiring 26 "points" for admission, the candidate must pass examinations in studies amounting to 16 1-2 units of school work, except that candidates who present both Elementary Latin and Elementary Greek will be admitted without conditions on 15 1-2 units of school work. In not less than five units a candidate must pass examinations with grades above D. (A "unit" amounts approximately to one-fourth year of school work...
...change means that Harvard has now two plans of admission, both of which, by lessening the necessity of special preparation to pass Harvard examinations and by laying greater stress on the pupil's everyday school record, tend to open the University to larger numbers of students...
...marks returned by the College Office, beginning next September, would be A, B, C, or F. The truth of the matter is that the Graduate Schools of Applied Science have decided to drop the D from their marking system. This means that a man will either fail absolutely to pass a course or will pass it with a fairly satisfactory grade...
...Lynn goal, when Graustein pushed the Lynn goal-tender across the line while he was holding the ball, preparatory to kicking out. A few minutes later, Johnston made a brilliant run down the field and scored a goal for Lynn. Shortly afterward, Graustein scored again, on a pass from Lowrey...