Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...total number of students dropped from the College as a result of the 1913-14 mid-year examinations is 44. As was the case last year, no Seniors were compelled to leave on account of deficiency in their studies. Of the total number dropped, eight or 18 2-11 per cent were ranked Juniors; sixteen or 36 4-11 per cent were classified as Sophomores; thirteen or 29 6-11 per cent were Freshmen; five or 11 4-11 per cent were ranked as unclassified; one or 2 3-11 per cent was enrolled as Out of Course...
...Castle closes with the following remarks: "I must admit that I found the teaching of English per se in the preparatory schools much better than my reading of entrance examination papers led me to expect. The deduction seems to be that there is a deficiency in our whole American scheme of education which makes it incapable of training our boys into habits of clear and logical thinking. Without, it no number of parrot-sung rules can avail. With it the writing of good English becomes immediately possible. The two hundred papers which I have read from the pens of English...
...constant difficulty in getting men who were qualified to become their executive officers. As they explained the matter, the trouble was that most young men who started to grow up with the business got caught in the trades of business, fell into ruts, got smothered with the 99 per cent. of the routine, and so never acquired a grasp of the whole business; and those who did learn enough of all sides of the business were apt to complete their knowledge when they were too old, or too inelastic and lacking in enterprise and resourcefulness, to be given important executive...
...dollar for each member of a large course and provided no considerable changes were made in the required reading, would not need to be permanently continued. For example, in a half course of 100 men approximately three volumes of each of ten required books could be added per year from a general fee of 50 cents. Neither spectacular nor apparently difficult of application, few reforms would yield more real results...
...finance committee, $336.45 more was collected in dues than last year, making a total of $937.20 from dues. By vote of the class executive committee, on January 20, 1914, the treasurer was authorized to deposit $500.00 of the class funds on time, 30 days' notice, at 4 per cent which was done at once...