Word: progress
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ever constructed and of having no rear planes. The ingenious combination for controlling up-and-down direction and maintaining transverse stability by means of a single pair of anterior planes is a feature of great possibilities which has never before been embodied in a full sized aeroplane. In the progress of the science of aviation, the "Harvard I" will pray its part by demonstrating the practicability of the new ideas embodied in it. The men who have been actively engaged in the work of construction deserve high praise for their industry and perseverance...
...group "For Undergraduates and Graduates," finds a number of its members of the latter class. The under-graduate's work, because of his outside interests and narrower knowledge of the subject, naturally does not attain the standard set by the graduate, and the instructor is unwilling to check the progress of the more advanced students for the sake of the slower men. The result is that the undergraduate finds the work beyond him and can not in this case maintain as comparatively high a standard as in his other courses...
...same condition has been encountered in the past, and in a few cases has been dealt with by marking upon two scales, one for graduates and one for undergraduates. The essence of this system lies in grading upon a standard of progress instead of absolute attainment. Such an arrangement seems just and adequate, and its general adoption would add to the attraction of the degree with distinction by allowing a freer choice of courses through a more uniform standard for honor grades...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. "Geology of the Ice River District, B.C." Mr. C. T. Brodrick. "Progress in Antarctic Meteorology." Mr. B. M. Varney. "Polar Climates and Antarctic Geology." Professor Davis. Mineralogical Lecture Room...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. "Geology of the Ice River District, B.C." Mr. C. T. Brodrick. "Progress in Antarctic Meteorology." Mr. B. M. Varney. "Polar Climates and Antarctic Geology." Professor Davis. Mineralogical Lecture Room...