Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wehner was conscious that the rank-and-file of his party opposed helping their old foes out of their dilemma. Furthermore, since preference polls showed the Socialists leading the Christian Democrats by a comfortable margin, there was a strong sentiment in the party to ride out the crisis until Erhard would be forced to call new national elections; then, possibly, the Socialists could take it all. But Kiesinger was persuasive. To allow Germany to flounder indefinitely, he warned, would undermine the public's faith in the democratic system. Together, the two parties could, he promised, give German politics and prestige...
...very least the conference proved that there is a good deal of concern about the morality of the draft. It also dramatized a split between students and faculty over two issues: deferring students and basing deferments on class rank. In the end the students, ignoring cautions from the faculty, called for the total abolition of ranking and -- more surprising -- of the student deferment...
...even more important, the Administrative Board's proposal is an implicit defense of the present rank group system. The rank grouping has been under attack by professors who feel that too many students are making Groups I, II and III. They have urged that the minimum requirements for these groups be raised...
...recommending that the rank groups remain as they are, and that the rank lists for honors and Selective Service be made to correspond with them more closely, the Board -- which includes all the senior tutors and several deans -- showed that it did not agree...
...effect on honors, since summas are given only to students with the highest grades, and magnas and cum laudes are awarded more on the basis of theses and generals than on grades. It would, however, move at least 50 students from Groups II and III up on the draft rank list and an equal number from Group IV down...