Word: reade
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what little can be done should be done; and here enters the grader. This man has a horrid job. He must read, by the dozens, illegible essays written on tedious subjects in vile English. And when he has finished each essay, he must somehow decide if it deserves, say, an 89 for a B-plus or a 90 for an A-minus. But miserable as the job is, it must always be done more carefully and conscientiously than it is done now in many cases. For although there is a lively cynicism at Harvard concerning the significance of grades, their...
...graders of this great college be resolute. Let them at least read examinations carefully, and let them carefully try to figure out what grade the student deserves. Conscientiousness will never eliminate all injustices; it might not even insure against such grotesqueries as the recent C--plus case. But it will at least cut down injustices. And it will cut down the percentage of those who successfully slide through Harvard on the assumption that the pen is mightier than the book...
...read in the April 25th edition of the CRIMSON of the lamentable case of the unfortunate student named Smith. His troubles were accurately described...
...April 27th issue I read a letter to the editor written by one Lowell Sachnoff '52. He stated that he occupied Bed 8 in Ward 3, and that the writer of the first article, Paul W. Mandel, occupied Bed 10. It is commendable that writer Sachnoff remembers even that he was there, his stay was so short...
...read through a fine collection of 25 cent pocket books, found in another corner of the room; they had titles like "Fifi' or "The Impatient Virgin." And every day brought the 6:30 thermometer. It grew increasingly tough. Smith pattered around the ward, suggesting that tottering arrivals be "placed immediately in bed." He frequently curled up in his covers and moaned "morphine, morphine,' in a pained-wracked voice. He waggled his fingers at feverish flu-victims and solemnly pronounced "Leprosy." He played cards until he found he knew all the cards from the back. He read patients each others fever...