Word: recommendations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...credits leading to degrees, but to supplement it. The adoption of the scale, say the authorities of the School, is an acknowledgment of the fact that when they have the record of a man's grades in his courses, they do not know all they should in order to recommend him for a job. Such recommendations will be made henceforward on the basis of the rating scale as well as of the man's grades in classroom work...
...addressed to members of the Senior Class, which was printed without the signature in your issue of April 12. I ask this favor because when the letter was printed before the headlines might give the impression that experience in teaching is unimportant. For most positions the Appointment Office can recommend none but experienced teachers. On the other hand, men of good personal quality who are likely to get on with schoolboys are not infrequently employed in boarding schools, even if they have had no experience in teaching; and some of these men are led to adopt teaching as their profession...
...which the powers of the Senior Council are very great. But it remained for the present year to see the greatest advance in the scope of the Council's powers. Late in February the Faculty of Princeton University approved a resolution giving to the Senior Council the power to recommend dismissal from Princeton without any statement of cause or submission of evidence to the Discipline Committee of the Faculty or to any other body. Such a step gives the Council almost unlimited power over the discipline and morale of the university. It is sure to form a part...
...those who look forward to a life of luxurious ease, exotic dances, wild routs, we unanimously recommend Princeton. Yale does not need to be mentioned. But to those who seek an education of the highest order, one which is to serve them through life, we say Harvard...
...appointment Office has been requested to recommend two men for teaching positions at the Los Alamos Ranch Outdoor School for Boys. One position is that of instructor in mathematics, physics, and mechanical drawing: the other that of instructor in French, Latin, and History. Musical and athletic ability are desirable, but not necessary qualifications of candidates for the positions which will be open this coming September...