Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even the seemingly almighty examination system is only mortal, and will soon pass out to use. So, at least, says Professor Thorndike, of Columbia, famous as the father of the psychological-test-for-entrance-to-college system, and who now proposes another scheme of education reform. The old system of grading is demoralizing to students, depending as it does, upon mere chance, or "the stupid conceit and sardonic indifference of the individual instructor". The shocking results of such a system, continues Professor Thorndike, are demonstrated by the scandalous fact that at Harvard As are thirty-five-times as common...
...present grading system is not perfect by any means, and perhaps it works injustice. But that the A, Q, scheme will be a worthy substitute is not so certain, especially when we hear how it is to be conducted. Mental ability, claims Professor Thorndike, is a physical factor that can be measured as carefully as weight, lung capacity, or blood pressure. Education is human engineering, and should be carried on like other sciences, with the use of units such as the foot-pound, the volt, or the calorie. The exact units to be used for each type of mental test...
...critics. And Harvard?--Not a great deal being said in Cambridge but practice being held fairly regularly. A good way to start the season; little talk and plenty of work. Another feature of the gridiron situation which is already apparent is the schedule which starts today with a new scheme, the double-header. Last year West Point found it a very satisfactory way to give a big squad a chance to get into action, and if the Crimson workers find it equally successful, the two-game opener should become a regular part of the football schedule. Aside from this...
...middle of September. The principal work of the Unit will be to make projects and drawings for the restoration of buildings, to help the surveyors in relocating property lines and laying out new villages, and to help in the alteration, improvement, and rectification of town plans. Similar to the scheme adopted last summer by the University Unit, this year's organization will be divided into various groups, each of which will be assigned to a certain district...
...perhaps the Central American polititians have evolved a new scheme for beating the high cost of living. Professor Taussig tells us that prices depend upon the quantity of money; possibly the government hopes that by establishing a porcelain currency system, then merely sitting still and waiting for the money to break, the amount of money will be so much reduced that prices will fall almost to nothing, everyone will feel happy, and the administration, by claiming the credit, would establish itself in the good graces of the public and for the first time in history be able to complete...