Word: sections
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...section in Pol. Econ. I. will meet today at nine o'clock in Harvard...
...Math. I. books will be returned this afternoon. Members of the section are requested to bring their examination papers...
...mistake at the office, Prof. Allen's advanced section in Freshman Greek and the two sections in Political Economy I., were assigned to the same room, Sever 11, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. As the freshmen were first on the ground, the members of Pol. Econ. I. were compelled to adjourn to Harvard I. Different arrangements will probably be made in time for the next recitation...
...when a condition has been received, but for a single 38 or 39 per cent., as long as the other marks were reasonably high, it really seems pretty hard to arouse the parental ire. The freshman maximum physics paper was unusually difficult, and naturally about one-half of the section failed. Some of these unfortunate men who passed in all other studies received 38 or 39 per cent. A notice was sent asking for "co-operation in impressing the importance of increased diligence." Can not the faculty take all circumstances into consideration before resorting to such extreme means...
...hoped that the instructors will give to their sections the results of the examinations as soon as possible. Of course where the sections are very large it takes some time to read over the books, and men must expect some delay in getting the results. But when the sections are small there seems to be no reason for any long delay. The custom, too, of giving only approximate marks does not seem to have anything to recommend it. When the instructor has the exact marks he might just as well make them known to the section, and so save...