Word: seniorities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...future a Senior may theoretically get by with only one course, while present regulations require him to take at least one and a half courses plus a thesis course...
...second half of the Senior year, students who are candidates for honors may be given by their Departments or Committees, in courses within the field of concentration, and with the consent of the appropriate Department, in any other course, a choice between an hour examination or other appropriate test, to be given after the April recess, and the final examination. The final examination shall be required of any candidate who takes the hour examination but fails to receive a grade of C or higher...
...persons or organizations interested in getting a copy of the 1941 Senior Album should place their order with Dan E. Flickinger '41, Album Business Manager, by tomorrow night...
...honors student, sans thesis and sans final examinations, the second half of the Senior year is a loaf. Three hour exams and a general examination early in May are the only hurdles between him and his diploma. On the last day of generals, all his formal academic endeavor comes to an end. Because he writes no thesis, his college career has endured little longer than three and a half years...
That adds up to saying that under the present system, the non-honors Senior gets a reward he has not earned. He is let off from finals simply because he is a Senior and "can be trusted" to work without the fear of finals hanging over him. Unfortunately, pleasant though this ideal may be, it doesn't work out. Lecture courses taken by large numbers of Seniors are practically unattended as soon as hour exams are over. It is a rare student who will do work which isn't going to be checked up on. The only remedy...