Word: survey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...realization now than it was in the spring, and Sotsialisticheskoe Zemledelie (Socialist Agriculture} gave a ready explanation for the delay: the "enemies of the people" formerly in charge of the Commissariat made a hit-or-miss job out of allotting land to the collective farms. There was no survey, with the result that "deeds of eternal possession" to the same plot of land were often handed to two or three different farms. The peasants then quarreled over who was the right possessor, while the land often remained completely idle. Sometimes an individual peasant's farm was divided among...
This view disregards what could be another--and perhaps more--valuable function of freshman tutorial: namely to aid in helping the student to choose his final field of concentration. In spite of the broad outlook afforded by survey courses, and in spite of the availability of advanced courses to selected freshmen, the choice is often made haphazardly. The possibilities of a miss are too great, necessitating subsequent readjustments and consequent failure to capitalize fully on the benefits of the tutorial system. A solution lies in the use of freshman tutorial as a means of helping students to distinguish their aptitudes...
...London, Odeon Theatres released the results of a survey of audience reactions at children's matinees in 142 theatres with a total weekly attendance of 150,000. Of British children, 83% like newsreels, 94% like military & naval scenes, 89% like shots of royalty, 88% dislike foreign dictators. British children's favorite stars in order of their popularity are Hollywood's Buck Jones, Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Tim McCoy...
...Student Council, the Class Album Committee, the Guardian magazine editorial staff, and the Student Union, and has taken part in debating. He was winner of the Briggs Prize book, given annually to the freshman who writes the outstanding midyear examination essay in the European history survey course...
This education committee has been holding meetings in pursuit of its investigation, as has the other major Council survey, that in connection with Harvard Athletics...