Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discussion of English A it was found that the differences between the various sections caused most of the defects which are numerous in this obligatory course. Such outstanding faults as wide discrepancy in marking, difference in amount of literary material included with composition drill, and great variance in the length and frequency of required themes, were obvious. In every case the solution to the difficulty depends on the improvement of section organization and section...
...problems of any one group. In the effort to include material that will be of some benefit to everyone the sections have become either a rehash of lectures, as in English 2, or vague attempts to clarify the reading to suit everyone's needs. This procedure, necessitated by the wide distribution of marks of the men, defeats the purpose of the sections, and, as a consequence, the stu- students disregard them...
...Last Year's report showed conclusively that in all Freshman Chemistry courses a wide difference exists between the laboratory time given in the catalogue of courses and time actually necessary for careful work. We found no improvement anywhere in this respect, and feel that this is a difficulty, which should be adjusted. Therefore, we repeat the table of discrepancies, using the figures secured in our more recent study...
...despite its many drawbacks, concentrators are satisfied that the field is worthwhile for medicine, and that if develops a good scientific technique. The comparative youth of the field, its wide scope, its lack of departmental unity, and its need for courses and "labs" of its own are problems which must be tackled in the coming years, but the ability of its present directors augurs well for the future. To the pre-medical student it gives a thorough background for his later work...
...bloated surplus bank reserves and low money rates point to rising prices on the stock market, brokers, politicians and business men face one vital issue. Can the federal government stop a runaway bull market? Optimists point hopefully at the recent regulations on short sales, the flexible margin requirements, and wide discretionary authority vested in the SEC and the Federal Reserve Board. But as Mr. LeFevre points out in the current Saturday Evening Post, all of these panaceas may prove futile unless the unscientific income tax imposed on capital gains is repealed...