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...words and measured promises: "The direct responsibility lies with the peoples concerned . . . You cannot sit around in Washington or London or Paris or The Hague and determine what the policies are going to be in those areas." The U.S. would offer aid-generally along the lines of the careful yardstick set down recently by State's Counselor George Kennan...
When the College more or less eliminated its mid-term grades a year ago last April, it gave individual instructors the privilege of still springing hour exams on their classes. Most of the instructors used this privilege; hour exams can be a very useful yardstick for both the student and his teacher, sizing up the student's progress well before he reaches the all-or-nothing final examination...
...hour exams have been failing as this yardstick, however. They are the bluebooks that the student finds with a single big letter grade serawled on their cover, and no other comment. No exam really helps the student to learn unless he knows what he did wrong; a grade and a line of cryptic figures written on the inside cover are not constructive criticism. Despite their tremendous pressure for time, graders should comment on exams--telling students what they have done wrong and how they can tackle their errors. Coupled with expanded office hours and discussion in sections,--History 61 holds...
Under the Robes. It was a court in shirtsleeves. There was nothing about it that was austere or remote. It was earnestly social-minded, close to workaday problems, generally measured its decision by the utilitarian yardstick of "the greatest good for the greatest number." The Nine were no respecters of economic and business traditions...
...Crimson jayvee boat, which like its varsity and freshman counterparts won the Eastern championship last month, should not have too much trouble keeping its record clean. Both jayvees and freshmen row over a two mile course, which makes their earlier victories over the Blue a more accurate yardstick of what they will do tomorrow...