December 19, 1951 (vol. 62, iss. 73) • Page Image 1
… concensus of students' opinion present at last night's lit- erary college conference which ex- amined the grading and examina- tion system at the University. * * * AS A RESULT of the letter' grading system…
…, many evils have arisen, students maintained. World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-President Tru- man swung into his long-heralded cleanup campaign last night by laying down this rule for…
… institution," one student charged. FACULTY OPINION was repre- sented mainly by Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department, who gave some of the background of the letter-grade method, noting that there…
… are "two main motives to the system." "First of all, a grade is a pro- fessor's estimate of the student's quality of work, and then it is supposed to provide an incentive for the student," Prof. Slosson…
… whether the student's thinking. "But examinations, in order to be valid, must be accompanied by a 'post-mortem' during which the professor can completely re- view the test and analyze mis- takes made," he…
… present sit- uation, aside from doing away See STUDENT, Page 6 Heavy Snow Clogs Roads; Expect More New Fall of Six Inches Recorded By VIRGINIA VOSS Temperatures falling to below freezing last night chased…
… test of strength in the month-long wrangle over conflicting East-West disarma- ment plans. The Russians, teamed with some members of the Arab-Asian group and others, then forced a delay until today on a…
… arma- ments. But the debate this year has shown that some of the Arab and Asian countries will not side with the West this time. They may not, on the final vote, cast their ballots with the Russians, but…



