{"id":3282,"date":"2012-12-11T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T08:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:21:26","slug":"its-that-time-of-year-again-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2012\/12\/11\/its-that-time-of-year-again-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s that time of year again&#8230;.Finals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2012\/12\/bluebook_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3285\" title=\"Standard examination blue book\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2012\/12\/bluebook_.jpg\" alt=\"Standard examination blue book\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2012\/12\/bluebook_.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2012\/12\/bluebook_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As students cram for final exams, remember that this same scene has been repeated on college campuses for decades, down to those pesky blue books students give themselves hand cramps trying to fill and instructors struggle to read. \u201cI spent the evening today correcting blue books,\u201d recounts Professor Albert Waugh in his journal on December 10, 1941. \u201cI have finally completed the last one, so that for the moment I do not have a single solitary uncorrected paper!\u201d Professor Waugh\u2019s jubilation at completing his grading no doubt reflects the joy students feel as they leave a final exam, rubbing their hand and thinking of winter break.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For those who may need a break from studying or grading&#8211;and some who don&#8217;t&#8211;may wish to take a moment to peruse Professor Waugh\u2019s thoughts on exams, politics, and daily life at UConn in his recently digitized journals which cover over 25 years of his life at UConn. Waugh came to UConn in 1924 as an instructor in agricultural economics. In 1945 he was named Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and then became the university\u2019s provost in 1950. He served as provost and academic vice president until his retirement in 1966. During this time Waugh recorded his thoughts in a daily journal. The digital collection includes entries from 1941-1969. Entries of interest include his reaction to Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), keeping score of UConn football games (starting vs. Yale on September 26, 1959), and his \u201clong record of not having voted for the winning candidate in a single presidential election since 1928\u201d (November 9, 1960) among other political thoughts. His entries provide a snapshot into what was going on around campus and the country on any given day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Professor Waugh\u2019s daily journal can be accessed via the\u00a0finding aid for his papers found on the Archives &amp; Special Collections <a title=\"Waugh Daily Journal\" href=\"https:\/\/archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.\u00a0 And for those taking &#8212; or grading &#8212; exams, Good Luck and Best Wishes from the staff of Archives &amp; Special Collections!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Krista Miller, Intern<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As students cram for final exams, remember that this same scene has been repeated on college campuses for decades, down to those pesky blue books students give themselves hand cramps trying to fill and instructors struggle to read. \u201cI spent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2012\/12\/11\/its-that-time-of-year-again-finals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NKyO-QW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10011,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions\/10011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}