Word: exam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ashamed to go home the day he flunked in fifth-grade Tolerance, and again on the day his model crashed into the airport during an eighth-grade flight exam. But it was not until he took his post-Common Learnings aptitude test that he really became troubled: the test unmistakably marked machine-minded Peter as a potential teacher of economics...
...wishing to enter the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program may take a qualifying exam Thursday, from 9 to 12 o'clock, In Emerson D, Elliott Perkins '23, Director of the War Service Bureau, announced yesterday...
...Voluntary rowing on the machines is continuing at Weld Boat Club during exam period," reports coach Bert Haines, "and a formal meeting of all crewmen will be called immediately after the coming vacation. Practice will shift into the tanks at Newell Boat House at that point and will continue until the ice is out of the Charles...
Four of the Cantabs' starters in their string of victories during the pre-exam contests have left for the armed forces, have graduated, or have been transferred to other V-12 schools. Lost for the remainder of the season are Bill Sweeney, hard-hitting tackle, whom the Navy has transferred; Jim Crane, regular center, who has graduated from the NROTC; Freshman flash at wingback Glen Schultz, who has gone into the Armed Services; and Walt Coulson, another Frosh standout, starting end and number one punter for the squad, who has also left for the armed forces...
...Home front and packed it with enough expert talent in acting and directing to produce one of the war's more eloquent screen productions. It's a tear-jerker from beginning to end, and even the toughest hombres will flick a salt-saturated drop from their grizzled exam beards...