Word: exam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...minimum, suspense maintained by worrying listeners as to whether he will get to the rescue in time. The war has faced the program with another puzzler: Why hasn't Superman joined the Army? Most plausible answers: as Clark Kent, he couldn't pass the physical exam; and besides, the U.S. Army can win without his help. Superman now does his bit by foiling Axis agents, rescuing troop trains and Clippers, smashing sabotage rings. As in the comics, Superman on the air is important to the United Nations-he is Secret Weapon...
...efforts of the band were received much better than during their last attempt to entertain the Navy men. For a few weeks ago the musicians chose to serenade the Yard on the same night that the Indoctrination School students were cramming for their first hour-exam...
Work may come before pleasure for most students, but this dance is an exception. Formerly scheduled for Friday, a Chem A exam has been postponed on purpose to let even the most industrious forget their books for a while...
...face of wartime exigencies, the committee's primary task is to consider dividing up the full-time college year and adjusting the endangered tutorial system. Ironing out the twelve month college program will bring to the fore considerations of three symmetrical fifteen-week terms with shortened reading and exam periods, as well as a possible plan for semesters based on the quarter system. While professors and instructors alike are leaving Harvard for various war jobs, new means of continuing tutorial work becomes a first-line necessity. And it is not unlikely that the committee will suggest group tutorial...
Less anxious, Smith waits until September 16, when Harvard will be entering exam agonies, to take the first step. Connecticut and Vassar all follow within a few weeks. And as they open, Wig grows thin, giggles die down, and the girls hope earnestly that summer friendships are lasting friendships...