Word: exam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...down to work and how to organize a disturbing disarray of dates and names in an orderly sequence. Perhaps most important of all, the endless succession of weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly "quizzes" had taught him of necessity how to pass tests; even now, whenever he starts writing an exam Vag thinks of another sentence of that same lecturer: "In an hour examination, gentlemen, time is of the essence." Yes, he really owed a lot to that course...
Captain Sonny Lyell, playing number two singles in place of exam-ridden Homer Peabody, easily defeated gigantic Henry Loeb in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, while Russ Ellis, having ben moved up from number four, beat Bill Clark 6-0, 6-3 in the next singles contest...
Harvard's first six men who will play singles will be Jim Jenkins, Captain Sonny Lyell, Orme Wilson, Russ Ellis, Aubrey Gould and Howie Ezell. Homer Peabody, a regular singles player, cannot make the trip because of an exam. Don Daniels, Keith Symon, and Jack Clarke will probably see action in the doubles...
...track, licks its bloody wounds, and makes its perennial readjustment. All unnoticed amid the yelping of the critics is a quiet and unassuming little backwater that goes by the handsome name of English A-I. A Freshman, having obtained a mark of over 595 in his English Entrance exam, looks over the list of English courses. Skipping Advanced Public Speaking and Theses for Honors, he sees, after English A-I, "Open to Freshmen who have been excused from English A." Naturally he thinks it better than English A, the abomination. He hesitates to plunge into the cool green depths...
...same lectures are handed out again, though the course is supposed to last a whole year. There is no textbook. The lectures are often good, particularly those delivered by Mr. Davis. Most of them, however, consist either of the commonplaces necessarily known to anyone who can pass an entrance exam with 595 or else of the reading of student themes for instruction by bad example. The former could be well taken care of by a textbook and the latter horror should be mercifully eliminated. Since the classes are overcrowded, half of the critical work of each section is done...