Word: extractor
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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Unfortunately this bold statement is slightly vitiated on its negative side by the fact that the usual method of probing, the written examination is to be employed. The preversion of this delicate instrument into an extractor of meticulous bits of unrelated information is a sad fact of experience to most of us. No doubt those who formulated the new rules mean to stress intelligence and to make the examination broad and general rather than textual. Let us hope...