Word: pass
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...students in Harvard College except those who entered before 1910 must pass, before the end of their second year, a special examination to test their power of translating either French or German...
...oral examination, may, during that half-year receive instruction in a tutorial course in the language in which he intends to offer himself for examination (which course will not count toward a degree). On completing this course he shall, before incurring the censure of probation for failure to pass an oral examination by the end of his second year, have one opportunity to present himself for a written examination in translation, on passing which examination he shall be relieved from the prescription of an oral examination...
Something like a new test for labor comes into view when a trades union congress assembled at Birmingham, England, can pass a resolution declaring that 'members of the clerical profession," being "a large class of able-bodied men engaged in unproductive employment," should not be exempted from the operations of the military...
...Most of us will agree that this weakness is due to the forward pass which, as it has been perfected, has played ever-increasing havoc with defensive line play. How, for instance, are forwards to charge promptly when there is the threat of a forward pass in the air? The tendency, and the proper tendency, is to straighten up and get the nature, as well as the direction of the play, and this certainly militates against a proper defensive line charge. Then, too, the unbalanced formations and other practices designed to unsettle opposing linesmen play their part. All this...
...backfield in the way of returning kick-offs. The Tigers last season showed a very interesting protective system for a man coming back with a placement kick or punt, and no doubt it will be built upon this year. Last season the short, sharp forward pass came into view in the latter games, and will unquestionably be developed this year. The plays calling for quick turns off tackle, operating from a masked thrust, will be improved, and there will be in the latter games one or two novel offensive formations. On defence it should be recalled that no eleven...