Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with apparent intent to serve a petition upon the chief executive. Policemen beamed paternally. The president was so democratic that anybody could approach him, thought they. Yes, indeed, all Athens was accustomed to seeing him walk the street, quite alone, and often a stranger would salute him and perhaps pass a few words about this and that...
...Garland Grange, brother of famed Harold ("Red") Grange, iceman, professional footballer, movie actor, recovered Pucklewartz's fumble of a punt and put Illinois in position for the opening touch down. Score 14-0. Ohio State blighted Chicago's commanding position in the Conference by throwing a 50 yard forward pass over the goal line in the last period to win, 13-7. Minnesota, among the dwindling quota of elevens undefeated, gobbled up Wisconsin...
...encounter, won by the Red and Blue, 15 to 6, Morice of Penn sprung a surprise when he took the hall on a pass from center, and held it for Minds, great Penn kicker, to boot a placement goal. This was the first placement goal ever kicked in a game which Harvard played...
...best solution appears to be the last named, that of the happy medium. Obviously the quickest method of accomplishing this aim is to copy the Oxford idea of Pass men and Honor men. But, excluding discussion as to whether or not this would ever be advisable with the American undergraduate, it may be pointed out that in those institutions which have tried this arrangement-- Columbia and Smith--the tendency has been toward a decrease in the number of Honor men, a contrary reaction from what might be expected. This is of course undesirable, especially when there are other means...
...Oxford the tutor must prepare his students for exacting examinations. In Harvard the tutor can presuppose that the student is acquiring in his courses sufficient information to pass his examinations, and is therefore free to humanize and to unify the student's grasp of his field...