Word: put
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Good examinations are a test of comprehension of material. Comprehension does not mean the ability to bounce back a list of facts or a memorized theory, but rather the ability to put the facts together or work the theory into a meaningful picture. How test this true comprehension? By requiring original thought based on the material, by requiring a variety of interpretations of the facts...
...put it this way. Facts are blocks, and with them the comprehending scholar can lay out a number of designs. On the other hand, the tutored man has the blocks; but he knows only one design. He fails when called upon to lay out any other...
...Dickey Dyer with seconds in the shot put and hammer throw and Hobey Lerner's first in the broad jump, the Bellboys amassed 33 1-2 points. Leverett, with 18 1-2, was closely followed by Winthrop and Kirkland, each with 18. All of Winthrop's points were won on three first places, Erny Fuller's in the javelin, C. D'Autremont's in the pole vault, and Bob Campbell's in the discus...
Other first places were taken by Dave Wilson of Leverett in the high jump, Johnny Tucker of Leverett in the 12-pound shot put, and Phil Smith of Dunster in the 12-pound hammer...
...Navy has appointed Captain Keppler as commanding officer of a new fleet of heavy destroyers which will be put into operation soon. The destroyers which he will command are the heaviest the Navy has ever built...