Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...order to promote interest and competition in the club and its team from the very start, all the men who have played in the two tournaments which just ended, will be formed into two rank lists, one for squash, and one for squash racquets. A ladder tournament will be instituted among the members of each list in such a form that the leader in each list will hold his position only against continual competition. All men on the list, except the first ranking ten, can challenge at any time the man three places above him on the list...
Teams are Men Leading Rank List...
...time when matches are to be played with outside teams either in squash or squash racquets the teams will be made up of the leading men in the respective rank lists. At the end of the year it is proposed to award prizes to the three leading men in each list, and to engrave upon a shield in the club room the names of the champions in each branch, with the result that every season there will be a competition lasting a year to determine the champion...
...year applied to the Freshmen entering Columbia, and the men who were accepted on this plan have in almost every case proved their ability to handle the work. All men who took the tests were divided into three groups, and of the first group only two have failed to rank near the top of their class. It is admittedly impossible to judge finally as to the value of the tests with only one year's trial but Dr. Jones is confident of their ultimate value...
...organization is strictly non-partizan in so far as politics are concerned, but it expects to take a leading role in the reconstruction program of the country. Eligibility for membership does not depend on length of service or the capacity in which the service was performed. Officers of every rank are admitted on the same footing and have equal voice in the conduct of the affairs of the society...