Word: specializing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Before they jump into a field of special concentration for which they are possibly not well fitted, graduate students are being subjected to a rigorous six-hour examination covering everything from verbal aptitude to physics and chemistry...
...examination are revealed to a student in the form of a graph on which his curve is plotted against that of the general average. The results in previous years have shown that a graduate's curve would reach its highest point on that part of the test covering his special field of concentration...
Investigation. Two months ago, Democratic Governor George H. Earle asked the special session of the Pennsylvania Legislature to regulate the transmission of gambling information. Obediently, the Legislature decided to investigate the matter, appointed a special committee which began hearings last week...
...time the War was over Wally had become one of the best-known and most popular A. E. F. veterans. To the delight of his buddies, this very model of a worthless soldier was awarded a medal of the Purple Heart on special recommendation of General Pershing. Wally returned to the quiet of suburban Drexel Hill, Pa., where he carried on as official cartoonist of the American Legion. This week the scattered staff of The Stars and Stripes prepared for the worst as Wally's daily and Sunday comic strip, "Hoosegow Herman," began to appear...
Last week, as the 44th season of the Promenade Concerts closed, musical Britain turned out in a body to do Sir Henry honor. The occasion: a Jubilee Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, celebrating Sir Henry's 50th anniversary as a conductor. Special trains ran from all parts of England. From Cardiff, Wales, in the midst of England's "distressed areas," came 500 Promgoers. The musicians who played in the concert all gave their services free. They were: London's four leading symphonic orchestras (BBC's, the London Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the Queen...