Word: steps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French (Captain François Durand and Lieutenant Amador de Busnel), with 19 faults to 23 each for Chile, Great Britain and the U. S. Jumping in pairs the next evening, the French team was charged ½ a fault, when Captain Durand and Captain Pierre Clave were a step out of alignment at one barrier, but even this left them a lead of 3½ points over the U. S., whose score was perfect. The margin grew no larger on the third night of the show when Swedes, Canadians, Irish and Americans negotiated the course of nine jumps perfectly...
...possible in favor of regular Harvard entrance examinations. These could be used to determine whether a student could do justice to the three-year program. Twenty-six schools already cooperate with the college in eliminating College Boards, and the extension of the idea is the next logical step toward that smoothing of the transition from school to college which President Conant's January Report called for. This would encourage good secondary school training, as would permission for Freshmen to take advanced courses...
Until some such plan as this is put into effect, undergraduates will continue to dawdle through college only to find the shift to a graduate school equivalent to a step into another world. It is time that Harvard adopted a flexible policy geared to the various abilities of its many students, instead of to the slow speed of the underprepared, bare-pass...
...Kevorkian, rugged tackle for the Harlowmen, is likewise expected to report for a defense post. Ineligible last year, Kevorkian has had no chance to show his ability, but should he step with opponents on the ice as he does on the field, he will prove a valuable asset...
...Neither side won an advantage. Both thrived. In 1935 Pennsylvania's passenger traffic was 200% better than in 1934. This year the gain has been nearly as great. Central did equally well; August 1936 was 144% ahead of August 1935. Last week the rivals took the obvious step, merged into Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Corp...