Word: techs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their solutions were far more important than their answers. Theoretically, a Caltech student may ar rive at all the wrong answers on exams, and still get passing marks if his professor believes that his thinking is sound. The whole idea, says Biologist George Beadle, is to avoid "the descriptive tech nique, which is just learning things by rote. In the analytical approach, you learn the why of things, the premise being that if you understand the principles, you can apply them to any problem...
...Tech, Dartmouth, and the varsity were racing for the Indians' Biglin Bowl which M. I. T. won by outsprinting the Crimson in the last quarter mile. But Navy, which was not competing for the Bowl, jumped to an early lead and pulled ahead of the other three shells in the first half mile of the race. The Middies won by a length...
...varsity after momentarily challenging the midshipmen for the lead, slipped into last place as Dartmouth and Tech fought for second. Only after stroke Larry Cabot raised the cadence from 37 to 40 did the varsity pass Dartmouth in the last 400 yards. Tech, however, held off the Crimson's challenge, finishing in 6:58.1 to the varsity...
...junior varsity race M. I. T. and the Crimson battled for first while Dartmouth fell a length and one half behind. At the mile, a crab on the port side slowed the Tech shell. That made the difference as Crimson stroke John Hadik moved his boat ahead by a quarter length finishing...
...freshmen remained undefeated, winning their second race of the season by over a length on Tech and five lengths over the Indians. The Yardlings were only three seats up on Tech at the half mile, though Dartmouth had already fallen a length behind. But at the three-quarter mile mark their shell came alive and hitting a steady 32 opened a length on M. I. T. to beat the Engineers...