Word: test
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...became a fact, they planned a general library, certain special laboratories and a central administrative body to deal with matters (for example, honors examinations) of community interest and value. They pictured a growing milieu of teachers in congenial surroundings, with wieldy groups of students and a rare chance to test and compare pedagogical theories. They saw undergraduate scholarship spurred by competition among the colleges . . . athletics at home . . . university breadth for small college thought ... a metropolis of student-villages...
...figures for the welding was overwhelmingly in favor of the new method. In labor costs it had saved 23%. Where riveting-gangs of four men would have been required, single operators had manipulated portable arc-welders, thus interfering less with other workmen. The time saved was over 20%. Strength tests showed the welded joints to be 100% strong, as against a 65% to 70% average for riveted joints?that is, the welds were as strong as the girders they joined, often stronger under test stresses. Rivets shear or rip out their holes sooner than the girders break...
...Vocal Club will test the range of voice, designating the candidates as first or second tenors, baritones, and bass. It is also hoped that solo and quartet selections can be organized. Previous experience is not absolutely essential...
...success of the whole experiment rests in the collective palm of the twelve dropped Freshmen. They can make or break the test tube. This in itself must be a satisfaction compensating for the ignominy attached to their recent intellectual debacle...
...dash events will Miller and Burns entered against the same galaxy of stars listed in New York, and their ability will meet another acid test. Luttman has been entered in the Hunter mile, but it is possible that Coach Farrell will save him for the relay...