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Word: test (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morning Post offered its readers a more cheering psychology, implying the late Leverhulme's taste was as honest and as malodorous as his soap, that the transfer of the pictures to the U. S. would be a test of the U. S. public, which, "like Leverhulme, will no doubt be willing to buy its experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Leverhulme's Collection | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

This afternoon at 2 o'clock the University football team will open its 1925 season against a college which has never before had a representation on a Harvard field. The Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, of Troy, New York, has sent the eleven which wil provide the first test for the new Crimson regime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FISHER-DALY SYSTEM PUT TO TEST TODAY | 10/3/1925 | See Source »

...social intelligence test", as it has been named, has already been tried out in several thousand cases involving the selection of policemen. This is the first time that it has been applied to college students, and Professor Moss hopes that the results will add to the faculty's knowledge of the individual student. The professors will know at once which students have qualities leading to popularity and success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Graduate Held Up in George Washington Test As a Drunkard or a Moron -- Test Designed for Policemen | 10/2/1925 | See Source »

...test consists of a problem in sizing up a series of social situations, with a view to ascertaining the ability of the student to meet similar problems in life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Graduate Held Up in George Washington Test As a Drunkard or a Moron -- Test Designed for Policemen | 10/2/1925 | See Source »

Harvard for many years has been sincerely proud of the record of her graduates. Other colleges have rejoiced with Harvard in the splendid achievements of her sons. A very pleasing tribute appears in a test of social intelligence given yesterday to students in George Washington University. Realizing that Harvard men hold high positions and are extremely versatile, Professor Moss, the originator of the examination, asks his students to underline the correct answer to certain important questions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CARETAKER'S SON | 10/2/1925 | See Source »

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