Word: test
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From these figures anyone may see just where he stands in the scale of vocabulary and intelligence. If any individual is sufficiently interested to test his own verbose store. Let him search through an unabridged dictionary, as advised by Dr. Vizetelly, and find out As a preliminary to this task. Dr. Vizetelly, suggests a test of perseverance. Fill, he says, a tumbler full of dried peas, place it in one room, and carry the peas one by one to fill and empty glass in another room. If one is able to do this, he is qualified, to try the vocabulary...
...first week in September should see the beginning of football training Easy conditioning work should follow, gradually becoming more strenuous, until the players are physically fit for the gruelling test of the first game. Under the present abbreviated training we cannot hope for fit condition in the opening game...
...signing up from each class will be divided into small tournament groups that will play a series of test matches to determine the best seven players in each group. These winners will automatically be formed into a class team, and will be entered in the quadrangular class competition...
...preliminary test matches will all be played off before Christmas vacation, according to present plans, in order that the interclass team play may start on January 3 with the re-opening of college...
...entire cross country squad left for New Haven on Saturday morning to see the football contest. Since then, the runners have been resting in New York preparatory for today's test. All of Coach Mikkola's runners are in good physical condition. Captain Haggerty's ankle which has been bothering him most of the season has healed during the last week and he is fit to lead his men to triumph today...