Word: teste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...novelty for the American college to make such definite adjustment to the secondary school's preparation, but Mohammed had shown no signs of coming to the mountain, and the mountain must needs move. In examinations for college the I. Q. and the scholastic aptitude test have their place, but none of these tell whether the freshman possesses a knowledge of note taking and a scholarly disclaim of the historical anecdote. The plan of the University of Buffalo at least prepares the unequipped before their hour is at hand...
...annual Knights of Columbus meet, to be held in Boston on December 21, will be the first to test the track men, who will run in most of the important meets of the indoor season...
...jurors were so touched by Defendant Remus's description of how he spent last Christmas in prison that they petitioned to have him set free at once without waiting for the test, required by law, to see if he was sane enough to be at large. Refusal of this petition did not daunt Mr. Remus. He received kisses and congratulations from the jurors in his cell and hysterically pledged the rest of his life to "stifling the insult which is upon our statutes known as the National Prohibition...
...last of these suggestions is no novelty--instructors in every course in the College always sketch the type of examination which they propose to give. Of the other three this may be said: such a platform leaves no room for a test of the student's powers of coordination. In the individual lies his ability to write scattered threads; his success in so doing determines his success as a student. If his thinking is to be made mechanical he may as well give up all ambitions of becoming "educated...
...Library has maintained. The confidence in general honesty displayed by the authorities has in a large measure been responsible for the efficient service of the institution. Having been granted a certain freedom the average student feels more or less obliged to prove himself worthy of the bequest. A further test of his worthiness will be found in the post-holiday weeks...