Word: tested
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Among the members of the Assay Commission, appointed by President Cleveland, to test and examine the weight and the fineness of the coins reserved at the mints is Professor Jackson...
...before it might be forced by these circumstances. The question which the mid-year examinations bring up is not necessarily that of whether the examinations themselves are a good thing or not, though their abolishment would of course solve the whole difficulty at once. Admitting that a mid-year test is valuable in every course, a few queries suggest themselves. Does the benefit gained by preparing for an examination make up for the loss of eight lectures and, in the case of those who get through with their examination early in the period, a week's study, more or less...
...production itself, every resource of the Castle Square Theatre has been put to the greatest test to prepare the magnificent scenes and the striking electric effects...
With the outcome of the Princeton game settle, a decided relief has come, not only to the members of the Yale eleven, but to the entire university. The game was a severe test in more senses than it has ever been before, and for an outsider it is difficult to realize what it meant to Yale or to what an extent general attention was given it here. The last two days of practice showed this interest even more conclusively than the game itself, and it may be added that the work shown in these last efforts, was more encouraging...
...last five years has the result of this game seemed more doubtful or more difficult to predict. In former years Yale has had opportunities to measure their strength with stronger teams before meeting Princeton, but now the situation is reversed, as Yale has had no severe test, and her strength is still an unproved quantity. On the whole, it may be said that the college expects a Princeton victory. Hartwell, Rhodes and Hinkey have been with the eleven recently, and Heffelfinger may see it this week. Yale's probable line-up will be: Bass, l. e.; Rodgers, l. t.; Chadwick...