Word: tested
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard? It would allow no room for personal grievances, since it would do away with competitions, the facts of which always leak out. The Student Council would not be hampered by the necessity of balancing the results of a competition, which at best is no real test of executive ability, against the personal equation. The Council would be reasonable and fair in its judgments. The candidates would not have the chagrin of doing invidious begging to no avail. Finally, the friends of contestants would not have to drain their pockets to help in the glorious victory or dire defeat...
...CRIMSON believes that the least beneficial form of this written work is the weekly conference paper, used in many of the larger courses. It cannot pretend to be an adequate test of the student's knowledge from its short length, and in many courses it is never considered seriously by the members of the class. If oral questioning were substituted, a great deal of good would be done. The preparation for the lecture would have to be more thorough, there could be no unfairness, and the men could not help getting more out of the courses than they...
This afternoon the University tennis team will meet Princeton at Princeton in its first intercollegiate match of the season. During the week there have been elimination trials to test the ability of the new men, but the strength of the team as a whole is yet untried. The following men will compose the team and will play in the order named: N. W. Niles '09, captain, A. Sweetser '11, G. C. Adams '10, F. Cutting '09, F. H. Burr '09, and E. L. Beard...
...Freshman baseball team will play the first game of its schedule with Somerville High School on the 1912 diamond on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This game will be a decided test of the team's ability, as Somerville High has one of the strongest school nines in the vicinity of Boston. A temporary change has been made in the regular Freshman line up on account of a slight injury to Kennedy, who has been playing first base regularly. Blackall, who has been playing in the outfield, will start the game in his place, and Reeves...
Members of the University intending to enter the spring handicap track games to be held on Soldiers Field tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, and who have not taken strength tests since January 1, must have their hearts examined by Dr. Bailey. He will be in his office for that purpose between 1 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. Certificates will be given, which must be handed in to the Recorder, University 4, as soon as possible. This examination will take the place of the usual strength test held by Dr. Sargent at the Gymnasium...