Word: tested
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...students in Harvard College except those who entered before 1910 must pass, before the end of their second year, a special oral examination to test their power of translating either French or German. Opportunity to take either or both of these examinations will be given in the afternoons, beginning Monday, May 22. All candidates who wish to take the oral examination must notify the Recorder, 4 University Hall, in writing, on or before Thursday, May 18. Each candidate will then be notified when and where to present himself for the oral examination...
...opportunity is open also to Freshmen who desire to take advantage of it before their second year. The requirement of the office is that all students in the College except those who entered before 1910 must pass before the end of their second year a special oral examination to test their power of translating either French or German. All candidates who wish to take the oral examination must notify the Recorder, University 4, in writing, on or before Thursday, May 18. Each candidate will then be notified when and where to present himself for the oral examination...
...special examination, which will test the student's grasp of his chosen specific field. The candidate will be expected to show a thorough understanding of the subject of this field; knowledge of the content of the courses only will not suffice. The examination will be upon a subject, not upon a group of courses...
This set of examinations has been established, not in order to place an additional burden upon candidates for the A.B., but for the purpose of securing better correlation of the student's work, encouraging better methods of study, and furnishing a more adequate test of real power and attainment. To this end students are being assigned special tutors, who will guide men in their respective fields of study, assist them in co-ordinating the knowledge derived from different courses, and stimulate in them the reading habit...
...Monday at 1 o'clock. As in former years, the competition will extend through the full season, the appointment being made on the night of the Yale game. The work during the spring will consist of writing letters, gathering statistics, and solving various problems designed to test the candidate's ingenuity and general ability. During the spring practice, April 24 to May 5, there will be work around the field every afternoon except Saturday...