Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Placement test in Chemistry and placement test in Physics...
...Placement test in French, New Lecture Hall...
Energetically directed by Coach Norm Fradd, who seems to be a concentrated package of energy, the students went through push-ups, squat jumps, the Burpee test, and a variety of other sweat-producers. Their scores were recorded by their mates, and the hardy lads with the strong wind were temporarily sifted from the panting fellows believed to be in need of what Coach Fradd described as "heavy calisthenics...
Stiffest grinds for most of the men were the 100-yard dash, made with a barrackmate hanging on like an Old Man of the Sea, and the step test, which called for raising leaden feet in G. I. shoes a distance of 20 inches in a 1-2-3-4 rhythm for five minutes without rest...
...Louisville-new facilities have been installed, but dangers of a shortage are still acute. War production wallows in water. Nearly 80 tons of water are needed to manufacture a ton of ingot steel, 236 gallons are needed to make one gallon of alcohol; 125,000 gallons are needed to test each airplane engine. Present rationing plans are mild, would limit the digging of wells only by corporations and municipalities. The aim: prevent unnecessary digging, preserve the underground water supply, insure the U.S. against a prolonged drought...