Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crew that Tom Bolles left behind him will test its strength for the first time late Saturday afternoon when it rows M.I.T. over a Henley course mile and five-sixteenths. The starting time has tentatively been set for 5 o'clock, but depending on weather conditions, this time may be shifted forward...
...biggest, most democratic examination in the history of higher learning was being marked by professional scorers last week. The test had been taken early this month by about 400,000 U.S. boys from 17 to 21 years old (Navy put top age at 19). High rankers will get a chance for a commission in the armed forces via a college education at public expense (covering tuition, food, housing, books, uniforms and pocket money...
Devised by the 43-year-old College Entrance Examination Board, acting for the armed forces, the test was given in some 15,000 centers. Cramming for it was impossible. The boys were not asked to give cold-storaged facts or to write essays, but to reveal their aptitude. Typical questions...
...Just when colleges are scraping the bot tom of the private financial barrel, the Government will undertake a limited experiment in publicly financed higher education. Next autumn there may be another test for new 17-year-olds...
...effective these preparations would be against the dreadful emergency, no one could tell. London also had elaborate schemes, arranged for the blitz of September 1940, found some of its most care fully considered plans too elaborate and impracticable under the disrupting test of high explosives and incendiaries. But New Yorkers could congratulate themselves on one important fact: New York City's plans had been made after careful study of the latest English system...