Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...petroleum technology; geochemical prospecting is newer still. The geochemists pick up samples of the surface soil at spaced intervals, e. g., every tenth of a mile, and analyze them for significant hydrocarbons. An American Chemical Society publication declared that geochemical prospecting shows promise of being a more certain test for underground oil than artificial earthquake analysis...
...English and one in Government, have been recommended for promotion to permanent tenure. And confirmation by the Corporation and Board of Overseers seems a sure bet. This is fine. But in the fog of secrecy which shrouds academic politics, it is not clear whether these men are fair test cases, for it seems they are not to be frozen associate professors, but are being promoted via some other budgetary loop-hole...
What the Departments which were dismembered when the axe fell last June must do, is to test the Administration's good faith by recommending for promotion to frozen associate professorships enough of the forgotten ten to restore their departments to academic competency. A paper victory is no victory at all. But even if all the fired assistants were taken back on permanent tenure, deep and troublesome doubts would remain. Should a self-perpetuating body of businessmen and lawyers have life and death power over Harvard? Is an autocracy, however benevolent, the best way of running a college which...
...powerful Deacon squad, led by Mike Broady, Al Mathis, Bill Rines, Bill Jay, Al Conger, Eric Dean, Tony Fascio, Bob Sceery, Jack Eberie, and Gordy Allen will encounter powerful opposition in the strong all-star delegation. The meet should provide the first real test of the year for Kirkland...
...truth, as a certain Harvard professor is wont to exclaim, probably lies somewhere in between. Both Mr. Conant and Mr. Williams place great stress on the individual as the proper unit to deal with--and if this test is adopted, then clearly the answer is not, either work or cash scholarships, but both. Some individuals undeniably benefit by the work experience, while others find it too heavy a drain on their energies. There are enough of each variety here to make it practical for Harvard to combine the two types of scholarships. Mr. Conant, by lending his sanction...