Word: testing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were subsequently adopted by the Inter-collegiate Association. In June of the present year the Committee said to the Captain of the Harvard team for 1884, that the eleven would be allowed to play during the following season, on the understanding that the games should be regarded as a test whether or not the changes of rules had resulted in substantial change of the character of the game...
...college $500 a year for it, almost as much as the expense of a coach. Here is a great opportunity for the committee to show, what is doubted by a few ungrateful students, that they really have the best interests of the students at heart. Here is a test...
...well known than it becomes immensely popular, and every college throughout the Eastern states and several in the West, have taken up the game. Each year its popularity increases, and not only new college, but even amateur teams of gentlemen, are now being formed. So if popularity is any test, the game must be one worth cultivating...
...Members of the Yale foot ball team who expect to play their game against Princeton next Thursday are watching and waiting with deep interest for the result of Mr. J. L. Sullivan's test case on the law relating to pugilism." -[Boston Advertiser...
...London has taken an important step in resolving to confer a new degree, to be called the "Teachers' Diploma." It is to be under the seal of the University, and signed by the chancellor. No one will be examined, however, who has not already graduated. The examination will test the practical ability as well as the information of the candidates, and will combine a close scrutiny into their knowledge regarding the theory of the art of teaching. These diplomas will be certificates of merit of the highest order...