Word: testing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more recklessly put forth. We have shown repeatedly how false and misleading these claims are, especially in the form in which they are circulated, but we have not been able to prevent the acceptance of them by college papers and the general public which have had no way to test the truth of them. We repeat again the true record. Princeton won the games of '73, '78, and '85. Yale won the games of '76, '82, '83, '87, and '88. There were no games in '74, and '75. The games of '77, '79, 80, '81, '84, and '86 were drawn...
...professional study, in which a great many men now in college expect to engage after graduation, has been entirely overlooked. I refer to the establishment of a chair of journalism, to be classed under the same head as are all the English courses. There is no better way to test the popularity of an experimental course than making it in the first place voluntary, and then if the attendance warrants, changing it to a half or full course. Some instructors in English could easily take charge of the course in journalism at the start and if the interest awakened were...
...experiment was recently tried in England to test the speed of a cricket ball. Turner, the well-known fast bowler of the Australian team, made the trial The testing apparatus consisted of a chronograph and a screan, across which wires were stretched, and through these wires electric currents were passed. When the ball cut the wires the record was instantly marked on the chronograph. The speed of the ball was discovered to be 81 feet a second or 55 miles an hour...
...student members. Such a change is only another result of our elective system. It is the adding of another responsibility to those the undergraduates now sustain. Harvard University assumes that a student is a responsible being and acts accordingly. The year is not far enough advanced to test thoroughly this new experiment; but the trial gives promise of perfect success...
...debate was then opened for the negative by W. D. Clark, '89. He said in brief: The present institution has stood the test of time, and is still sustained by the reason which led to its formation. It does a great deal to obviate the danger of ties and of contested elections. The power of small states depends entirely upon the continuance of the present system, for under the system now being discussed, New York city would have more power than the four smallest states in the Union. Also under a change of system there would be a much greater...