Word: testing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew will begin sliding in a short time. Up to this time the work has been mainly a test of physique, after this it will be more a test of brains. The men have reached a stage which almost any man can reach by spending the necessary time; they will now begin on work which only picked men can master. Mr. Alexander will insist on men rowing with their heads. It has been said that in rowing men the essentials for success are in the proportion of brains 75 per cent., pluck, 20 per cent, and strength 5 per cent...
...have often thought that the men in college do not co-operate sufficiently with the managers of athletics in the work of training the candidates for team. In order to test the endurance and energy of the candidates, a certain amount of work is required-not too much for a man who obtains nine hours of regular sleep and obeys the other rules in regard to training. The trainer has a right to assume that the training rules are obeyed. But unfortunately there are men dishonorable enough to disregard those rules, after having offered themselves as candidates for teams. What...
...examination in German 3 will cover all the plays and poems read. The nature of the examination will be somewhat as follows: Passages to translate into English to test accuracy; German synonyms; explanation in German of phrases and passages; and outlines in German of ballads, or scenes of plays...
...scientific enough to carry the ball along with their feet, English fashion, while pushing their way ahead through the opponents, but one and all, at the word, started forward violently kicking everything in the way. Upon the practice fields, which is in reality where the rules receive their best test, the 'varsity players were stronger and heavier than the 'scrub' teams which played against them. It thus happened that, with the force of their pushing and the violence of their kicking, they made it unpleasant for the scrubs to stop the onslaught in a scrimmage. It became necessary therefore...