Word: testing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...sided game Saturday at New Haven, the Yale football team overwhelmed Holy Cross, winning by the score of 52 to 0. The game was marked by many open plays and long runs by the Yale backs who bowled over their tacklers in easy fashion. It was no test of Yale's strength, however, for Holy Cross was so weak that even with a team of third string men Yale was able to score almost at will...
...figures of enrollment may seem somewhat discouraging; but when the extraordinary growth and improved facilities of the western institutions, as well as certain changes within the University are considered, the registration should be gratifying to those who judge Harvard's strength by its numbers,--at best a superficial test. The increasing tendency to complete the requirements for an A.B. degree in three years and the changes in the Scientific School account for much of the loss in the undergraduate departments. In the slow but steady growth of the Law and Medical Schools is found an ample vindication of the policy...
...runners; but, despite the apprehension that these reports have caused during the past few days, we hope for and expect a two-fold victory. The baseball team has already shown its "fighting" spirit, and we feel that the track team will not be found wanting when the real test comes this afternoon...
...music by E. Ballantine '07 sounds distinctly the Spanish note, it contains no echoes, and, while it is tuneful and easy, it is never ordinary. Best of all, the songs stand the test of popularity,--they "whistle well." R. D. Flint '07 has also contributed two pleasing musical numbers...
...what he says. Important aids to essentials are clearness of expression and brevity of statement, the one because all truth is self-evident, and needs only to be stated clearly to be convincing, and the other because short and pithy statements are more apt to be remembered. The final test of the effective speaker, is that he must impress his subject upon the audience and not his own personality...