Word: testing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very keen and there never has really been any "first" or "second" 150-pound boat. In a race over the half-mile course on the Charles early this week the judges decided that the finish was a dead heat, and since rowing conditions have been too poor for a test since then, the flip of a coin decided that the crew captained by Francis Mason would go. The line-up of the crew is as follows; Row, J. J. Phelan 2,J. G. Flint; 3. Francis Mason; 4. R. R. Fiero; 5. La Farge; 6. Frank Kennard...
...University Hall, on or before Friday, May 13. The oral examination in either French to German will begin on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 17, and each candidate will be notified when and where to present himself. The written one-hour examinations in either French or German to test the student's elementary knowledge or his reading knowledge of these languages are to be held as follows: French: Tuesday, May 17, at 5 P. M. in Emerson D. German; Wednesday, May 18. at 5 P. M. in Emerson...
...come down for the Senior to be given just one half hour to put in writing the result of his labor in each of the two departments in the division outside his field of concentration. An examination is a game of chance at best, and to attempt to test so much in so short a time increases the element of uncertainty...
...improvements in the plan are being made each year. But in a spirit of constructive criticism they object to a system which sets a premium upon the barest skeleton of correlated fact and gives no times for careful thought and planning. If the new examinations are to be a test of general knowledge,--they should eliminate chance by giving the student enough time to show how much he knows...
...Freshman tennis team will meet the Country Day School team at 4 o'clock at Divinity Courts. As the match with Tufts '24 had to be called off because of rain, this will be the first test of the yearling team. C. W. Farnham Jr., winner of the 1920 interscholastics, has been appointed acting captain, and will be ably supported by K. S. Pfaffman, last year's Andover star. The remaining members of the team are E. K. Davis, E. St. R. Reynal; L. H. Rouillon and Donald Stralem...