Word: testing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...undergraduates who have been students in Harvard College before the beginning of the current academic year must pass before the end of their second year a special oral examination to test their power of translating either French or German. Opportunity to take either or both of these examinations will be given on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 5. Students who wish to take in place of the oral examination, the written examination to test their reading knowledge of either French or German, may do so on Tuesday, October 5, at 5 P. M. in Emerson D. All candidates who wish...
...opening contest marks a change in the policy of Harvard football administration. The abandonment of the old "easy schedule" will be welcomed by all followers of the Crimson eleven, not only because it will bring many more interesting contests to Soldiers Field, but also because it will test the team more severely, better equip it to meet Yale, and will give it a fairer claim to the Eastern title, if successful...
...Gompers had a great opportunity to prove the sincerity of his patriotism and the reality of his claim to public spirit when the strike came up, by repudiating and denouncing it. He failed in the test; he attempted to put the blame on a governor and a police commissioner who had acted promptly to save the public service from guardians who refused to guard. Mr. Gompers had his chance and lost it. His Federation of Labor, of which he has shown himself to be the dictator at Montreal, has indorsed this dangerous and detrimental judgment. It has by this choice...
...University batters will probably face their hardest test this afternoon when they go up against Waters, the sensational Fordham twirler. Waters, a former Watertown boy, had won eight straight games before last Saturday, one of them the prediction-breaking defeat of the champion Georgetown nine. But last Saturday his winning streak broke and he bowed to Vermont, a team weak compared to some of his victims. The Green Mountain nine hammered Waters for 11 hits, while Kibbe, the Vermont twirler who struck out 10 University batters, fanned an equal number of Fordham men. Among Waters's victories...
...Hearst third party should put the power of the owner of the great syndicate to an acid test. The returns will tell the story of a democracy in which one man can lead millions through the great power of his wealth, or they will tell an altogether different story. They will reveal that people will buy red ink with enthusiasm, devour the Sunday scandal supplement with gusto, and chuckle gleefully over the comic section but, having nibbled the lurid bait they will shy from the hook...