Word: testings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Corps Areas (7th-Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas and most of Missouri; 9th-Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada. California, the Territory of Alaska, most of Wyoming and part of Arizona) will attack, counterattack, fire off blanks and gas shells into each other's faces and test a theory that a division should consist of 13,000 men instead of 22,000 now that the U. S. army is becoming mechanized & motorized...
...Eastern Air Lines officials pointed out that passengers constantly request to be "put on Dick Merrill's plane." But some professional aviators agreed with Boake Carter, pointing out such facts as that Pilot Merrill relied greatly on a Sperry gyropilot in his jaunt but did not bother to test it or learn fully how it worked before starting...
...Divisional Examinations has been completely smoothed out, the Economics Department deserves hearty congratulation upon the skillful job which it displayed in making up the Junior Departmental. Undergraduate approval of this fair examination has been universal, and rightly so. The Department has made a wise choice in selecting its test designers...
Partly because of this sharp contrast between two examinations covering the same material, the improvement in the Economics Department has been greatly appreciated. Recognition of the change is significant, and other departments will do well to take notice. After three or four years of preparation for a real test of their knowledge of a field of concentration, students have every right to expect a fair try, and if the axe is to cut off their beads, they are entitled to a flawless edge...
...light her virtual isolation. To this "miracle" more than any other is due the unique individuality which exists in that small country. To this are owed the great achievements along literary and along imperialistic lines. It is today, when Britain is no longer an isolated country, that the test of her greatness and her powers of protection will be called into play...