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...Yale hockey team may have been checked for a while at the start of a game, but has never failed to finish with a real scoring flourish, a thing which Harvard hasn't done. The secret of Yale's success seems to be in possessing a wealth of high-grade man-power and its ability to apply this power when and where it will do the most good. Harvard has shown potentialities whereas Yale has produced the goods. It remains to be seen whether the Elis can keep on going places and if the Crimson can gather sufficient momentum...
...weak as well as the good points of the student's knowledge of the course on which he has been tested. The usual habit of the average undergraduate is to forget all about the particular questions asked on the examination as soon as he has received notice of his grade in the course. A passing mark, the immediate goal, assumes precedence over the far more important aim of possessing a comprehensive acquaintance with the subject matter of the course...
...past month, Governor Myers Y. Cooper wrote a stern letter to Director of Education John L. Clifton. Said he: "It is evident that these accidents were avoidable if proper precautions had been taken." The Director of Education, in turn, urged two-man bus crews, strict vigilance at grade crossings. The dead driver of the Brook Park bus was held culpable by the coroner...
...line operated by the Denver & Salt Lake Railway Co., six are important. These are the six miles of the famed Moffat tunnel, which pierces James Peak, 50 miles west of Denver.* It shortens the transcontinental route between Denver and Salt Lake City by about 175 miles, cuts the ruling grade from 4% to 2%. The Denver & Salt Lake has a 50-year lease (with a 49-year renewal option) on the tunnel...
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN-A trapeze story that makes the grade...