Word: proctore
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...someone who has done battle at the lists in Memorial Hall this procedure is not upsetting. He is used to being examined in more funeral settings, complete with invocation ("You will have three hours ...") and benediction ("Gentlemen, this examination is over.") To take an examination without a proctor nearby to hand you bluebooks and save you from the consequences of original sin would seem an invitation to lack of preparation, cheating, and worse...
...BREAKING WAVE, by Nevil Shute (282 pp.; Morrow; $3.50). Why did Jessie Proctor take a bottlefull of sleeping pills? The suicide of his parents' maid is a mystery that challenges Alan Duncan, just returned from Europe to manage the family's huge sheep ranch near Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to the dead girl's diary, Duncan's sleuthing takes him less than 24 hours, but an almost continuous flashback takes him over years of personal history, etched in the common memories of a whole generation of Britons who fought in World War II. Alan discovers that Jessie...
...individual skiing competition Peter Churchill placed third in Class C of the Proctor Academy Black Water Slalom race held at Andover, N.H., yesterday. His combined time for two runs on the course was 94.3 seconds...
Several of the more exuberant participants in the little party that followed the official entertainment were roughly escorted to the door in a mist of beer. One proctor, with damp stains on his rain-coat, boasted, "I've got five bursar's cards...
Sometimes special proctors for itinerant students carry their sense of duty rather far. Once a student received permission to take a few minutes out from an examination to serve as best man at a friend's wedding. A proctor was delegated to accompany him and the two hurried to the church together, just in time for the start of the service. When the minister called for the ring a few minutes later, he received a mild surprise, for two men stepped forward. One was the best man. Right at his side was the proctor, faithful...