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...squad with substantial preparatory school records, but there are two or three whom Coach Chase expects will eventually become college stars. With no stellar performers around whom to build, the development of the team will inevitably be slow. Tomorrow's contest will offer a real-test, and Coach Chase thinks that his team has an even chance...
Which is faster?the steam or electric locomotive? On the face of the latest returns, the "juice" seems to have it. At Erie, Pa., last week a speed of 105 miles an hour was attained over a short test track by a locomotive built by the General Electric Co. and the American Locomotive Works for the Paris-Orleans Railroad, France. This is the greatest speed ever attained by an electric locomotive, and could just as well have been 125 miles an hour, said officials, if the track had been longer. Steam locomotives have several times attained speeds of from...
When a student in the University has by permission been absent from a section test or even from an hour examination, a card is sent to his instructors informing them that he has been officially excused. No distinction is made between absences caused by necessity such as illness, and those occasioned by other causes such as the extension of the vacation periods. All subsequent action is left to the discretion of the individual instructor...
...great majority of cases, the student is allowed to make up his work at a later date, or is merely not graded on the particular test which he missed. There have been instances, however where the instructor has not permitted any make-up or postponement and has given a zero grade on the uncompromising theory that the student should have been present. In the case of men excused by the office for reasons other than that of necessity, this point of view is not unreasonable; but it seems unjust to penalize a man who has been absent because of conditions...
...Evans and Eastman in the shot, and Gerould, Hyatt and Morse in the high-jump present a field of probable scratch men of unusual ability. Only in the pole-vault and weight-throw is an experienced group lacking. These two events should provide ample opportunity for inexperienced material to test their skill with the 35 pound weight and the vaulting pole. Since there are virtually no experienced men in these two departments, any high performers in today's meet will receive serious consideration for regular positions on the track team during the winter and spring seasons...