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Stewart-Warner Corp. exhibited a new brake system, as yet not in use on any but test cars. The principle is to use the momentum of the car to check the speed. On the Stewart-Warner model this operates mechanically with a clutch attached to the brake pedal. Frederick I. Libby, young automotive engineer of Bronxville, N. Y. is working on a similar brake operated by hydraulic pressure...
...transport company which opens up new territory, invests heavily in ground equipment and drums up its own traffic, generally lays claim to certain intangible pioneer rights over any independent concern attempting to invade its route. Late last month Arizona witnessed the start of the first major court test of pioneer rights...
...proposed examinations would be held in the middle of the school year and would in no sense conflict with the June examinations. Like the Scholastic Aptitude Test they would not be based upon the school curriculum, but would measure results or attainment. It is probable that these examinations would consist of three parts, a verbal test, a mathematical test, and a modern language test, each of three hours' duration...
...recent years the attempts of the College Entrance Examination Board to devise more accurate tests of ability for college candidates have met with considerable success, as the popularity of the New Entrance Plan and the Scholastic Aptitude Test indicate. The tendency has been away from the pedantic checking-up of mere factual knowledge, in favor of emphasis on the fundamental qualities which it is the function of colleges to develop...
...avoid this difficulty in future, the Board proposes to establish "validating examinations," to test the worth of such certificates. These examinations would be similar in purpose to those given to candidates for West Point and Annapolis. They would cover the main subjects without conflicting with regular examinations. To be successful, however, the examinations should be genuine indications of the student's quality and not perfunctory tests to be overcome by intensive cramming. If properly given they ought to hasten the day when colleges will no longer be burdened with misplaced individuals...