Word: tests
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tests must be made consecutively in the order mentioned (in the regulations) and be completed within fifteen minutes. A rest of only one minute will be allowed between the tests for the strength of the upper arms (triceps) and chest, and strength of upper arms (biceps) and back, as these are usually taken to test the power of repeating efforts and to try the action of the heart and lungs...
...construction and nature of the coral islands of the Paumotu, Gloucester, and Fiji Groups. This includes a study of the growth of the different islands into groups, and the animal life in the lagoons as compared with that outside in the ocean. He has thus been able to test the statements made by other explorers. Only one island has been found where the inhabitants had not come into contact with civilization...
...prestige to the city, increased the value of property, and was an advantage to tradesmen. The case was won by Harvard, and the $11,000 which had been collected in taxes for the years 1897, 1898, and 1899 have just been paid back. The Supreme Court held that the test which should decide whether property is taxable is whether it is used for investment or for College purposes...
Twenty universities and colleges will be represented in the intercollegiate strength test championships which will be held during next spring. Last year, Harvard made the highest average of fifty tests and also won the individual test, C. G. Herbert '00 making 1594.5, which stands at present as the intercollegiate record. Of the twenty-one Harvard men who were among the first fifty of the seven colleges represented, seventeen have returned to College and will be eligible to compete next spring. Among the other colleges, Columbia was second last year, and Amherst third. The second best individual score was 1352.5, made...
...shows by figures for the past six years that co-education in the College proper has not increased, that it has in fact decreased, and that the danger of complete co-education at Harvard exists no more today than it has in previous years. Professor Byerly dismisses as a test the admission of Radcliffe students in the Graduate School. He admits the second point raised by Professor Wendell: the professors lecture at Radcliffe for salaries when they might be doing research work, but says: "If Professor Wendell has discovered a method by which his colleagues can publish the results...