Word: took
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Abdomen relaxed and forward. 4. Back curves are exaggerated. Group D; Very Bad Mechanical Use of the Body. 1. Head still farther forward. 2. Chest still flatter and farther back. 3. Abdomen completely relaxed "Slouchy". 4. Back all curves exaggerated to the extreme. In 1916 when we only took into consideration how the men stood, we found the percentages were as follows: A 7.5 per cent, B 12.5 per cent, C 55 percent, D 25 per cent. In 1919, taking into consideration both how the individual stood and how he used his feet, we got the following percentages...
...examinations were this year applied to the Freshmen entering Columbia, and the men who were accepted on this plan have in almost every case proved their ability to handle the work. All men who took the tests were divided into three groups, and of the first group only two have failed to rank near the top of their class. It is admittedly impossible to judge finally as to the value of the tests with only one year's trial but Dr. Jones is confident of their ultimate value...
...resumed after the Yale game. In addition, the drill was lengthened out to permit the coaches to show the two teams all they know about characteristic Oregon plays, on which they have not yet the complete details. As the first eleven bucked the second team J. F. Brown '22 took C. A. Clark's place at right guard, and in place of Casey, who has a light cold, N. V. Nelson Occ. filled the backfield...
...Commander Peary's assistant on his successful trip to the North Pole. During the following three years he cruised along the Labrador coast especially for an ethnological study of the Eskimos and Indians living there. He was in command of the Crocker Land expedition to the Polar Regions which took place from 1913-17. In all his travels he has covered 10,000 miles with dog team in company with Polar Eskimos. Mr. MacMillan will also be in command of the Bowdoin-Baffin Land Expedition which will take place next year...
While radical upsets in entrance requirements and curriculum have recently caused some sweeping changes in almost all of our sister universities, Harvard alone has remained unaltered. Ever since Yale and Princeton took steps toward the abolition of classical requirements and the "liberalization" of admission examinations, men interested in the welfare of the University have wondered what sort of a change would come in Harvard. But, with the fighting ended over a year ago, nothing unexpected has happened...