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Even the seemingly almighty examination system is only mortal, and will soon pass out to use. So, at least, says Professor Thorndike, of Columbia, famous as the father of the psychological-test-for-entrance-to-college system, and who now proposes another scheme of education reform. The old system of grading is demoralizing to students, depending as it does, upon mere chance, or "the stupid conceit and sardonic indifference of the individual instructor". The shocking results of such a system, continues Professor Thorndike, are demonstrated by the scandalous fact that at Harvard As are thirty-five-times as common...
...measured as carefully as weight, lung capacity, or blood pressure. Education is human engineering, and should be carried on like other sciences, with the use of units such as the foot-pound, the volt, or the calorie. The exact units to be used for each type of mental test have not yet been fully determined, but when they are, our capacity and achievement will be recorded by means of scientifically accurate processes. Professor Thorndike does not give the details of the method, but states that in the "Contemporary Civilization" course, taken by all freshmen at Columbia, a "prepared instrument...
...football the great tendency of rule revision in the past ten years has been to convert the game from a test of brute strength to an athletic contest in which there is some show of skill and in which a lighter team will have a chance. Of course there has been a spirit of conservatism among some of the older, larger, institutions, perhaps because they have the knack of acquiring students of great stature...
...state what everyone knows? Because no more convincing argument could be found than Saturday's cheering to prove that we are not in need of and do not want "professional cheer leaders." We said in our last issue that Saturday would be a test of the custom of having the captains of the major sport teams act as cheer leaders. There can be little question now, we believe, that the tradition is a sound one; and infinitely to be preferred to the proposal of having competitions for leaders of the contortionist style...
...playing of Bradford, Gehrke, and Jenkins will be under especial observation by the Crimson coaches this afternoon. These three are all Sophomores and will face their first real test as first-string University players today. Brad- ford has shown ability in the games he has been in to date to scent running plays and forwards when playing his position of "roving center" on the defence. He is quick and lithe and though not very heavy has a build somewhat resembling that of Havemeyer, last year's star snapper-back...