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Revealed to Portland was the test which 15-year-old Helen Hanna took. Things Helen knew: that George L. Baker is Portland's Mayor; that George V is England's King; Herbert Hoover the U. S. President; Calvin Coolidge, ex-President; George Washington, first President; that electricity "lights, shocks"; that tea comes from Japan. She knew the meanings of: copper, dungeon, lecture, haste. Things she did not know: the life-span of a horse; the largest city in the U. S.; why the heart beats. If she were hunting a ball lost in a circular field and were...
...Hanna was found to be "normal," was released. Teacher Friendly, declaring that her test had been misinterpreted, said that she had acted merely as a consultant to the court. She would bring no further allegations of feeblemindedness against Helen Hanna. Then Judge William Ball Gilbert of the Circuit Court said he had taken no cognizance of the tests anyway. Because of the Hanna's poverty, he took Helen from her family, installed her in the home of a Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Townsend...
...effect, the outline aims to make respectable, sanitary and uplifting the official "smut session" familiar to every preparatory school and college student. "One object of [the word] test," say its authors, ''is to draw off the emotional tension of the group-to get them talking and laughing freely over their own responses; to win one another's confidence and to gain confidence in the leader; to see how many absurd and unfounded opinions we hold. . . ." Words are given to the boys & girls, to be pondered for not more than five seconds, crossed out if disagreeable. Sample words...
Jazz Thrill Baby Birth Control Flirtation Unmarried Mother Night Club Victorian Free Love Old Maid Flaming Youth After they have talked and laughed over the "word test," boys & girls may try the "opinion test," deciding quickly whether the statements about drinking, dancing and fornication are true or false. Then they are ready for discussion of problems based upon such questions as these (For girls): What is wrong in spooning, just letting a boy put his arm around you and kissing you? What is "passion"? What if a boy just steals a kiss? (For boys): What sensations (evil) come from spooning...
...word test": Andrew W. Mellon, Alfred E. Smith, Al Capone, W. C. T. U., Cirrhosis of the Liver, Beer, Whiskey, Drunkard, Political Corruption, Racketeer, Machine...