GOOD WEATHER
. CHEERS SQUAD
Baseball Men Go Through
Thorough Workout
BACKSTOP CREW IS GOOD
If Sunshine Lasts, Diamond
Will be Ready for Use
With the advent of genuine base
ball weather, Coach Reinhart and
his squad enjoyed a thorough work
out last night. Practically all of
the large crew of pitchers had a
chance to Jimbor up their arms by
heaving to the batters, while the
entire contingent batted each in
turn. It was the best practice, of
the rain-interrupted season.
Although none of the pitchers
put anything on the ball, they
gained some experience in control
ling their delivery. None of them
showed any extraordinary tendency
to wildness and among tho new men,
Peterson, at least, showed that he
has a fair amount of control, which
is one of the most important requi
sites of a twirlor.
Three Catcher Candidates
Thero was no regular game, hence
tho men were scattered at various
spots in tho infield. From the
crew that was out, it seems that
there will be three candidates for
catcher, Cook, Orr, and Bliss. These
three should make the backstop
question a settled one.
For first base, Latham and Woods
are trying out. Latham played the
position last year, so, unless he does
unusually well as a pitchor, he will
probably occupy tho initial corner
this sdason also. Ross, two-year
veteran, in all probability will be
the favorite for socond place, al
though ho will find competition in
Moore and sevoral others.
Bittner, last year’s freshman
socond sacker, is trying out for
short this year and has tho edge
on the aspirantB for tho posi
tion. Hobson, also of the 1923
frosh, is going strong for tho look
in-corner. Other candidates for in
field berths are Troutman, King, Pil
and Tamba.
Field Not Completed
If the presont weather holds up,
the squad will hit up a strenuous
paco next week. Another day’s sun
shine should make the diamond fit
to be scraped anid rolled). This
done, the frosh and varsity will be
gin to clash daily to get in shape
for the conference games.
The proposed now diamond near
Hayward is not much nearer com
pleted than it was last week be
cause of the recent rains. The
weather, jinx has been a severe
handicap to Oregon baseball nines
and it looks as if this year will be
no exception.
EX-GRADUATE TAKES
SPECIAL WORK HERE
Mrs. Erma Zimmerman Smythe,
’19, is taking special work on tho
campus this quarter, in preparation
to joining lior husband, Donald D.
Smythe, ’19, who has been head of
the geology department in Peiyang
university in Tientsin, China, for
the last year.
Mis. Smythe* who is a sister of
Don Zimmerman, ’24, is taking
work in geology, and work with
Ralph Casey and W. F. O. Thacher
of the journalism department. She
has been in Colorado since her hus
band's departure. Mrs. Smythe was
a well known journalist on the cam
pus, in her senior year she was the
one woman speaker at tho annual
newspapermen’s banquet at the Os
boru hotel. She was editor of “Old
Oregon” for the year ’21-'22. She
expects to go to her husband in
China this summer.
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PECULIARITIES SHOWN
IN SYTEM OF GRADING
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New Plan Proposed Would Do Away With
All Marks but Passing and Failure
By George H. Godfrey
When a student, now in the Uni
versity, was in the fourth grade, he
took an “arithmetic test.” The
class was given 10 problems, if
eight of them were right, the grade
was 80, five netted 50, and none
right, nothing.
Last term, that same student
could have told his parents that bis
standing was 80.3 per' cent of 100;
55.7 per cent, or 31.2 per cent, and
each one would have been correct!
Each figure is derived from the
same set of grades, each figured
from a legitimate University basis.
The first figure, 80.3 per cent, is
explained thus: The University
j grades from I to Y, with variations
i according to the numerical system
I based on 100 follows: 90 to 95, II;
85 to 90, III; 80 to 85, IV; 70 to
80, Y. Then, taking the minimum
I to earn the grade designated, his
[grades would bo as follows: five
hours of II, or 90; five hours of
I III, or 85; and four hours of V, or
70. Changing these grades to
j points, this gives a total of 1.115
| points, or units. The most that ,
I could have been made, assuming J
j that 14 hours had rated the grade ,
of I (100), would have been 1,400. 1
Therefore, ho received 1,115 over
1,400, or 80.3 per cent of the maxi
mum. This means then that he
learned approximately four-fifths
of what he should have,
j Now for answer numbor two,
55.7 per cent. This is figured on
the new system, whereby so many
“points” are awarded, in accord
ance with the grade, for the hours
made. Thus, five points are given !
for each hour of I, four points for
each hour of II, and so on down
to V, for which one point is given
for each hour. Thus, figuring five
hours of two as 20 points, five hours
of three as 15, and four hours of
five as four, he received 39 points.
The maximum he could havo re
ceived (14 hours of I equal 14 times
V), was 70 points. So it is seen
that he roceivod 39 out of a possible
70, or 55.9 per cent of what could j
have been made. Thus, it would ac- j
tually seem that under this system 1
lie was barely 50 per cent or one-1
half, efficient, while under system
number one, he was four-fifths ef
ficient, or 80.3 per cent.
The third answer is as follows,
and is the one most common. The
maximum “average” the student j
could have made was 1. The actual
average was 3.2. Then figuring j
with 1 as the maximum, the average |
of 3.2 is just 31.2 per cent of what
could have been made, which means
that the student was less than one
third efficient. Thus it is soon, that
while he learned less than one-third
as much as he should have, he
learned four-fifths os much as he
could have at the same time.
No solution is offered for the
problem, except this: The abolition
of all grades except two, passing
and failure, with perhaps an allow
ance mado for exceptionally gifted
students, who, after extraordinary
diligence, might be rowarded with
the grade of “honors.”
This is to bo proposed for the
University, it is rumored. Many
students during their college
careers have striven more for
“grades” than, for actual workable
knowledge, and it is hard to find a
student who will state otherwise.
Tinder the proposed system, the
students would at least work hard
enough to “get through” and those
who really desired to learn some
thing more than enough to pass
could do so, and count the extra
knowledge just so much gain. Thus
would the race for grades, by vari
ous methods of “cramming” and
even of falsifying, be largely elimi
nated. Any student worthy of re
ceiving a college education should
be capable of doing at least III
work—and this could be set as the
standard of passing. Also, a fail
ure should not be regarded as a real
achievement.
Then at the end of four years a
student could state that he had done
so much work to graduate, and all
graduates would receive the same
rating. As it is, the graduate with
an average of II is rated twice as
high as the graduate with a grade
of IV.
WRITERS’ FRATERNITY
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
At a meeting of Ye Tabard Inn
of Sigma Upsilon, Thursday evening
at the Anchorage, officers were
elected for the coming year. They
are Laurence Hartmus, president;
Edward Miller, vice-president; Leon
Byrne, secretary and treasurer. The
policy of holding regular as opposed
to irregular luncheons and evening
meetings was decided upon.
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INTEREST IN POLITICS
: STIRRED IN COLLEGES
Republican Clubs Plan tc
Present Speakers
Washington.— (Special). — Thou
j sands of college and university stu
i dents throughout the country will heai
!leading national issues discussed bj
[prominent speakers during the com
]ing months, under the auspices of col
i lege Republic&n clubs organized bj
I the college bureau of the Republicar
national committee. Over one hund
I red of these clubs are actively undei
| "ay> and the number is being in
creased daily.
Student interest in national affairs
and policies has already been arousec
at several colleges through addresses
by Senator James Wadsworth of Nevs
York, Solicitor General James M
Beck, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
assistant secretary of the navy, anc
other Republicans well known in pub
lie life.
Speakers are now to be providec
for every Republican club, as far a
.I...
is possible, according to the college
bureau. In addition, each club will
have the hearty support of the Repub'
lican alumni, several of whom will be
invited to address meetings in the
course of the college year. These
speakers will not only promote the
intelligent discussion of important
politcal questons, but will also direct
the student’s attention to the funda
mental principles of the Republican
| party.
\ Commending this plan to bring un- I
dergraduates into closer touch with
the nation’s political problems, Sena
| tor James E. Watson of Indiana says:
“The movement to encourage in
terest on the part of college men and
women in affairs of the nation opens
a wide field for real public service.
There is no more important training
for the undergraduate than that which
leads to a better understanding
of the country’s political ques
tions and a better acquaintance
with .the issues involved. In
undertaking this work, the Re
publican party and Chairman
Adams of the national committee are
advancing the cause of good citizen
ship, promoting helpful discussion,
and developing in the mind of the
student a practical attitude toward
problems to be faced in later life.”
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