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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1933)
Method of Grading Keeps Students Toiling, Bulletin Reveals Averages Are Same At U.O., Oregon State 14 Per Cent Receive A’s; 31 Per Cent B's Study by Dr. Taylor Shows More I Rigorous Application Here Than at Stanford , Students must work, and work hard, to get high grades at the University. In fact, the five-step grading scale, a common one in higher educational institutional in stitutions, is applied at least as' rgiorously here as elsewhere, it is shown in a bulletin just issued by Dr. H. R. Taylor of the personnel research bureau. “It is of course impossible to compare the absolute quality of work done at different institutions merely in terms of percentages of students assigned to each grade,” Dr. Taylor points out. “But the figures show that the University of Oregon instructors grade work done by their students even a little more rigorously in general than the work of students of Stanford university, for example, is graded.” At Oregon the per cent of stu dents receiving “A,” the highest grade, is 14, while 31 per cent re ceive “B,” 37 per cent “C,”, 14 per cent “D” and 4 per cent “F” or failure. At Stanford 18 per cent were given “A,” 35 per cent “B,” 36 per cent “C,” 8 per cent “D” 1 and 3 per cent failure. Stanford is shown in the bulletin as having a 1 “grade point average” of 1.57, 1 while at the University this was 1.37 last fall and 1.41 a year ago. Oregon State college made almost exactly the same record as the University, and the distribution of grades was about the same. The bulletin, entitled “Present Practice in the Assignment of Grades at the University of Ore gon,” also shows in detail why some instructors and some depart ments grade higher or lower than others, end suggests standards for assigning grades to students. Answering the question “Should the differences between depart ments and between colleagues in the same department be as large as they are in grading?” Dr. Taylor makes several observations. “Tf one thinks in terms of a fallacious analogy between grades and wag es, the tendency of certain depart ments and instructors to raise or iepress 'wages’ considerably above Dr below the average might be de plored,” said the bulletin. “Since the only real academic ‘wages’ are what the student learns, unearned grades operate somewhat like counterfeit money. However, in the discharge of the functions which faculty legislation has Dlaced on the grading system there is no hard and fast criterion of now selective the various kinds of iniversity work should be. “We must depend upon individ .ial judgments with such varying standards as: what has the stu lent learned, how well can he .hink, how hard has he worked, low regularly did he attend class, what creative work has he accom Dlished, and other means. Here igain departments, which in gen eral grade high or low, or instruc tors whose grades differ widely from those of their colleagues in the same department, ought to lave good reasons for variations, such as unusually capable or se rious students, or possibly objec ives easily and generally attained. “Low grades should not be landed out as punishment. Their egitimate function is to warn stu It takes resourcefulness . .. Time and again, Bell System engineers have demonstrated their pioneering bent in working out unusual telephone construction problems. For example, they laid a huge conduit under the Harlem River. They dredged a trench in the river bottom, lowered enormous sections of iron pipe, sent down divers to join the sections, encased the finished tube in concrete. Through this they ran telephone cables forming one of New York’s main lines of communication. Across the Gila River in Arizona they constructed a catenary span 2373 feet long. To bridge oceans, they developed radio tele phony. They have built telephone lines over moun tains, across deserts, through swamps. Their resourcefulness in getting through, over or under natural barriers makes possible telephone ser vice that is practically world wide in reach. BELL SYSTEM / ■*?: * SAY “HELLO” TO MOTHER AND DAD |_ ...RATES ARE LOWEST AFTER 8:30 P. M. I Spring Is Coming — and — So Are Term Papers Got to Type ’Em — of Course Better Kent a typewriter — anu Start Pounding On ’Em OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. Willamette St. — Side of Ward's — Phone 148 Ultimatum by Prexy Quells Uprising at Centre College DANVILLE, Ky„ April 3.—A student strike at Centre college came to an abrupt end last week when President Charles J. Turck appeared unexpectedly at a cam pus gathering of some 250 male students and issued an ultimatum to the strikers. The students had gathered to consider plans for an extension of the strike. The meeting was hard ly under way when Dr. Turck took the platform and in a brief talk told the students to proceed with the strike if they desired but warned them that penalties for un excused “cuts" from classes would fall hard. “I understand you have just vot ed to continue the strike,” he said. “Go on with your strike as long | as you have cuts to spare, but any one foumj guilty of influencing an other person will be expelled from school.” Warning his audience that no male student would be permitted to enter the women’s department campus or vice versa until classes had been resumed normally, the college head requested that indi vidual fraternities hold meetings to vote on the strike. Any frater nity voting in favor of the strike ; would be abolished from the cam | pus, he said. Students said they would return to their classes tomorrow morning. The student committee was ex pected to appear before the board of trustees next Tuesday to pre sent a petition and resolutions. The strike was called in protest against the administration's deci sion to abolish the course in jour nalism and to dismiss two profes sors, Dr. Boyd A. Wise, head of that department, and Dr. J. A. McCurdy, head of the department of Romance languages. The action was attributed by the college to economy, but in resolu tions the students charged it was due to “petty factionalism.” Dr. McCurdy, a native of Phila delphia, said in a statement that he was charged by the college with showing “temperament and lack of cooperation with the adminis tration.” Dr. Wise, a native of Stephen City, Va.. and a veteran Southern educator, did not comment. There are 360 men and women students in Centre college, which was founded in 1819 and which is supported by the Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches in Kentucky. dents wherever in the opinion of the instructor further work at the present level of achievement is not worthy of college credit and is of doubtful value. “It should be noted that some of the variation within departments is due to the fact that nearly all the courses taught by some in structors are introductory while those taught by others are chief ly upper division and graduate courses. For example, the small range within which the average grades in psychology are assigned is partly due to the practice of hav ing each instructor teach one sec tion of the elementary course where the number of students is relatively large, and where the av erage mark is usually lower than in other courses.” The bulletin does not presume to tell instructors how to carry out the difficult task of evaluating student achievement, Dr. Taylor says, but merely aims to set forth what the use of grades in faculty legislation affecting students would seem to imply in the way of mutual cooperation. “About the only general advice in regard to assigning marks that can be given is ‘let the facts and your con science be your guide,’ ” he con cludes. EASTER 1 ACCESSORIES . Are Here g New Cape Gloves in the pop- g | ular greys — eggshell and | | white— $1.50 Pair to $1.95 j Kayser Fit All Top § g Sheer chiffon or service g | weight hosiery in new spring j 1 shades will more than please j g you, for they give service j g and best in appearance. The Pair, $1.00 THE BROADWAY INC. 30 East Broadw’ay ^irii^iiiiiuimiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiHiiiiiiiiminmmnnniiiiiiwiiraiiiiiiiiiiinniHuiiiiiiiHiiiiim^ THE FALCON (Across from Men's Dorm) Servos Lunches, 11-2 Try Our TURKEY LUNCH Today 35c NO BEER SALES WITHIN U. OF 0. AREA, IS EDICT (Continued from Patje One) but the students must handle the problem themselves.” Beer will be legalized here April 7. According to an old state law, no intoxicating liquors are to be sold within a two mile radius of the university. According to a re cent ruling by congress, 3.2 per cent beer is non-intoxicating. Unless new ordinances are passed by the city or state, the sale of beer on University way will be legalized. Certain groups were fighting any such legislation yes terday on the grounds that such discrimination was unfair. Condon also believes that any beer problems which may arise should be solved by the students. “The beer problem is purely a stu dent affair, • and I have informa tion that the organized houses have already taken steps towards the beverage's prohibition,” he said. Several of the organized houses have already communicated with their national headquarters and learned that liquor drinking of any sort was still prohibited in local chapter houses, Condon said. It is expected that a complete discussion of the subject will be made at the next meeting of the inter-fraternity council at a date yet to be decided upon. 101 PLACED ON WINTER TERM’S HONOR ROLL (Continued jrow Pane One) Portland; Richard J. Marlitt, Port land; Katherine K. Morse, Eugene; W. Gifford Nash, Eugene; Thelma Nelson, Eugene. Andy J. Newhouse, Broadbent; Margaret C. Nilsson, Milwaukie; Harold A. Onstad, Portland; Eliza beth Paterson, Portland; Margaret S. Poorman, Woodburn; Katherine Popp, Portland; Arthur Riehl, Portland; Margaret D. Rugh, Eu gene; Joseph Saslavsky, Portland; Donald H. Saunders, Eugene; Mar garet Ann Smith, Eugene. Margaret L. Stauff, Marshfield; Elinor Stevenson, Portland; Tho mas H. Tongue, Hillsboro; Vida L. Trout, Oregon Ci^y; Harry C. Visse, Bandon; Otto F. Vonderheit, Portland; Mildred I. Widmer, Port land; Virginia C. Younie, Port land; Antone Yturri, Jordan Val ley. For the second consecutive term a men’s living organization, Sigma hall, has led all men's and women’s living groups on the campus in grade averages, it was announced today by Earl M. Pallett, execu tive secretary and registrar, who has just issued the report for the i^lgEMiSJaJSlSEMSISMSJajaiaJSfSISJMM^^cU^iaiiil^iyctJiyediHJiyciJiUiHindiaaJiaciJiSlciJcilciJa Densmore-Leonard j “You .Just Know She Wears Them” McCALLUM STOCKINGS | Sports clothes girls; budget girls; business girls; and smart girls of every kind who want Wear--Wear--Wear j out of their stockings show decided preference for S -MeCallum dipped styles, lh autifully dull and sheer S for afternoon and evening. Smart service weights ® I for hard day time wear. In all the waifted costume j| F^riced 75c to $ 1.50 |j » winter term. Sigma hall also led the fall term. Second place this term was taken by Sigma Kappa, while men succeeded in gaining third place, a position occupied by Sherry Ross hall. Sigma hall made an aver age of 1.991, considerably higher j than the next average, that of I 1.675 made by Sigma Kappa. Women, however, averaged ! higher than men for the term, scoring 1.4905 against 1.268. The standings of the organiza tions in order of averages is as follows: Sigma hall, Sigma Kappa, Sherry Ross hall, Hendricks hall. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Al pha Theta, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Chi Omega, Omega hall, Sigma Pi Tau, Alpha Omicron Pi. Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Gamma, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Thi, Friendly hall, Alpha hall. Pi Beta Phi, Delta Della Del ta, Beta Phi Alpha, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi. Psi, Phi Mu, Susan Campbell hall, Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha Gamma Delta, International j house, Delta Zeta, Pi Kappa Al pha, Phi Gamma Delta, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Theta, Theta Chi, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu. Zeta hall, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Chi, Gamma hall. Kappa Sigma, ■La Casa Filipina, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu. SCHOOLS MUST CUT $900,000 FROM BUDGETS (Continued from Page One) through elimination of duplicating courses and highly specialized sub jects, elimination of small classes, giving of subjects alternate years, increasing the teaching load of in structors and reorganizations and leductions in administrative costs, '‘All of these methods are bound to result in staff eliminations,” Dr, Kerr stated. ‘‘And it is here that wc must consider the human ele ment ^.nd make the burden fall as lightly as possible and where it will cause the least, suffering." The plan of staggering employ ment or a cooperative plan of all the staff members in a department sharing in time reduction were suggested as possible means of re ducing the suffering to a mini mum. ELECTION OF AWS OFFI CERS TO BE TOMORROW (Continued from Pa</e One) Women Students and Miss Hartje is active on the A. W. S. carnival committee. Candidates for secretary are Vir ginia Howard, a member of the Peter’s Lodge board, and Marie Saccomanno, active on the carni val directorate. Josephine Waf fle and Peggy McKie, nominees for treasurer, have both been ac tive in A. W. S. affairs. Betty Gearhart and Roberta Moody are freshman candidates for sergeant-at-arms, and Ann Reed Burns and Henriette Horak for reporter. All nominations were made at the mass meetting last Thursday in Gerlinger. Reports of all com mittee chairmen for the past year were given. Mid-term examinations at Ala bama Polytechnic institute showed 25 students with an average of 90 in all, or all but one, of their studies. Will Make You a Member of till! HIGH HAT LIBRARY for 1 lie Spring Term All tin* Books You Can Read BOOK BALCONY “CO-OP” mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrstmtmmmmmmmmmmm 1 laircutting 25c You Can Also Get the Shave of Your Life at the EUGENE HOTEL BARBER SHOP Harold Parminter I Glen Watkins. I Authority On Orient To Be Speaker Here Paystou J. Treat To Talk at International Institute Visitor Commended l>.v Dr. Noble; Author of Three Books On Far East Payson J. Treat, one of the fore most authorities on American Japanese relations in the world to day, will be the principal speaker at the three-day International in stitute to be held on the campus April 25, 26, and 27. Dr. Harold J. Noble, assistant professor of history and a former member of the same teaching staff as Dr. Treat, spoke of him as “one of the finest lecturers I’ve ever heard." He ranked Dr. Treat among the three outstanding au thorities on the Orient. When he was asked who the other two were, he named Tyler Dennett as one, and added, “It is a question wheth er I could name another of equal rank.” Dr. Treat is a professor of Far Eastern history at Stanford uni versity, and is an author of inter national importance. His first book was “Early Diplomatic Rela tions Between Japan and the Unit ed States, 1853-1865.” Originally it was a series of lectures given by him at Johns Hopkins university. It was printed by the Johns Hop kins university press in 1917. To Japan in 1921 Tn 1921 he went to Japan at the invitation of several leading Jap anese universities. He talked on American-Japanese relations, and these lectures were published in a book called “American and Japan.” It was revised in 1928, and it is, according to Dr. Noble, the best general survey of Japanese-Ameri can relations yet published. It was after many years spent in working on Far Eastern his tory that he published, in 1928, the book best known here, “Far East.” It is used as a text book in Dr. Noble’s class in the history of the Far East. Dr. Noble said, however, “It is more than a text book. In many instances it revolutionizes earlier ideas of the diplomatic his tory of the Far East." Last year, in 1932, he published a very extensive work. It is in two volumes and is called, “Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Japan, 1853 tq 1895.” Dr. Treat’s lecture will be on Thursday evening, April 27, and will climax three days of open fo rum discussion and authoritative talks on the present situation in the Orient. The International in stitute is being planned by a fac ulty committee. The campus In ternational Relations club was its original sponsor. 'Mtuideu ~c?ornM "FULL-FASH I ON" re Seamless breast sections shaped to pet fed inn bv * fashion-points" similar to those in fine hosiery “Full-Fashion” is the modern brassiere for the modern girl iritlimil a seam to mar the “skin-smoothness ’ of its skill* fully sha|>ed breast sections. Yet “bulb Fashion” controls perfectly because it is permanently blocked to keep its love* ly uplift contours. In styles for different figure types. Ijytmr lot nl shops eanntA supply you, write Dept. C for booklet. Maiden Form Brassiere (!<>., Inc. 215 Fifth Avenue, New York. AT DEALERS EVERYWHERE .. . j P. O. 4221 College Campaign McMorran & Washburnc Nash To Present Reeital Tonight at Music Building Young Singer To Make Initial Appearance of the Term At 8:15 V. M. — First in the series of the stu dent recitals for this term, is Gif ford Nash’s recital tonight at the school of music auditorium at 8:15. One of the outstanding members of the music department, Mr. Nash is also president of Polyphonic choir, of which he has been a member for the past four years. Last spring term he took the lead in the opera, "Beggar's Opera,” while last, winter term he was one of the soloists in the "Messiah." The program for tonight in cludes: "Drink to Me Only,” Anonymous; “Wo’ Cercando in Quests Valli," D’Astorga: "II Mio Bel Foco,” Marcello; "Les Roses d’lspahan,” Fame; "L’Heure Ex quise," Hahn; “Ouvre Tes Yeux Bleus," Massenet; "II Lacerato Spiritu” from “Simon Boccane gra,” Verdi; "Serenade of Mephis topheles," from “Faust”; “Bitte,” Franz; “Der Wanderer,” Schu bert; “Verrath,” Brahms; “Traume,” Wagner; “The Sea,” MacDowell; “Captain Stratton’s Fancy,” Taylor; “Why,” Tschai kowsky; “May, the Maiden,” Car penter; “Siege of Kazen,” ballad from “Boris Godounow,’ ’Mous sorgsky. Harold Ayres will accompany Mr. Nash. IT • •- 1 Tk 1 uinvriMiy h utuaiers End Forensic Tilts Otto Vonderheit and Herbert Skalet, accompanied by W. A. Dahlberg, represented the Univer sity in a group of symposium de bates With Oregon State college last week at Sheridan. This trip culminated the series of debates which had been given throughout winter term before granges, high schools, and civic clubs from Ash land to Portland. So great was the enthusiasm shown at the Sheridan debates that the teams have been request ed by three different granges and farmers' unions to return in April to discuss the pending sales tax. “Eugene’s Own Store" McM orran & W ashburne MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY -PHONE 2700 Sensational f Clearance • Dresses In 2 Big Price Groups $5and $10 210 drosses must go at once regardless of losses. Most are last fall styles. $5 group were $6.Do to $27.50. $10 group were $12.95 to $27.50. v Second Floor H ere’s Your N ™RAL ENERGY FOOD When you see Niagara halts on the package,you KNOW you have Shredtied Wheat. SHREDDED WHEAT is all the wheat. All it; nourishing goodness. All he bran that Nature provides. And in a most delightful form... ready cooked, ready-to-eat biscuits with a satis fying nut-like flavor. 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