Exam Grades Solved:
t)on’t Cram; Just Luck
By FRED BECKWITH
How do professors grade examination papers? Frankly,
that question has been in the minds of many students for a
long time. ..It was only recently that concrete information on
the subject was revealed by Dr. William Jones, head of the
political science department at Oregon.
111 let you m on a little se
cret,” confided' the teacher to a
class. ‘‘We professors have vari
ous ways of determining the stu
dents’ grades on blue-books and
the like.”
Blue Book Method
Dr. Jones recalled the method of
tfriend in the teaching world,
o threw a hunting knife at a
blue book, and if the blade
pierced the book up to the hilt,
the paper was given an ‘‘A”
grade, and so on down to the
line, to the point where if the
knife-thrower missed his target,
the paper was marked “F.”
The University of California
English department has a more
simple way of grading their exam
papers. The grader goes outside
in the morning sun, and throws
all the blue books into the air.
Those that fall face up are
marked “passed,” and those that
fail face down draw the “failed”
notice.
Hat Method Popular
According to Dr. Jones, other
professors: (1) draw slips of pa
per out of a hat, with grades
marked on the paper; (2) Ask
£ mselves to dinner and grade
on the most lavish apray of food
presented to them by the family
of the student; (3) Give all the
pretty girls “A's” and “B’s”; (4)
Flunk or pass the athletes, ac
cording to the fortunes of the
athletic teams; (5) Grade on the
class average or “curve.”
“This business of grading ex.
amination papers is one of the
drawbacks to the teaching pro
fession,” commented Dr. Jones.
“I would almost be a happy man,
if I didn't have to worry about
what the football team was going
to do to me if I flunked their
star halfback.”
Cramming Out
So if you’ve been cramming
until the wee hours of the morn
ing, worrying about passing that
Stiff physics exam, or that math
^p.al, don’t give it another
thought.
The profs’ grading secret is
out.
It would be amusing to all-con
cerned if the professors knew
how the students go about study
ing for those examinations.
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Girl Counselor
Positions Open
All girls interested in camp
counselor positions for this sum
mer will have an opportunity
today to discuss phases of a
camp program with Miss Elaine
Gorham, director of Portland
Camp Fire Girls
Miss Gorham plans to open not
only the regular camp, Camp
Namanu, this summer, but also
a harvest camp. As counselors are
needed to supervise health and
provide recreation for children
in these camps, harvest organi
zations promise to form.as large
a source of employment as reg
ular summer camps.
Miss Gorham will be in the of
fice of Miss Florence Alden, in
Gerlinger hall, Wednesday from
1 to 5 and Thursday from 9 to 12,
to meet anyone interested in
working as a supervisor in a
summer camp. For appointments,
students are asked to call 3300,
local 262.
Other camp directors for Girl
Scouts, Y.W.C.A., and others will
be in Eugene this season.
New Asklepiads
Don Spinal Joints
With the traditional human
vertebrae slung on a green rib
bon about their necks, 12 pre
med students began a week of
informal pledging for Asklepiad,
men’s pre-med honorary, prior to
their formal initiation Friday,
February 19.
A banquet will be held in the
alumni room of Gerlinger at 5:30,
followed by the initiation cere
mony. Chosen for their character,
scholarship and GPA, pledges
must have sophomore standing
or at least cne year of Univer
sity credit.
Pledges are: Don England, Er
nesto Santos, Will Spies, Don
Beardsley, Charles Pixley, Rob
ert Koler, Joe Keener, Walt Rey
nolds, Reed Gurney, Bill Strieby,
Jim Blickle, and Bill Earl.
Twins Return
Rcllin and Ralph Little, twin
brothers and sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Little of this city,
came home for a week with their
parents after nearly a year with
the navy.
Sororities Pledge Two
Pledges announced by the dean
of women’s office this week in
clude Margaret McGee, Alpha Xi
Delta; and Elizabeth Eid, Alpha
Gamma Delta.
University of Texas recently
dedicated its $475,000 music
building.
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House Officers
Named for Year
(Continued from page one)
Maxine Cady; treasurer, Nell Car
penter.
Men’s Houses
Alpha Tau Omega: president.
Oge Young; vice-president, Reed
Gurney; house manager, Bill Hug
gins; secretary, Bob Sell.
Beta Theta Pi: president, Mill
Macy; vice-president, Quentin
Sidesinger; house manager, Rog
er Jayne; secretary, Glen Macy.
Delta Upsilon: president, Bob
Wren; vice-president, George Du
gan; secretary, Bill McClennan;
house manager, A1 Sellers.
Kappa Sigma: president, War
ren Taylor; vice-president, Wil
bur Kelly; corresponding secre
tary, Kan Gaines^
Phi Delta Theta: president, Jim
Bennison; vice-president, Hank
Burns.
Phi Gamma Delta: president,
Clarence Horton; secretary, Mar
tin Conlin; house manager. Bob
Wilson.
Sigma Chi: president, Guy
Haynes; vice-president, Marshall
Glos; secretary, Ralph Brown;
house manager, Bil Lilly.
Theta Chi: president, Bud Put
nam; vice-president, Jim Rick
secker; secretary, John Arens;
treasurer, Fritz Giesecke.
Several houses are planning
elections for this week.
Gibbs Talk Set Today
(Continued from page one)
member of the Stanford faculty
for ten years.
Dr. Van Rysselberghe also
traveled as a visiting lecturer for
Belgian universities in 1935-36.
He joined the University faculty
in 1941. As an associate professor
at the University, he teaches class
es in organic and physical chem
istry, in addition to conducting re
search on the electro chemistry of
non-aqueous solutions of magne
sium salts. '
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Sigma Delta Pi
Initiates Twenty
Sigma Delta Pi, national Span
ish honorary, held initiation of
new members Sunday in the al
umni room of Gerlinger, an
nounced Dorothy Gullette, presi
dent.
Those initiated were: Margaret
Ambler, Shirley Beller, Janet
Fleishhauer, Arthur Hillabold,
Peter Howard, John Mathews,
Win McCullough, Esiquio Narro,
Jeanne Parker, Charline Pelly,
John Robinson, Clare chel Rose
lund, George Schade, William
Scharpf, Carol Wicke, Dave Zil
ka, Margaret Firth, Irene Green
baum, Dona Hill, and Helen
Jones,
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
There will be a meeting of Phi
Beta tonight at 7:30 at the Delta
Delta Delta house for the elec
tion of officers.
The Propeller club will meet
tonight at 7:30 in the men's
lounge, Gerlinger to see motion
pictures taken by Tom Baum
gartner in Hawaii. AH members
are urged to be there.
Fraternity Jewelry
To Gleam at Side Today
Hal Gray, representative for
L. G. Balfour company, will have
a jewelry and leather goods dis
play at the College Side today
from 9 to .11 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday’s Emerald erron
eously reported that the Balfour
display would be shown yester*
day.
Forum Bills Dr. Erb
Dr. Donald M. Erb, president
of the University, will speak at
Eugene high school tonight at
8 to an assembly of parents. He
will appear in a forum program
ton the subject of “Post War
Plans for Our High School
Youth.”
See the throat microphone?
FIGHTING WORDS
delivered by
Western Electric Radio I
Wherever American soldiers ride into battle in
roaring "hell buggies,” they get their orders over
radio telephone sets. So do pilots of Army bombers
and fighting planes — and the commanders of the
Navy’s deadly PT boats.
The Signal Corps needs great quantities of field
telephones, wire and switchboards to get the mes
sage through. Aboard large naval vessels are battle
announcing systems and sea-going telephones.
Sixty years of experience in making Bell-Tele
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