VA Reviews
Vets Chances
In Med School
Veteran-students, about to enter
medical school under the GI bill or
. Public Law 16, stand a better-than
average chance of completing their
training successfully if, in their
' premedical courses, they:
1. obtained grades of B plus or
, better;
2. made particularly good
grades in the natural scienc
es; and
3. enrolled for medical train
^ ing in the same educational
institution in which they
took their premedical work.
These conclusions were compiled
by the veterans administration
from previously published studies,
in a bulletin distributed to its vo
cational advisers and training offi
, cers to help them properly advise
veterans desiring to enter medical
school under both laws.
High Grades
One study, quoted by VA, dis
„ closed that in one medical school,
99 per cent of all failures during a
10-year period consisted of students
* whose premedical grades averaged
below B plus.
Another study, conducted over a
10-year period at the University of
Tennessee college of medicine,
, showed that the average grade for
medical students during the first
three-quarters of their professional
- training was about 6.11 per cent
points below their premedical aver
ages. On the basis of this survey,
it follows that a veteran with mere
ly average premedical grades has
. a slim chance of making the grade
in medical school.
In predicting chances for success
on the basis of grades made in nat
ural science courses, VA empha
sized that the quality of such train
ing, rather than the number of sci
ence courses taken, is the impor
tant factor.
Many students who take large
numbers of science courses “devel
op a false sense of security by as
Students Show
Easy Mien
Mile. Janie Renee Courtillon,
new French instructor, said that
she had been misinterpreted in
Tuesday's Emerald in comparing
American and French students.
“I did not mean that American
students lacked respect for their
professors, but that they were not
obliged to display the ostentatious
deference customarily shown to
European professors,” she said.
“The system here where the pro
fessor is not on a pedestal and
students are able to speak freely
in class is much preferable to the
European system in that respect,
she concluded.
suming that the pursuit of exten
sive work in the sciences necessar
ily places them in a better position
to cope with medical school work
...” the VA study observes. “Ac
tually, the number of credit hours
in premedical courses is unrelated
to medical school performance.”
All the research findings ana
lyzed by VA disclosed that students
who attend medical schools in the
same institution where they took
their premedical courses consist
ently make better grades than
transfer students. Studies further
showed their percentages of fail
ure were appreciably lower than
persons transferring from other
schools.
Test Unreliable
The VA report warned that the
use of scholastic aptitude tests
alone are unreliable in evaluating
chances for success in medical
school. One study, based on 1,000
students, revealed that aptitude
tests were right only 53 per cent of
the time. The tests have greatest
value when used along with other
evaluations.
The length of premedical train
ing also has little bearing upon a
student’s chances for success, the
VA survey concluded. In fact, one
study showed poorer medical school
results from students with bache
lor degrees than for those with
three to four years of premedical
training.
GIBSON GIRL
BLOUSES
Smart new blouses that ac
cent the beauty of todays
women in beautiful fabrics
that wear wonderouslyuwell.
Smooth button front style or
clever stitch down pleated
fronts. Sizes-32-38.
ONLY!
Second
Floor
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Noon: Lutheran Student associa
tion will discuss “Conscience” in
the YMCA.
4 p.m.: Oregana pictures of Chess
club taken in front of Commerce
hall.
4 p.m.: Wesley G. Nicholson talk
in main floor lounge of Gerlinger.
6:45 p.m.: ISA senate meeting in
room 105 Commerce.
7 p.m.: Spanish club meeting on
Gerlinger sun porch.
7:30 p.m.: Ski club meeting in
room 105 Oregon.
7:30 p.m.: Chess club meeting
and tournament in room 205 Com
merce.
4 p.m.: Women's organization
social chairman meeting in the
dean of women’s office.
Students Invited
P C A Meetings
Keith Bacon, gradu."‘° si”-’
in political science and president
of the Evans Carlson chanter of
the Progressive Citizens of Amer
ica, announced yesterday that stu
dents are invited to attend the
weekl ymeeting of the group.
The meeting will be held Friday
night at 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Emerald Classifieds
•I
FOR RENT, Room for single man.
close to campus. $1S.00, 960'/,
Patterson. Call 1744-W. Even
ings.
A VC To Discuss
Reorganization
Reorganization of the University
chapter of the American Veterans
committee will be discussed at a
dinner to be held at the Osburn ho
tel, Friday at 6 p.m. Former mem
bers and all interested persons are
invited to attend, announced Chat
Paterson, head of AVC. Tickets for
the dinner may be purchased at the
hotel for $1.50 apiece.
Last year the University chapter
of the AVC sponsored the Lane
county town meeting of the air.
' hey also were prominent in for
wending veterans’ interests in
campus housing projects. State
chairman was Ray Johnson. Keith
Bacon was state secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. .Milton Sachs, 339
West Twenty second. The program
will include discussions of current
topics and folk singing.
FOR SALE: Tuxedo, excellent con
dition; fine material; size 3S
long; $25.00. 2-137 Columbia.
Phone 1381W. (76)
ROOM & BOARD: Men students
$45 a month. Cooperative mana
gement. 2477 Alder. Phone 6230.
(77)
BOARD for students. Call 6786-R.
(77)
ROOM available in Cherney hall.
Call Leonard Harris. Ext. 321.
(77)
LOST: Maroon Shafer Eversharp
pencil. George Turusho engrav
ed. Call 2769. (77 )
Ad Staff
Day Manager:
BOB ZELLER
Ass't Manager:
JIM IVORY
Layout Staff:
JOAN WAGENBLAST
Soliciting Crew:
ROBERT ZELLER
JAMES IVORY
========T^ \l\\
, ,^-w \ \\
\ ^t:M?0^-1
W^0^tJ
WSz^f^k
WASHINGTON'S
FAREWELL
ADDRESS
Here, in our First Presi
dent’s own handwriting, is
part of the far-sighted
speech he delivered to
the American people 152
years ago. The spirit of
_ the doctrine still applies.
It calls for a firm unity
among our people . . .
emphasizing, above all,
the need for "every citi
zen to take pride in the
name of an American.”
The original is now aboard
1 the "Freedom Train”—
l a traveling exhibit of
1 the most significant docu
l ments in our history.
Be proud of wAat you write ...
and the way you write it!
Naturally you’re proud when you own a Parker
“51”. For this is the world’s most-wanted pen. It
glides with satin-smoothness . . . gives new free
dom to your^houghts and fingers . , . makes
writing more fun! Whether it’s an exam—a
theme—a letter, this is the pen that will al
ways show you at your best. Ask for the
“51” in either the regular or new demi-size.
Choice of points. The Parker Pen Com
pany, Janesville, Wisconsin, U. S. A.,
and Toronto, Canada.
gr
f ParkerSP
cSi-y z<s<z£uwtin£/
J .
Copyright J948 by The Tarkcr Pen Company