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Profs Call Mid-Term Essential Evil By Bill Clothier A general consensus of polled opinion among U. of O. professors indicates that mid-term examina tions are an essential part of the educational procedure. Even such a glittering generality as this is tempered by a difference of opin ion. One instructor considered mid terms a necessary evil. Another stated that as far as she was con cerned, mid-terms were a waste of time. “I am aware of the progress my students are making,” she said, “I do not need an examination to con vince me of the relative worth of their work.” Three of the six professors inter viewed made similar observations concerning the habits students fol low in taking their exams. Accord ing to them, many students either can not read, or do not take advan tage of what reading ability they possess. “They give the right answer,” remarked Professor J. V. Berre I man, "but to another question than the one being asked.” He believes that many students know more about the subject than their grade indicates, ..but ..that ..they ..have missed the point in the question, or were unable to express their thoughts. The professors generally agreed that subjective examinations pro vided a clearer index to a student's knowledge of the subject matter. The advantage of objective tests lie in their ease of grading, which is due, to some extent, to their ease of reading. One dean expressed the belief that writing ability is defin itely on the down-grade among university students. Perhaps the industrial revolution is catching up to the old fashioned method of gaining a higher education with a skillfully wielded pen—in the near future an electric typewriter may become standard equipment in all classrooms. One professor considered a single mid-term examination as unfair to the student. He preferred to have at least three examinations per term, the first one coming while the student was still able to drop the course. The last professor interviewed made the wry examination that some students consider themselves overworked when they are given a one-hour examination. He pointed out that one hour of the student’s time was negligible compared to the many hours a professor spent in preparing and grading the exams. None of the professors believed the practice of cheating existed to any appreciable degree on the cam pus. The comments ranged from “absolutely none,” to “hardly no ticeable, if any.” Professor V. C. Strash of the foreign language department said he was particularly impressed by the spirit of cooperation shown by the students during the mid-terms. By that, he meant with he teacher —not with one another. Ginmill Slots, Shots Division Ordered OLYMPIA, Feb. 15—(AP) — The clink of liquor bottles and the whir of slot and pinball machines won’t mix in liquor-by-the-drink, an authoritative source said here tonight. The source, which declined to be named, said the state liquor control board probably would go along with Governor Langlie’s view that drinking and playing the games must be done in sep arate rooms. The governor’s attitude pre cludes issuance of the new class H licenses to establishments which do not have the two activi ties divorced. It was said that a majority of the board will follow the governor’s wishes although the action won’t be unanimous. Footnotes (Continued from page six) can college student will be given credit for the intelligence he pos sesses. At that time, history will also record, the petty confusions —from waiting lines to misplaced attendance records — that dis rupt college life will suddenly and joyously disappear. Student X, at least, will be pret ty happy about then. With the Legislators (Continued from page six) the United States.” Green quietly replied, “All right, Senator. We know when a measure is striking at our heart and when it is not.” The exchange between Taft and Green came after the AFL chief told the committee that the T-H law is hampering efforts to drive Communists out of unions. Salem The state board of control de cided yesterday to increase the maximum charges for care of pa tients in state hospitals. The charges are made for patients who have relatives who can af ford to pay. The new scale will have a top ^pf $60 a month for patients in the state insane hospitals and Fairvlew home for feeble-minded persons, and $100 a month for pa tients in the state tuberculosis hospitals. The present maximum are $25 for the state hospitals and Fair view Home, and $65 for the tu berculosis hospitals. UN Hears Charge of Slave Labor Deaths LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 15 (AP) The United Nations received sworn testimony today that labor slaves are dying by hundreds of thousands each year from beatings and star vation in Russia. The testimony was taken in af fidavit form by the American Fed eration of Labor from former in mates of slave labor camps and laid before the economic and social council in a voluminous document. The United States is backing the AFL expose with a resolution call ing on the International Labor Or ganization (ILO) to investigate slave labor. Willard L. Thorp, U. S. assistant secretary of state, dared Russia yesterday to permit ILO people be hind the iron curtain for a look^at labor conditions. Soviet delegate Semen K. Tsarap kin denied the charges completely today. He countered with charges that the United States enslaved la bor by such measures as the Taft Hartley law. Christopher P. Mayhew, British undersecretary for foreign affairs, supported the AFL testimony. He pointed out to the council what he called “the striking failure of the Russian delegate to produce any defense to specific charges.” The Briton said he considered Tsar apkins speech a plain admission of guilt. Tsarapkin reported that the real purpose of the U. S. proposal was to “allow American intelligence to study (Soviet) areas about which they have insufficient informa tion.” The Russian called the AFL doc ument “a dirty pamphlet elaborat ed by the state department from which the AFL takes its orders.” The charges by the AFL and the U. S. government, he said, were in tended as a smakescreen to divert attention from what he called serf dom in American labor. The U. S. resolution was present ed immediately after Miss Tony Sender, AFL representative, made an hour-long speech quoting from the sworn statements. The American proposal asked that the entire document be sent to the U. N. commission on human rights. One of the most graphic descrip tions was contained in a statement by Julius Margolin, Polish author, who now lives in Israel. Margolin estimated that a mini num of 10,000,000 persons were in Russian concentration camps inside the Soviet union. He said deaths in these camps run into the hundreds of thousands every year. “We may assume that in these camps of the U.S.S.R., from the time they were established, no few er died than were killed by Hitler in his extermination camps,” Mar golin said. He said life in the Soviet camps was “an indescribable hell.” SKIERS! Trail ways is running a bus to Willamette ski area this Saturday for only $2.00 roundtrip! Important! You must make reservations today! Call 5408 or 4414-M after 4:00 The Friendlv Line Phone 5408 957 Pearl Hazel Scott to Sue Cafe Owner On Race Discrimination Charge SPOKANE, Feta. 15 (AP) — An attorney representing Hazel Scott, famous Negro pianist, said today a Pasco, Wash, luncheon proprie tor will be named defendant in a suit charging racial discrimination. Miss Scott, wife of a Adam Clay ton Powell, Jr., congressman from New York, said here Saturday that she and her secretary had been de nied service in the lunchroom be cause they were Negroes. Miss Scott said she was told by a wait ress, a cashier and the manager that colored persons were not serv ed in the retsaurant. Ft. Max Etter, Miss Scott’s attor ney, said the action is being brought under a Washington statute enact Ad Fraternity Taps Five Men Five men from the University were tapped last week by Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising fraternity. Chosen from a group of some 20 prospects, these men are outstanding in their interests and activities related to advertis ing. The pledge group consists of Ed Ladendorff, senior in BA; Ken Hodge, junior in journalism; Jack Schnaidt, junior in BA; Bob Clark, senior in journalism; and Bob Weber, junior in advertising. ed in 1909, which he said, makes it a misdemeanor to deny a person „ privileges of a public resort, be cause of race, creed or color. The attorney said the statute, as - interpreted by the supreme court, provides a criminal penalty and the right to civil action in seeking dam- * ages. , Etter said the amount of dam- j ages to be sought had not been de termined. J Miss Scott came to eastern Washington to fill a series of con cert engagements. , The proprietor of the lunchroom could not be reached for comment. 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