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.”
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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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