Education Professor Scores First
With Social Behavior Exams
A first in a field child psychol
ogy formerly considered intan
gible has been scored by Hugh
Wood, professor of education. He
is the originator of a series of six
tests designed to measure the so
cial behavior of children.
The tests culminate 15 years of
research with more than 8C00 stu
dents and are based on a number
.of real-life situations or problems
imported to Wood by children. The
tests were developed to tap the
Knowledge of children in grades 4
through 12 in respect to such so
cial characteristics as integrity,
leadership, cooperation, critical
thinking and friendliness. Wood
.said.
•. Wood stressed . that - the tests
' are only a beginning. They mea
sure only what a child kpows and
wot necessarily what he does.” He
former Prof Slates
Talk on Writers
W. F. G. Thacher, professor em
eritus of English, will return to
ill? campus Wednesday evening to
talk about some of his former stu
dents in a lecture entitled “Some
'Oregon Authors I Have Known.”
scheduled for 7:30 in the Student
Union browsing room.
Thacher will sketch the careers
of Edison Marshall. Robert Or
inand Case. Ernest Haycox, Nancy
Wilson Ross. Kressman Taylor,
and others who were students in
bis creative writing classes and
later became well known in the
literary world.
He will recall the days of early
journalism at the University and
the 1920 period in which the writ
ing was done, stressing the recent
books and literary standing of
these Oregon authors.
William Tugman. editor of the
Eugene Register-Guard, will lead
discussion following the talk.
NW Airport Meet
Slated for Campus
Public airport officials and pri
vate operators from Oregon,
Washington. Idaho and Montana
will attend the first Northwest j
Airport Management conference
to be held April 20-22 at the Uni- j
■■varsity.
Representatives from neighbor j
a eeas and British Columbia have ,
been invited to attend the discus-1
•sion of mutual management prob- i
Jems.
Featured as speakers are Gover- i
jior Paul Patterson. Joseph A. Ad-;
Jnis, members of the Civil Aero
nautics board, Washington. D. C.;
Joseph K. McLaughlin, director of
aeronautics of California.
Community Opportunity in Air
port Development, Airport Financ
ing, Aviation Trends as Related to
Airport Planning and Agricultural
Development qf Airports are in
cluded in, the discussion topics.
Northwest aeronautic commis
sions and the Oregon League of
•Cities are sponsors of the con
ference.
Pi Kappa Phi to Hold
Conferences on Campus
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will
bold a district conference and lead
ership school on the campus Sat
urday and Sunday according to
Dwaine R. Stoddard, president of
the Oregon chapter.
J. A1 Head, Pi Kappa Phi north
west district president, will direct
the conference. Head is a resident
• of Salem.
Representatives from Oregon,
Oregon State college, and the uni
versities of Washington, California
»nd Arizona will take part in the
business discussions and social
Events of the conference.
explains further that the primary
value of these instruments is in the
motivation of young people to
think about these democratic val
ues, to discuss them with their
teachers and fellow students, and
then to be guided by them in their
behavior. They provide a construc
tive implement for character edu
cation."
Wood first presented the tests
at a national meeting of curricu
lum leaders in Cleveland, Ohio, and
later at a similar gathering in Los
Angeles, Calif. Articles describing
the tests will appear this month
in two education journals.
Mickey Hurls No-Hitter
A no-hitter, hurled by Beta
Theta Pi's Harlan Mickey, topped
the Monday afternoon ifitramural
softball slate. Mickey whiffed 10
and walked G in recording the 5-1
victory. Leading the offense for
the Betas were Mickey and Ed
Meyers with two singles each, and
Rodgers Pockstader and Richard
Fettig, each with a home run. The
slugging Betas produced nine hits
in battering the Phi Sigs, who be
gan the game with only four men
on the field.
R H
Betas .201 2—5 9
Phi Sig .001 0—1 0
Mickey and Stout; Daron and
Beeman.
Read the Emerald classified ads.
IM Umps Needed
Any student Interested In
making $2.00 nn afternoon um
piring intramural softball games
should either eall or visit dene
Evonuk, assistant IM director,
as soon as possible.
Tennis, Golf Postponed
Because of inclement weather,
Monday’s scheduled intramural
golf and tennis action was post
poned and will be made up today.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor — Buzz Nelson;
Staff—Wilrner Boesgl, Bob Cole,
Sam Vahey.
DU's Win Slugfest
Delta Upsilon emerged victor
ious in a slugfest with Phi Kappa
Psi in a Monday intramural soft
ball game. Although they actually
outhlt the DUs 10 to 11, the Phi
Psis failed to hit in the clutches
and were on the short end of the
11 to 8 score.
Leading the barrage for the DUs
were John Wadman, with a single
and double to his credit, and Bill
Nerval with two doubles. The hit
ting stars for the Phi Psis were
Wayne Ballantyne with a single
and homer, and Doug White, with
a double and homer.
R H
DUs .415 1—11 10
Phi Pais .024 2 8 11
Johnson and Kent; Gass aijd
Ball.
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