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MONDAY. JANUARY 23, 1961
Education Association Prepares Pamphlet on
Child
's Intelligence
Value, Limitation
01 IQ Tests Told
In Publication
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
Everybody talks about
"I.Q.'s" and everybody knows
that a high one is better than
a low one.
But exactly what is an I.Q.
anyway? What does it tell
you about a child's mental
capacity? Can human intelli
gence really be measured with
the scientific precision im
plied by an exact numerical
score?
On the sound assumption
that many parents would like
answers to these questions,
the National Education asso
ciation is distributing to teach
ers and school officials across
the land a little booklet en
titled: "A Briefing For Par
ents: Your Child's Intelli
gence Prepared by Experii
It was prepared by seven
experts on intelligence test
ing, and explains in layman's
language the values and limi
tations of the I.Q. tests which
are widely employed in U.S.
schools.
There are many different
types of intelligence tests, and
new ones are constantly being
developed. All of them seek to
measure the "mental age" of
a child in relationship to other
children.
Before a test has any value
for this comparative purpose,
it must be administered to a
large number of children. This
enables educators to deter
mine "norms" for the test -that
is, to learn the average
score of children of a par
ticular age level.
Once this average is known,
the performance of each child
who takes the test is compared
to if. For example, if a seven
year old gels the same score
as the average score of chil
dren nine years old, he is re
garded as having a "mental
age" of nine.
His intelligence quotient, or
I.Q., is obtained by dividing
mental age by chronological
age, and multiplying the re
sult by 100 just to get rid of
decimals.
Thus the seven-year-old
with the mental age of nine
would be credited with an
I.Q. of 128.
Tests Not Precise
If a child's score on a par
ticular test happened to be
exactly the same as the na
tional average for his age lev
el, his I. Q. would be record
ed at an even 100. But educa
tors know very well that the
tests aren't that precise, so
they regard any I.Q. between
90 and 110 as normal or aver
age. Contrary to popular folk
lore, there is no magic score
which connotes "genius." But
any score above 130 implies
superior intelligence, and
scores above 140 indicate very
superior intelligence.
In the absence of any better
tool, educators use I.Q. tests
as rough approximations of a
child's capacity to learn. But
they do not regard them as in
fallible scientific measure
ments of any particular child's
. intelligence.
Research has shown, for
example, that many children
suffer severely from "test
anxiety." Their fear of tests
will cause them to make de
ceptively low scores. A child
who is dependent on other
people will usually make a
lower score than one of equal
intelligence who is highly
self-reliant.
A child's I.Q. may change
considerably as he grows old
er. It is more likely to rise
than to fall, and the rise prob-
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
YOGI BERRA, conducting an impromptu baseball seminar
in Toots Shor's old bistro one winter night suddenly
declared there were seven different ways a batter could get
to first base without mak
ing a tut. can XUU name yA HT MB
menu tiere tney are: i.
A base on balls. 2. Hit
by pitcher. 3. Interfer
ence by the catcher. 4.
A dropped third strike.
5. Forcing out a preced
ing runner. 6. Getting
on via an error. 7. Be
coming a pinch runner.
Thinker Berra also
pointed out one way a '
pitcher could yield six
successive base hits with
out putting a single man
on base: play a girls' team,
Herb Stein has spotted a Chinese restaurant out Hollywood
way that's so swanky the cookie messages are printed in French.
Sulking at a back table there, incidentally,- was a hillbilly who's
on the way out. He's suffering from receding sideburns.
Mike Connolly insists that at least one Hollywood star, stead
fastly recalls his humble beginnings. Once a year regularly be
goes back to Chicago's slums to visit his wife and kiddies.
1961. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Feature! Syndicate)
ably reflects greater adapta
tion and emotional security in
a test situation.
Many Different Types
fernaps the greatest mis
conception of I.Q. tests is the
belief that they measure s
single type of ability. Actual
ly, there are many different
types of intelligence. A per
son who is very sharp at ver
bal comprehension, for ex
ample, may be weak on
handling numbers. And there
is clear evidence that the
ability to memorize has little
connection with overall men
tal capacity. In other words, a
person with a good memory
(who would perform brilliant
ly on a TV quiz show) may or
may not be highly intelligent.
The best I.Q. tests are con
structed to measure all of the
different types of intelligence,
and to disclose what is called
a "mental profile" of the
child being tested. Interpreted
by an expert, this profile can
give valuable clues to an in
dividual's strengths and weak
nesses. Recent research at the Uni
versity of Chicago indicates
that there is not necessarily
any relationship between
high I.Q. and a high degree of
creative talent. Some children
who have a real spark of crea
tive genius - for example, in
writing, art or invention
may have quite modest scores
on I.Q. tests which measure
academic ability.
Policy Under Attack
Do you know your child's
I.Q.? The chances are that you
don't. Many schools refuse to
give out I.Q. scores, on the
grounds that parents are like
ly to misunderstand or mis
interpret them. This policy is
under attack by some educa
tors, who say that parents
have as much right to know
the score on their children's
I.Q. as they have, for example,
to know the results of an eye
test.
The New York state educa
tion department ruled recent
ly that parents have the right
"as a matter of law" to see
their children's I.Q. scores and
other test results.
Family Has Problem
Getting Rid of Kittens
Chicago - IUPD - The Casi
mir Kowalczyks were having
difficulty today finding homes
for their six 10-day-old kit
tens. So far only an unsupcrsti
tious friend has accepted one
of the litter - all jet black
and born on Friday, Jan. 13.
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World War I Vets,
Auxiliary Group
Install Officers
Pat Graham and Mrs. May-
me Schrack were installed re
cently commander and presi
dent of the Medford Barracks
540, Veterans of World War
I, and the Ladies Auxiliary,
respectively.
The joint installation of of
ficers was held in the Girls
Community Club building,
Medford. About 80 delegates
from Medford, Ashland,
Grants Pass, and Roseburg at
tended. Other barrack officers
named were Thomas L. Ed
sall, senior vice commander;
Frederick D. Adams, junior
vice commander; Francis B.
Otis, chaplain; Albert F. John
son, quartermaster; Alvin C.
Lucas, judge advocate; Char
les J. Myers, three-year trus
tee: and Claude Stevens, ad
jutant. Auxiliary Members
Auxiliary staff members in
clude Mrs. Frances Herbs
truth, senior vice president;
Mrs. Ruth Clark, junior vice
president; Mrs. Lillian Aus
tin, chaplain; Mrs. Mabel
Lynch, conductress; Mrs.
Gusta Johnson, guard; Mrs.
Edna Hastain, secretary; Mrs.
Verda Edsall, treasurer; and
Mrs. Jane Hale, Mrs. Meda
Lucas, and Mrs. Bertha Pen
well, trustees.
Out-of-town visitors includ
ed Department Senior Vice
Commander and Mrs. Ralph
Aylesworth, Roseburg; Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Turner, and Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Kretschmer,
both of Grants Pass; and Bar
racks Commander and Mrs.
Elmer E. Curry, also of Grants
Pass.
Aylesworth installed the
Barracks officers, and Mrs.
Meda Lucas, auxiliary presi
dent of District 7, installed
the auxiliary staff
Disbarment of Attorneys Urged
Portland -(I'PD- The board
of governors of the Oregon
State Bar announced Thurs
day it has recommended per
manent disbarment of two
Portland attorneys, J. Kelly
Farris and Herbert D. Black,
The bar said the recommen
dations were filed with the
clerk of the Oregon Supreme
Court. The attorneys have 60
days to file petitions in their
own behalf after which the
court will decide what action
to take.
Both Farris and Black said
they would appeal their cases.
The bar's announcement
said the board of governors
found Farris "guilty of seven
charges of professional mis
conduct , , ." and Black "guil
ty of 10 charges of unethical
and unlawful solicitation and
acceptance of professional em
ployment through the use of
Sulem-IWI)-The Senate Judi
ciary Committee has sched
uled a hearing Feb. 3 on the
problem of curbing obscene
literature. The Interim Com
mittee on Criminal Law pro
posed a measure to prevent
furnishing "material manifest
ly tending to corrupt the
sexual morality" to children
under 18 years.
Famed Attorney Now
Resting at Home
Los Angeles - IUPD - Famed
Hollywood attorney Jerry
Giesler was resting at home
today following his release
Saturday from Mt. Sinai hos
pital where he had been con
fined for a rest.
Giesler, bothered by a heart
ailment in recent years, was
hospitalized in September af
ter suffering a serious attack.
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Manno Returns From
Hardware Meeting
Anthony (Tony) R. Manno,
owner of Acme hardware,
Medford, recently returned
from a meeting of the board
of governors of the National
Retail Hardware association
at Indianapolis, Ind.
Representing some 23,000
independent hardware dealers
in the United States and Can
ada, the NRHA directors ex
pressed confidence in new
programs designed to "shape
the future" of the hardware
industry.
Manno was among the board
of governors who heard asso
ciation officials outline an
"ambitious" program of ad
vertising, promotion and plan
ning on both local and na
tional hardware industry lev
els during the next year. Plans
were also announced for the
1961 IRHA Hardware week,
the annual sales event cele
brated nation-wide.
CHARGES RECKLESSNESS
Indio, Calif.- (ITU -Attorney
William O. Burt has filed
$50,000 damage suit against
the California Water and Tel
ephone Co., claiming the firm
"recklessly and negligently"
failed to list his name in the
telephone book this year.
Burt said his name had been
listed in the directory the
two previous years.
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