THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
SIX
Road Mileage in Maine
Pomona Has 100th Session
Maine has the largest road mile­
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age of the New England states, to-,
making a satisfactory license and tailing 20,765 reports the Oregon
gas tax, and have yielded to the State Motor Association.
general preference for the Dunne
bills, and whereas, there seems to
London Typhoid Grow»
be a united effort among those,
London, Aug. 5.—The number of
who have the spending of the high­ typhoid cases in London now totals
way funds, and others personally m-, 120, with nine new cases reported
terested, to prevent any effort af­ today in a single district.
fecting a readjustment of auto li­
A majority of the new cases re­
cense and gas tax, having in their port having eaten cream, sustain­
immediate purpose the defeat of ing the suspicions of the author­
the Dunne bills, or any other form ities that the milk supply Is the
of legislation giving auto owners cause of the present epidemic.—Or­
a just relief.
egonian.
Therefore, be it resolved by Co­
lumbia County Grange that we op­
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pose the withdrawal of the proposed
Hillsboro churches are cooperat­
initiative Dunne auto license and ing during the month of August and
gas tax bills, now filed with the holding union services in the court
secretary of state, and we urge that house yard at 8 p.m. Sunday. The
they be placed on the ballot for the union service will be repeated at
decision of the voters of the state the same hour each Sunday evening
nt the November election.
in August.—Hillsboro Argus.
Educational Cliats
By
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall
President, University of Oregon
The influence of the ichool» in build-
ig moral standards and quickenng
in certain lines of
thought and conduct
gives promise of tre­
mendous good when
directed to the posi­
tive morality r e •
quired by the civic
duty of today. But
so far most teachings
have been negative
and personal, ignor­
ing the positive and
social.
Few graduates of
our public schools
x,r. a . .
would not blush with
shams if detected in an act of dishon­
Huge Production
Protection Increases Value
esty or personal immorality, but these
Motor vehicle production in the
As a convincing argument in same people would idly boast of an
United States last year totalled 3,- favor of forest-fire protection, the ignorance regarding the current issues
573,671 units, reports the Oregon fallowing figures are of interest. In of the ballot box and the capacity of
State Motor Association, and whole­ one section of a county in North the candidates of public office for
sale value, including parts and ac­ Carolina, where no forest-fire pro­ whom they are asked to vote. Thou­
cessories $4,247,800,743.
tection has been given, the tax rate sands of citizens will deplore the in­
is $1.38 and the forest land is worth efficiency and waste of government,
Grade Crossing Accidents Decline
$15 an acre; while in another sec­ while only tens will study out the re­
Although the number of automo­ tion. where forest-fire protection sponsible parties and apply the doctrino
biles in operation throughout the has obtained for the past 13 years of strict accountability.
The erv for reform is always in the
country increased five per cent in the tax rate is only $1.02 and the
air, but when a concrete measure is
1027, the number of fatalities in forest land is worth $50 an acre.
suggested that easts a burden upon a
grade crossing accidents showed a I
groun or class, they are too frequently
decrease of four per cent, according
Princeton Place IF’on
unwilling to bear the burden. Thou
to figures received by the Oregon 1
san Is of these same persons would rally
State Motor Association. This de­
to the defense of their ideals of na­
crease was in the face of an in­
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eager •
tional honor, were it assailed by a for­
crease of 10 per cent in the number —Pat V. Morrissette, Yakima, graduate
eign foe. But industry and disease
of fatalities from all causes.
of an 1 instructor in English at the Uni
may claim its daily toll of hundreds,
It ii. estimated that there was
versify of Oregon
through the inefficiency of democracy,
will leave at the en '
one fatality due to the operation of
and publie sits idly by. They have no
of the summer «es
motor vehicles on the highways for
conception of a nation’s honor that
sion for Princeton
each (184 vehicles in operation,
calls for patriotic service in the cause
where he has ac
while the grade crossing fatalities
of justice, righteousness 'and decency
eepted a fellowship
was one for each 11,716 motor ve­
at home.
for study next year
hicles.
But the American people have not
for his doctor 's de
lost their ideals. They have not lost
gree.
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their capacity to respond to the call of
Morrissette is a
Paris has installed illuminated
member of Phi Beta human need. The instinct of sympathy
curbstones in order to cut down
Kappa, national hon­ and love of justice still smolder in
traffic accidents, reports the Ore-1
every truo American. The function of
orary scholastic fra
modern education is to show that with
gon State Motor Association.
ternity.
the change from a pioneer nation to
an industrial state have come new prob­
lems and new demands upon the spiri­
tual oi'd moral forces of the nation.
When these needs are brought home to
the American youth; when he is taught
to read in complex problems of the day
a challenge to his manhood; when he is
brought to realize that the most treach­
erous foes that assail his nation arc
the forces of greed, injustice and selfish
indifference; when he is brought face
to face with the gigantic problems of
modern life with their challenge to his
courage, his scholarship and his patri­
otism, the American youth will not be
found wanting.
This, then is the task that awaits the
teacher as he stands before his group
of young Americans. They must be
brought face to face with the realities
of life. They must be brought to a
deeper appreciation of the duties of
democracy. They must learn that the
price of liberty and justice and pro
gress is eternal vigilance. The devel
opment of this vision and spirit of
democracy is not the werk of the mo
ment to be done in time of pressing
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene
_ The bright young fellow who “loafs” |
his way through high school without
much studying, who then comes on to
the University of Oregon, receives a
rating higher than averago in the men­
tal tests, and then thinks he can loaf
and have a good time here is doomed to
disappointment and in many cases an ,
early trip home. This is revealed in the 1
study of the mental tests given to enter-
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To an Inability to master the subjects,
but to some other cause which may be
remedied. Also, if the student is re­
j ceiving poor grades, and he also had a
low rating in the tests, special help may
be given him so that satisfactory pro­
gress can be made.
Mental tests are regarded at the Uni­
’ versity as very useful in many ways,
but their use is kept within the bounds
of reason and every student is given
( every opportunity, regardless of the re­
sults of the tests.
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On the other hand, the plodding type
of student who found it necessary to
study in order to keep up with his high
school classes, who conies on to college
and receives only an average or even
a below average rating in the mental
test, still has an excellent chance of
passing his courses here creditably, and
at least has little difficulty in remain-
ing in the University.
Study Habits Lacking
The explanation for this is simple,
says Dr. Taylor. The “bright” student
never formed any study habits in high
school, and is unable to adjust himself
to the demands made for passing schol-
arship in the University. The slower
st.udent has his study and work habits
formed, and it is only necessary for
him to apply himself more vigorously
to succeed. These facts have been
definitely proved by statistics com-
piled as a result of the tests made and
high school and college records studied.
Freshmen are given mental tests upon
entering the University and are then
rated in six different classes. This
rating is not used as a basis of award-
ing grades, nor is it allowed to influ­
ence instructors in any way. Classifi­
cations are as f diows: I, highest five
per cent; II, next 11 per cent; III, next
25 per cent; IV, next 25 per cent, (first
group below avcTiPj? ;
next 20 per
tent, and VI, lowi t
| ‘r cent. Stu­
dents in the first t
usually
have little trouble in making good
scholastic reeor.;’, a: i it bus been
proved that the e stu 1 ’Uts are on the
whole superior in t’..‘.r work, both in
high school and ?.» the University.
Member, of the la-t two groups, or
lowest, who usually have low high
school aver:';’ •», also usually receive
low marks in tie University, although
not necessarily failing marks.
It was in the study uf groups III and
[V that Dr. Taylor ma le his observa­
tion on “bright” and slower students.
Hero it has actually been proved that
of two students with approximately the
same high school records, the one places
in group III actually lias more chance
of ‘flunking out” of the University
than the one in group IV, due to rea-
sons given above.
Tests Real Aid
Mental tests will be given to all
entering students again this fall as
usual. The results of these are not
made public, although the student may
see his results at any time. These tests
often prove useful to the student, since
they may help him determine his
courses of study. They are also used
by the University administration when
students get into scholastic difficulties,
[f a student is found to be failing, yet
has a high rating in the tests, it is
often found, that his trouble is nnt_due
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