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Pag* 2 .The Decrvc Jriday, November 11, 1966 EDITORIALS ,, and universities are bracing ad-^?iss/on^+o th ^ applications for adniission to their institutions next year. They real ize that in addition to the usual bumper crop of high school graduates who will wish to continue their education, there will be another element which , P j GVGn more strain on their already over- strained conditions. This increase in the number of applicants will be mainly composed of veterans eager to take ad- vantage of the opportunities afforded them by the I of rights.” The bill, effective since last March, came too late to make a radical differ ence for this year, but even modest predictions fore see a record number of persons attempting to enroll in colleges and universities in the fall of 1967 under its provisions. . course, means that the educational in stitutions of the country, in an over-crowded state already, will be even more burdened than ever The added load will not be felt drastically in terms of dormitory space and housing for most G.I.s will desire to be a campus resident, but rather will be most noticeable in the student-teacher ratio. The college teacher force, already overworked and only moderately paid, will find much of the weight of increased enrollments placed upon their studious shoulders. The G.I. Bill, considered quite proper by most as a means of offering a token of appreciation to men who have served the country during times of armed conflict, is at present an incomplete bill. It provides money for tuitions, etc., and opens the doors of colleges to many who would otherwise be denied, but at the same time it lacks any provision which will help the colleges to cope with the pro blems which the increased college force creates. Admittedly, the veteran has many things in his favor when he applies to a college. It is an accepted fact that veterans, on the whole, are better students than young men just out of high school, either be cause they are more settled than the youngster or because they have a better realization of the worth of a college education and attempt to take full ad vantage of it. In addition, they are given a running edge over equally qualified high school graduates simply because they are veterans. This can ultimately mean that a great number of high school graduates who would have gotten into college easily in the past will find all doors closed to them in the next few years. This situation has proven to be true each time the G.I. Bill has been in effect in the r>ast. The obvious question is: “What can be done to remedy the situation?” One would be taking his life into his hands if he suggested doing away with the G.I. Bill, especially at this time, and of course, there is no way to deter the wave of high school graduates who will be seeking admission to college next year. The fault obviously lies with the governmental institution which would enact laws which create such a situation without providing some means of coping with the problem. Until such a time that a “Help the College Cope with the G.I. Bill” is enacted to go along with the “G.I. Bill,” the situation will continue to remain nearly chaotic. THE DECREE Official Student Newspaper of North Carolina Wesleyan College LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS F F-49.^ POTPOURRI By DOUG GROSECLOSE It is a shame that it takes so much to become a member of some organizations; to get into the Ku Klux Klan you must meet -some rataier rigid require ments, to get into tihe Diner’s Club you must have good cre dit ratings and to get into the Wesleyan Monogram Club you have to almost be a survival expert. The initiation which “goats” had to go through on November 5 was nearly unbelievable, it is a miracle that several of these men have not become very sick as a result of some of the in fantile actions of the men in the Monogram Club. In my opinion an initiation of the type administered by tlhe Mono gram Club has no place in the Wesleyan Community, it is use less in that it is not meaning ful to either present or pros- Letters to the Editor are Welcome MEMBER Business Address Box N. C. Wesleyan College Editor Ronnie Crouch Rocky Assis^^nt Editor John Graham Bus ines s Manager George Watson Feature Editor Anne V an Wagoner Circulation Manager Tess Ledford Photographer Baxter Smith Columnists Doug Grosclose Fritz Smith Hal Lloyd Tim Isaacs News Staff Tom Mowbry Lynn Ament Ed Smith Bill Roberts Stephen Smith Jimmy Perry Rufus Riddick Karie Naylor Marsha Sutton Donna Thompson Connie Murray Betty Willoughby Sports Editor Tom Davis Harrell Pratt Dan Davis Advertising Staff Jerry Winberry A1 Home Circulation Staff Tony DeMuth Bruce WilRie pective members, and it Is harmful in that it could cause glorious physical disordens. Is an initiation like this needed? In the past these initiations have resulted in; a store being broken into, illegal fires buUt In roads, citizens calling the state police to investigate the disturbances, and uncountable colds. If this is the purpose of ihe Monogram Club it seems that it is an organization to be avoided, rather than sought after. In BISHOPS’ LAW it states that the purpose of the Monogram Club is to encourage ^nld' to support the interest of varsity athletics on campus, is the interest of varsity athletics the physical having of its most avid supporters? It would seem that this would drive men awaj from the club who would b hand working members, one ■ ' those initiated thds weekend sa-i. that if he had known what tl, Initiation was like prior to it enactment be would have net joined the club. Others thi. year and in the past have re acted the same way, it is just not worth the sacrifice to join the club. I am sure the members of the Monogram Club could de vise ways to be selective other thao hazing, the very fact that a candidate for membersJiip must have earned a varsity letter from the Dixie Confer ence is very selective, the club must approve candidates by a vote, this makes membership more selective. In the opinion of this column ist the Mooogram Club is led by one of the brightest men on the campus and it seems that he could have thought of a solution to this problem, since he evidently (has not I hope the new membeis will attempt to get rid of thds juvemdle prac tice before more members are taken in. Attention All Clubs The DECREE wants to hear from YOU New Testing Procedure Disclosed Seattle, Wash.—(I.P.) A Uni versity of Washington professor believes he has the answer to testing the “depth of knowledge” of students, even in large classes. Dr. Paul E. Fields, profetssor of Psychology report ed the results of his research on the improvement of student testing at a recent session of the American Psychology Asso ciation oonventiom. The tests are the result of many years of research on the psychology of learning by Dr. Fields. He has used them in introductory Psychology classes for nearly two ye^s. "In large classes, there has been a trend toward fewer examinationis and toward unrelated true-false or multiple dhoice questions which may catdh students with trick questions,*' Dr. Fields saiid. .“That type of examlniation is not e true test a student’s usable knowledge.” The approach he has de veloped, known as the Fields Serial Multiple Discrimination Teaching Examinatians, is based on radically different principles, he reported. Al though the Fields System uses true-false and multiple-choice questions, they are combined in a manner that tests a stu dent’s “in depth” knowledge more effectively than other ob jective examinations and also removes the “guessing” factor. To get credit for his answer, the student must correctly an swer a true-ifalse statement and also four close true associa tions, one each from four lists of five associations. “With this system, absolute knowledge in depth is necessary and guess ing just won’t work,” Dr. Fields said. “The probability of get ting a corect answer by chance alone is 1 in 3,125 as compared with a 1 to 2 chance in a true- false exam and 1 to 4 chance in the multiple choice variety.” The Fields tests can be hand- scored by student labor easily, quickly and objectively by keyed answer isheets. He gives 12 one- hour exams during a 10-week quarter to as many as 450 stu dents. At the beginning of the quarter, all students in the class are given a 400 page man ual with examples of test ques tions for the entire quarter. “I am not worried about the student’s rote memorizing of all the parts,” he explained. “It is a simple matter to change the order of the part answers or change the statements from true to false. The student who does not answer or understand the material would make a zero score because all five parts of each question must be correct ly answered to score one point.” “These tests are actually a teaching device. They are de signed to emphasize the im portant concepts of the course, so the student knows wh-at to concentrate on. The tests also assist the student in learning and understanding by requiring him to raganize isolated bits of information as he takes the examination. The tests utilize the princi ples inttierent in a 5 x 5 “Latin Square.” Every fifth part of each question is determined, as are all five parts of every fifth quesition. Thus the student can check his own errors aod learn while taking the exam. “I am convinced that wbat and how students learn is de termined more by the kinds of examinations we give than by our formal statement of course objectives,” Dr. Fields com mented. “Course examinations liave not changed significantly in the past 40 years. After ex perimenting with different ex amination techniques for large classes for several years, I be lieve I have developed a method (Con't on page 4)
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