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To, Help SoncrmHa Bbtto Geow
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1935
Tha official newspaper of the Publications Union
Board of the University, of North Carolina at Chapel
HiH, where it is printed daily except Mondays, and
tha Thanksgiving. Christmas and Spring Holidays.
Entered as second class matt. . at the post office at
Chapel Hill, N. CL, coder act of 2srch S, 1879. Sob
cription price, $3.00 for the college year. '
Don E. McKee.
-Editor
A. Beed Sarratt, Jr.
T. Eli Joyner
Jeaee Lewis .
Managing Editor
Jtasiness Manager
-Circulation Manager
Editorial Staff
Associate Edxtoss: E. L. Kahn, J. M. Smith, S. W.
B&bb. ,
Cmr EDiroa: C. W. Silmore.
News Edztoss: L I. Gardner, E. J. Hamlin, W. S.
Jordan, Jr., J. F. Jonas, Jr., EL Goldberg, New
- ton Craig.
Editorial Assistants: B. T. Perkins, Buth Crowell,
Gordon Birns, J. H. Sivertsen, V. Gilmore.
Deskmen: H. H, Hirschfeld, C O. Jeffress, B.
Simon, U. T. Elliot v
Sunday Supplement: A. H. Merrill Director; . W.
J Gunter, Jr., J. J. Lane, B. H. Lesli e, R. B.
Lowery, Erika Zimmermann, E. L. Hinton, B. H.
Roebuck, Elizabeth Keeler.
L Reporters: B. F. Dixon, Dorothy Snyder, J. B.
Reese -J; K. Harriman, R. K. Barber, J; S.
Currie, Sarah Dalton, S. P. Hancock, C. B.
Hyatt, Wi BJ Eleeman; Mary- Matthews, R.
Miller, K. V, Murphy, R. M. Pockrass, Nancy
Schallert, Irene Wright, W. B.' Stewart, Eliza
beth Wall, Jane Wilson, M. Rosenberg, J. Han
cock, J. C McCaiL
Sports: R. R. Howe, Editor; J. Eddleman, L. S.
Levitch, W. B. Arey, Jr Night Editors; F. W.
Ferguson, L. Bubin, H. Kaplan, E. Karlin, T. C.
Tufts, W; Lindau, H. Langsam, J. Stoff, S.
Eolfe, W. B. Davis, C. C. Greer, S. Wilk.
. Exchanges: N. Kantor, E. L. Rankin, Jr., T. M.
Stanback, W. A. Sutton, Jr.
Reviews: W. P. Hudson.
, Art: Nell Booker, P. J. Schinhan, Jr., H. Kircher,
T. B. Keys. )
Photography: J. Kisner, Director; A.. T. Calhoun,
H. Bachrach.
Business Staff
Assistant Business Manager (Advertising): Bill
McLean.
Assistant Business Manager (Collections): Roy
Crooks
Durham Representative: Bobby Davis.
Coed Advertising Manager : Mary Lindsay ; assist
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Beatrice Boyd, Virginia Burd.
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Andrews, John Rankin, Stuart Ficklin, Milton
Connor, Clen Humphrey.
: Office: George Harris, Jack Cheek, Rod Murchison,
John Scattergood.
For This Issue
News: John F. Jonas, Jr. Sports: Will G. Arey, Jr.
Our Educational Process
Philosophy Of Life
(Robert E. Speer)
One can change the plans and policies of an
organization on paper ever so much and it will
amount to nothing. The only way to make any
real change is to change the men.
o A Difficulty
A WEEK from today examinations begin. Al
ready students are cramming for them.
These quarterly tests bring the student to go
back over the quarter's work, pick up the "loose
ends," and coordinate, the subject into a related
whole. On exam day his mastery of the subject
is tested. The final is intended to check-up on
what the student has learned and what he has fail
ed to get. As a means of determining the stu
dent's gaps in his field of knowledge, the examina
tion plays an irreplacable part in education.
But under the University's present system of
examinations, the students, after handing in their
quiz books, never get their papers back often
they do not ever see their professor again. Where
they fell down on the course they never learn.
The important emphasis in education is to get
learning as complete as possible; yet after the
examination there is no follow-through either
to show the poor student his mistakes and weak
nesses or to help fill in the gaps in his knowledge,
revealed by his examination paper.
Some collegians say the best thing about finals
is their finality. But, expressing student opinion,
we say the worst thing about them is their final
ity. "
Examinations could play a worthwhile place
in helping a student master a field; but as they
are administered here now their only purpose is
to assist the professor in giving the student a
grade. . t
Many Are Tea-Hounds
r EN APPROACHED recently concerning the
student-faculty teas proposed to be held at
' regular intervals in Graham Memorial, John Par
ker, president of the student body, came out as
definitely in favor of them. Not only would these
help student faculty relations, he pointed out, but
also would be a valuable aid to students by giving
them an opportunity to learn how to mingle with
others and how to get along in a non-student gath
ering. There are very few opportunities of this
kind here at present.
Another supporter of this plan for student-faculty
teas is Pete Ivey, director of Graham Memo
rial. Practically every student approached so far
about this scheme has been in favor of it. If the
board of directors of Graham Memorial approve
this plan and the campus cooperates, a fine oppor
tunity for all-year-round student-faculty relations
will be established. E. L. If.
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The funny thing is that the student never gets his exam paper back to find out where he made his
mistakes. See the lead editorial.
Co
egiafce Editors Object To Exams
EXPERIMENTS
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(Ohio State Lantern)
"An investigation into the
working of the examination sys
tem, whose results have lately
been published, gives point to
doubts that have long been felt
and often expressed about the
validity of examinations. A
whole series of experiments were
conducted. For instance, a num
ber of authentic examination
papers were marked by several
different examiners, then, after
a longish interval, again by the
original ones. The results
ly as between a good and a bad
mark, but as between a pass and
failure, between mediocrity and
the highest distinction. Nor was
this in one subject only, but in
several. A similar investigation
conducted in France pointed to a
similar conclusion. The two
taken together confirm the opin
ion that there is too large an ele
ment of chance in examinations
as at present conducted for them
to be even approximate test of
ability.
"When it is considered how
large a part they play in present
day careers, the seriousness of
this conclusion is apparent. Ob
viously there must . be some
means of assessing people's ca
pacities. Trial and error alone is
too wasteful a process. At the
same time basing a final judg
ment on marks arrived at by va
rious and fallible examiners is as
grotesque as basing it on a try-your-strength
machine."
FANTASTIC
(The Daily Princetonian)
"Doesn't it see mslightly fan
tastic that even as much as half
the emphasis upon a student's
college career r should depend
upon what he can do in a three
hour examination? The question
immediately arises as to what
the real purpose of a Princeton
education is. Is it to force with
as much power as possible a con
glomeration of soon-forgotten
facts and theories into an under
graduate's head in order that he
might fire them back at his pro
fessor? . . '
Artificial
"The whole exam system is
artificial and unworthy of any
university that is really trying
(Continued on last page)
. The Carolina Walking Club
entertained at a promenade and
weiner roast last evening by the
shores of beautiful Lake Univer
sity. Among those present were :
Mrs. W; J. McKee; Evelyn Sni
der, graduate student ; Jean Mc
Lean; Libb Wall, Phi assembly
member ; Miss Wilder ; Janie
Sinclair of Raleigh; Jil Dowell
of Raleigh; Bob Whitehurst,
Kappa Sigma; Dave Beaty,
Lewis; LaVerne Dunham, Ruf
fin ; Shim Upchurch, Lewis; Jim
Baden, Manly, and Graduate
Student Griffen and his dog
MacDuff..
The hikers played on the
swings and slides, and Miss
Dowell went wading, trying to
catch, some fish. Threatening:
weather cut the festivities short
and 11; members rode back man.
open car which happened to be
passing. . :
Eileen Smith has 'given out
the valuable information that
the reason for her red slippered
foot of last week was a "great
bigblistah."
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The Old Ward Heeler came in
this morning and said he read
in the newspapers where all six-t
graders in North Carolina
schools will soon begin using a
text book on liquor:
My children, read well these
words about rum
And leave the Demon be
Oh, the knees that collapse, the
heads that hum
Will surely bear witness to me.
Read how alcohol seeps into the
brain
Dissolving nervous tissue,
Causing the D. T.'s and terrible
pain
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Oh choose, Oh choose, my chil
dren Whether you'll drink or no.
Will you refrain from wine and
beer -Or
sink to depths below?
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Whose textbook you must buy,
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you ' . '
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