Thursday, July 1, -195
THE TAU HEEL'
Controversial Test
Considered Useful
By DEMONT ROSEMAN JR.
.A personality test, caught in
the cross fire of a congres
sional subcommittee hearing
after 22 years of apparently
good behavior, is considered a
reputable and valuable clin
ical and research tool by a
UNC psychiatrist.
He uses it routinely for stu
dents who come to him with
emotional problems, - .
.And it will be given this
fall for the second consecu
tive year to all incoming
freshmen here.
But, says Dr. Clifford B.
Reifler, "I can't over-empha-si?e
the fact that we do not
use the test to make adminis
trative decisions,
."It is not for screening or
admission, but for research on
problem prevention."
One of the major criticisms
of the suddenly controversial
Minnesota Multiphasic Person
ality Inventory (MMPI) is that
results of the test are being
used in some instances to de
cide if an applicant for a job
is qualified or if an employe
should be discharged from his
job.
The federal government
now taking a skeptical look at
the practice has been using
psychological tests since World
War II to measure the "fitness
for duty" of some of its em
ployees. "To make an arbitrary cut
off point for the MMPI test
below a certain point you fail
and above you pass and to
make an administrative deci
sion solely on this basis is an
inappropriate use of the test
as originally designed,"
Reifler maintains.
"With our present state of
knowledge, any one test is not
a sufficient criterion for a de
cision affecting a person's life.
"The test should be weighed
with a lot of other pertinent in
formation which then should
be analyzed by skilled and
competent experts."
Reifler, an instructor in
psychiatry at the UNC School
of Medicine and director of
psychiatric services for the
UNC Student Health Service,
uses the 556-item MMPI quiz
in two ways.
It is a "clinical tool." All
students seeking psychiatric
counseling take the test.
"The test gives me a lot of
information which I might get
from a patient by talking with
him over a long period of
time," Reifler says. "But
doing it that way would take
considerably more time, often
more than the student with an
immediate problem has."
"With an interview and a
patient's history, the test helps
me get an additional perspec
tive. "We don't use the test in any
administrative sense, only in a
clinical sense, much in the way
a medical specialist would use
an X-ray or a blood count."
Another use of the MMPI
here is for research.
"We want to find out, if we
can, what the answers to the
test actually relate to in a per
son's personality," said Reif
ler. "We want to know what the
test tells us about sick or well
people, what it may have to
do with such things as academ
ic achievement or under
achievement as well as with
such different illnesses as cor
onary artery disease or men
tal depression."
Last fall, for the first time,
all entering freshmen here
were given the MMPI as part
of pre-registration.
"No ' one . is accepted or
kicked out on the basis of this
test," it is Emphasized again.
What .about the charges that
psychological testing is a "rep
rehensible invasion of pri
vacy?" - 4The use of the test, not the
test itself, might b an rva
sion o! privacy," replies
Reifler.
;'The use of the test is not a
problem here. A student's
anonymity is preserved by at
tributing 1 his . test to a code
number. .And none of the items
in" the. test are ever searched
out to see how a particular stu
dent answered a particular
question."
i
For 'Private Lives9
Plavmakers Select Cas
Director Kai Jurgensen has
announced the cast . of "Pri
vate Lives," a Noel Coward
comedy to be presented - by ,
the Carolina Playmakerj June
8 to 11 in Graham Memorial
lounge.
Two veteran Playmakers,
Martha Noll and -William M. -Hardy,
an associate professor
in the Department of -Radio,
Television, and Motion
Pictures, have been east in
the leading roles in Coward's
farcical ballet comedy. , - -
,The play revolves around two ,
honeymoon couples who occu-;
py adjoining terrace suites in .
a French hotel. The groom of
one couple is the ex-husband ,
of the bride in the adjoining
suite.
Tar Heel Baskctballers
Plan 25-Game Schedule
A 25 game basketball sched
ule will be played by UNC
next winter, it was announced
yesterday by Athletic Director
C. P. Erickson.
"This is the most games we
have played during the season
since 1957," said Erickson. "It
is quite an attractive card and
one which will demand the
most of our athletes."
Coach Dean Smith, who will
have three members of last
season's starting five return
ing, faces the usual task of
meeting seven Atlantic Coast
Conference foes plus some of
the nation's top intersectional
squads.
Among the non - conference
foes with promise of great
strength are Vanderbilt, Utah,
West Virginia Ohio State, Flor
ida and NYU. Teams which
have been played in past his
tory now returning to the
schedule are Princeton (NCAA
semi - finalist), William &
Mary and Richmond.
Florida State appears on the
card for the first time ever.
"I believe the ACC will be
the best balanced league in
recall," Smith said. "We open
against Clemson. They have
everyone returning. We played
one of our best games against
them last year at Charlotte and
won by only two points."
West Virginia and Utah will
be played in doubleheader
fashion at Raleigh on Dec. 30
and 31. N. C. State is the other
participating club in the two
night affair.
The Tar Heels will meet
Princeton in Greensboro on
Dec. 27, while Florida is slated
for Dec. 18 at Charlotte. The
Queen City will also host the
North - South doubleheader
once again.
Top returning letterman for
the Tar Heels will be Bob
Lewis, who averaged 20 points
per game as a sophomore. Tom
Gauntlett, a frontcourter, and
guard Johnny Yokley were reg
ulars in late season. The
brightest newcomer is stylish
Larry Miller. He averaged 33
points as a freshman.
Who, Where And When
Dec. 1 Clemson Clemson
Dec. 4 William & Mary Chapel Hill
Dec. 6 Ohio State Columbus
Dec. 8 Richmond - Chapel Hill
Dec. 11 Vanderbilt Nashville
Dec. 16 Florida State Chapel Hill
Dec. 18 Florida Charlotte
Dec. 27 Princeton Greensboro
Dec. 30 Utah Raleigh
Dec. 31 West Virginia Raleigh
Jan. 3 Maryland Chapel Hill
Jan. 5 Wake Forest Winston-Salem
Jan. 8 Duke Chapel Hill
Jan. 12 N. C. State Chapel Hill
Jan. 15 Virginia .... Charlottesville
Feb. 3 Wake Forest Chapel Hill
Feb. 5 Maryland College Park
Feb. 7 South Carolina Chapel Hill
Feb. 9 NYU New York
Feb. 12 VPI Chapel Hill
Feb. 15 N. C. State Chapel Hill
Feb. 18 Clemson Charlotte
Feb. 19 South Carolina Charlotte
Feb. 22 Virginia Chapel Hill
Feb. 26 Duke Durham
Mar. 3, 4, 5 ACC Tournament
The Hardys, who were last
seen together in a Playmaker
production of "Rain" when
they were both doing graduate
work in dramatic art, will por
tray the formerly married cou
ple who can not live together
happily and yet are utterly
miserable when separated.
Playing the wide-eyed, baf
fled young bride married to a
man in love with his first wife
will be Phyllis Rice f Quaker
Hill, Conn. Miss Rice, a stu
dent at George Washington
University, recently appeared
as Catharine in the school the
ater's production of "Sudden
ly Last Summer.
Other members of the cast
include Alan Pickrell of Em
ory, Va., and Gisele Lamar
que of Nice, France. Mr. Pick
rell, who teaches dramatic art
at Emory and Henry College,
has appeared in Nashville the
atre productions of "My Fair
jLady," "The Fantasticks,"
"J.B.," "Guys and Dolls,"
"The Rainmaker" and "Send
Me No Flowers." Miss Lamra
que, who will appear as a
French maid, has been seen
in a WUNC television produc
tion of Tennessee Williams'
"Moony's Kid Don't Cry."
. Setting and lighting ior "Pri- .
vate Lives'! will be done by ?
Nathan Garner, -a graduate as -eistant
in dramatic art. The
state-manager for the produc
tion is Ronald Spainhour, a
graduate student in dramatic ,
art. The play win run for four
nights in the Graham Memor
ial lounge. Admission is free.
Operation Headstart
j DrCarl Brown of the School
bf Education will lead a dis
cussion on Operation Head
start at the Binkley Baptist
Church supper study program
at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Operation Headstart, a pro
gram designed to give pre
6chool cultural enrichment to
children from lower income
homes will be in full swing
next Monday.
Rides are available in the
morning at 9:30 and 9:43 a.m.
to attend a discussion of Har
vey Cox "Secular City" and
at 10:30 a.m. for the morning
worship service.
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