Word: langfeld
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Take our faculty for instance: Langfeld is gone, and Baker, and I have no doubt that others will follow. Something is wrong there, possibly the business school. Then, too, the yard is being "cloistered" to death, is being made to resemble a factory rather than a decent campus. To misquote Patrick Henry: "Give us our grass and our eim trees or give us death preferably the vegetable matter...
...have taken part in the series so far are: Professor J. L. Lowes G. '03, Professor G. H. Parker '87, Professor F. w. Taussig '79. Associate Professor G. H. Edgell '09, and Assistant Professor H. S. Langfeld. The next speaker will be Professor C. H. Haskins Hon. '08, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; who will speak on the "Mediaeval Student" next Monday...
...flood of intelligence tests, which has poured out since the psychological tests in the army, has enabled examiners to reach any decision they wished, extremely positive or extremely negative. The most amusing results have been reached and varying doctrines have been propounded. But according to Professor Langfeld some measurement of intelligence is reaily important, and certainly most alluring. Even our keenest psychologists, equipped with all modern conveniences, have failed to devise a universal test, and the older philosophers went hopelessly astray...
...When we can successfully measure intelligence, we shall have solved one of the most important problems of the present civilization," said Professor H. S. Langfeld, of the Psychology Department, speaking on the "Measurement of Intelligence" yesterday at the New Lecture Hall. Professor Langfeld stressed the imperfect nature of present tests, but declared that their usefulness would steadily increase as psychologists developed more accurate and comprehensive tests...
...Army tests of mental capacity were undoubtedly imperfect", Professor Langfeld said, "but they did serve as a rough measure of intelligence, and as such were very useful in eliminating the mentally unfit. These tests probably did injustice to many individuals, but did separate men into groups which served the purpose for which the tests were devised. It was found that nine out of ten men receiving an A or B in the examinations obtained commissions, while the chances of a C minus or D man obtaining a commission were extremely slight...