Word: robberts
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...admit themselves to be of average intelligence" to act as examiners and give tests to the 40 "sample" pupils. Each test was conducted by "a citizen with practical knowledge of the subject under consideration." One Elmer Stevens examined the clothes, teeth, hair and general presentability of the "samples." Robbert McMurdy tested them in the use of common tools; he asked them to repair a window screen. John W. Ogren of the Association of Commerce delivered a ten-minute speech on "What the Public Expects of Its Schools," and the pupils were asked to tell what had impressed them about...