Word: snedden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Recent Developments in Character Measurement" was the subject of an address made last night by Professor Donald Snedden to the Conference for Teachers being held this week at the Graduate School of Education...
Professor Snedden's comparison of scholastic records of the athletes and non-athletes of the Class of 1927 tends to confirm the general run of careful observation. Men engaged in sports do have slightly lower grades than the average of the rest of the class, but the difference is so slight that it means little more than that between a C plus and a C in one of four courses. On the other hand in regard to the number of men who actually graduate there is a considerable distinction in ravor of the athletes. Such a variation might be caused...