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...article of Dr. Snedden appearing in today's CRIMSON on the question of college entrance brings out a new element of this problem in advocating that the secondary school should confine its efforts to providing an education that does not need to be supplemented by four years at college. According to this belief, it is not for the preparatory school to attempt to meet the requirements of the college, but, to the contrary, it is the duty of the college to fashion its methods after the dictates of the secondary school...
...second point that Dr. Snedden brings out is the fact that the College Entrance Board Examinations are extremely inefficient. In their stead he proposes to substitute psychological tests and secondary school records, both methods of judging college candidates that have proven highly successful...
...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...
Tumbling.--Exeter: Atha, Nevin, Rogers. Andover: Freese, Varrell, Wilde. Brookline: Snedden...