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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been caused by the ineligibility of L. H. Bondi '25 and the injury of Donald Stralem '24, C. T. Martin '24 has been added to the list of men now playing on the covered courts. A round-robin tournament will commence next Monday, which will be composed of preliminary test-matches for the remaining places on the team that will make the Southern trip...
...necessary, however, to examine each kind of examination with care. The "mental efficiency" tests were first used extensively during the War, when it was found that when applied to large numbers of individuals, these tests gave the results which might have been expected. That is to say the average rating of the officers was higher than the average rating of the enlisted men, the while soldiers averaged higher than negro soldiers and so on. But it was never demonstrated and rarely asserted that in any individual case, the "intelligence test" gave a true index to mental ability. In the long...
...Plan examinations. The fact is that these really are unusually comprehensive--and if they were made still more comprehensive, admission could justly be decided by them alone. Questions requiring originality and clear thinking, rather than mere congeries of remembered facts serve the same purpose as the "intelligence tests," and serve it more faithfully for individual cases. And the results of such examinations indicate the capacity of the candidate at the time which after all, is the important thing rather than his capacity in the first form or at any other more or less remote period. In any case, the Committee...
...Many different plans of admission", Professor Beatley continued, "have been tried throughout the country with varied success, but a combination of the best has not, as yet, been put to the test." Investigations carried on by Professor Beatley here at Harvard show plainly that the New Plan of admission is much superior to the Old Plan. Investigations at Columbia have proved that the intelligence rating is slightly, more reliable than the New Plan...
...discussing the above data Professor Beatley said, "Taking these as the best plans when used alone it is quite certain that, when combined, they would be even more efficient. Such a plan would then consist of four comprehensive examinations, an intelligence test, and the school record. By picking the candidates who ranked highest in all three, and leaving the rest for the Committee to apply its judgment upon, it is a positive fact that we will get the best sort of students. The Committee on Admission in the latter case would give preference to the candidates ranking the highest...