Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1921 — Page 11

INTELLECT TEST FOR CHILDREN IS NOVEL IDEA Hoosier Intelligence Examination Lays Foundation for School Work. TRANSLATE FOR CHINESE (This article Is the first of a series written by Professor Book dealing with the Indiana Intelligence test, which is being widely nsec in the State.) By PROP. W. F. BOOK, Bead of Psychology Department Indiana l‘diversity. In this State and many other States 200,000 boys and girls in grade and high schools are being given the Indiana Intelligence test as a means of ganging the native ability of school boys and girls. This test was originated and compiled by the department of psychology after many months of research work among public school students and it is now being used in more than a score of States as the test for determining native mental ability. It is also being translated in the Chinese language and is to be used in finding the abilities of the Chinese boys and girls. At this time the general test is being given in various schools in the State and by the conclusion of the school year in June the results of the tests will be tabulated and used for studying change* in the school curriculum. In the Indianapolis city schools 35,000 students in all grades have been given the test and the results are to be compiled and from them the school authorities will base their program of education. In Ft. Wayne. Terre Haute, Evansville, Bedford and in more than fifty other Indiana cities 'these tests are under way. •TESTS MADE FOB SCHOOL PROGRAM. Purposes of the tests are to find the general native ability of pupils in the Indiana schools and then use that as a basis for formulating the school program. For many years there have been discussions as to means of measuring the native abilities of school children and after much study and research work the Indiana University department of psychology compiled "the tests known as the Indiana intelligence teEt. Students being given the tests are given from fifteen minutes in some tests to forty-five minutes in the longer and more exhaustive questions to write their answers. There is no previous knowledge of when they will take these tests and in addition the tests do not pertain to the subjects they are studying at that particular time. Tests include the cress-cut mental scale primer scale which differtn objects are depicted and the primary students point out and name the various objects, Ibe mental survey scale which is diagnostic in character, two scales of attainment series of tests and a reading test. These various test scales will be fully described in subsequent articles so that the eitzens of the Hoosier state may have an insight into the methods being used to stimulate the school system of the state to great efficiency for the numerous abilites presented them by the pupils attending the public schools. HOW TESTS ARE APPLIED. For the boys and girls in the first, second and third grades in Indiana public schools the intelligence tests are given In subjects to bring out accuracy in drawing lines in a series of dots so that some definite object will be outlined, next the tests are for ability to classify objects, a third test to determine their ability to recognize various forms of objects and the fourth is to determine their ability to recognize the absurdities in objects. In the series of dots test they trace objects and then point out which one of j the dots is out of place. There are ! thirty sets of dots, each forming differ- j ent objects and at the same time each set has one dot out of place. The children are given about three minutes to trace the thirty different objects. Ninety differ-nt objects, groups in squares of three each, form the basis for the classification test. In one square there are two dogs an.d a cat. The pupil is asked to name the animals in the square and put a cross through the animal which is not like the other two — in this instance it is the cat. Another square has three, children, two girls and a boy, and again the child must pick out the child which is different from the other two —the boy. Flowers, pets, household articles, firearms, cooking utensils, musical instruments, garden tools, insects, wearing apparel, animals, and other objects with which the children of that age should be familiar are grouped in the thirty squares. Three minutes are allowed for this test. USE TEST TO PICK OCT ABSURDITIES. For he form board test thirty squares have from five to seven objects, square, circle, triangle, octagon, rectangle, cross and other deviations of these principal objects. Thd object of the test is for the children to fit the objects together, and' In each square a different object each time will not fit In. The children must cross out the object which does not fit in with the other objects Three minutes are allowed for this test. To test the pupils’ ability to pick out absurdities in objects the final test has thirty objects which in one way or another contain such absurdities. One picture has two receivers on a telephone, another a glove with the button on the back of the wrist, a teakettle, with two spouts, an alarm clock with three hands, a pistol with the trigger turned the wrong way, a flag with the field in the wrong corner, a post card with the stamp In the wrong corner, a hand attempting to pound a nail with the nailpulling end, a glove with two thumbs, spectacles with three shafts, and other similar objects. The pupils are given three minutes to cross out the absurdities on the object. My next article will deal with the reading test for the pupils of these grades. Pupils taking the above tests are recorded and the average rating ascertained. Those who have rating above the average are indicated as the students with high native ability and those under average are then studied in effort to raise their native ability to at least average. St. Joseph Farmers Pooling Wool Clip Special to The Times. SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 27. —A cooperative consignment plan has been adopted by wool growers ot St. Joseph County. The 1921 clip and that part of the 1920 dip still on hand will be sent to a warehouse at South Columbus, Ohio, operated by the Ohio Wool Growers’ Association, to be stored, graded, insured and shipped by experts. Cross freights will thus be avoided, as local growers had been previously shipping their wool to Chicago. Shelbyville Chosen Guard Headquarters Special to The Time*. SHELBTVILLE. Ind., May 27.—Headquarters Company of the Second Battalion, Indiana National Guard, will %>e located in this city, It was officially annffir.unced Thursday. Robert E. Tappan. ex-captain in the 28 th Division during the world war and commander of the local American Legion Post, has been commissioned a major for the proposed new company and Pleas Petitt, business man of this city, who also served in the • rruv. will be his first lieutenant and adjutant

HOOSIER DEATHS SHELBYVILLE—JuIius Joseph, 71, prominent resident and retired business man and manufacturer of this city, died here suddenly Thursday. He had been -nder a physician’s care for several days on account of a minor illness, but his condition at no time was considered serious. Mr. Joseph was associated in the clothing business here for many years with his brother, Jonas Joseph, a wealthy banker at Indianapolis. He was later engaged In the furniture manufacturing business, having only recently refired. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Millie Kahn Joseph, the brother, Jonas Joseph, of Indianapolis and one sister, Mrs. Rosa Cumberts, of Milwaukee, Wls. Mrs. Melvina Blotcher, 40, wife of John Blotoher, Is dead at tbelr home in this city. Her death was caused from an internal hemorrhage. Surviving with the husband are three sons, Walter, Arthur and Vernon; tw daughters. Ellen and Ruth; two sisters. Mrs. Julia Schulze, of San Francisco, Cal., and Mrs. Jennie Enzje, of Pendleton, ind.; two brothers, Jtfck and John Dickson, of this county. RICHMOND—Richard James Wigmore, 61. secretary of the Richmond Labor Council, is dead at his home here. Mr. Wigmore also was secretary of the labor division of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. He has been identified with a number of civic movements. He is survived by the widow, two sons, and six daughters. Former Wayne Cos. Treasurer Is Freed Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., May 27,—Edward J. Weidner, former treasurer of Wayne County, was freed of a charge rs embezzlement Thursday in Randolyh circuit Court at Winchester. Embezzlement charges were nolle prosequi on motion of the defense. Weidner pleaded guilty to failure to give a true list of taxable property and was fined S2OO and coats on each of these two counts. The indictment of three counts was returned against him last December by' the Wayne County grand jury. The embezzlement count was presented to the court with an agreed statement of facts. After the statement had been filed tb* court recommended that a motion to dismiss be filed. When the motion was presented the court sustained the action, holding that the charge of embezzlement was only technical.

By His Tools Is the Gardener Known There’s nothing that takes the ginger out of amateur or professional gardening as the lack of proper tools. You’ll find them here, each tool specially designed for a particular purpose—to increase the production and lessen the labor. Also note the special prices for Saturday. arc^en PLOWS Twenty-four-inch wheel, complete with mouldboard, weeder and o on { s tsr. J.oU safß 7 C Eighteen-inch wheel, complete 7C M •9 xJ with mouldboard, weeder and H • 9 H double pointed shovel. Special 1 * —■ '■ JxL price a^Li Other Gardening Helps Spading Forks, special at....©30 | Norcross Cultivators, 3-prong adOther Spading Forks from *2.30 ! lustable 850 to 81.80 j -'orrross Cultivators, 5-prong, aaGarden Rake 5......... 650 and up’ j 600 to^8&0 Garden Hoes 400 to 050 "Adjusto” Plant SupHand Weeders... 9e to f'3o I ports 80 to 180 VnNNFfJIT hardware co. I \/l ll IIJ \jU JL UO-134 E. WASHINGTON.

White Shoes Every Woman Will Want Them for the Races Memoriil Day And nowhere else can you find the assortment that we have here. Canvas , Buckskin or Kid Oxfords , Pumps or Slippers At any price you may wish to pay, from—ss to SJQ a Pair —Ladies’ Department, Main Floor. Buy Shoes at a Shoe Shop Slice Open Saturday Night Until 9 O’Clock

UNIONISTS WIN IRISH ELECTION De Valera and Others to Represent Sinn Fein. BELFAST, May 27.—Although the Unionists will control the northern Ireland (Ulster) parliament by holding a majority of the seats the returns so far tabulated Indicate that some of the most vigorous and energetic chieftains of the Sinn Fein have been elected. Aecbrdlng to information received here the following three Sinn Feiners were elected: Eamonn De Valera, president of the Irish Republic. Arthur Griffith, now in jail, founder and president of the Sinn Fein. Michael Collins, commander-in-chief of the Irish Republican army. It was regarded as certain that Sir James Craig, leader of the Ulster Unionists, has been seated. Unionists claim they will hold from thirty-five to forty of the fifty-four seats. The complete result probably will be officially Saturday night. S. D. A. SCHOOLS CLOSE. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., May 27—The term of the Adventist Schools here closed Thursday. Fifty students attended, with two receiving diplomas of graduation. THIN PEOPLE NEED BITROPHOSPHATE All that most weak, nervous, thin, men tally-depressed people need is ten grains of pure organic phosphate with each meal for a few weeks. That’s wbat nerve specialists in London, Paris and New York are prescribing with wonderful results. It Is natural food for nerve and brai* cells and Is known to such reliable pharmacists as Haag's drug stores as BltroPbosphate. Because of Its power to help create healthy flesh and Strengthen weak nerves, much of It Is being sold to people who ere lacking in vitality. CAUTION i Although Bltre-Fhospbmt# it an excellent aid In relieving weak, nervous condition*, Its nse is not advised unless increased weight Is desired.—Advertisement.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 27,1921.

Shelbyville Plans Soldiers’ Burials Special to The Times. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., May 27.—According to an announcement made today, the funerals of Paul F. Cross, George O. Gaines and Ernest Fisher, whose bodies are being pipped to this city from

fL /ss/ Clothes for Decoration Day W Here's your opportunity to “Get in line” .y \ 'with the rest of the neat dressers and have y° u an( ? your famil y l°°k y°ur best for CLOTHING MB for Men, Women and Children * JTW$ wk ON MOST LIBERAL IM CREDIT $1 or $2 a Week Men’s Suits t(-/\ /vtffHlm * K iff Made of the finest fabrics, P jr| I ■ B /./frailSHl < Ilf In single and double /| | m fjg I 'l 'll breasted styles; band-tai- tmA\J \ Ladies’ Suits $22.50 to $55.00 vrfr Ladies’ Dresses $12.50 to $42.50 Boys’ Suits $8.50 to SIB.OO Nineteen Years of Square Dealing in This Location For over 19 years we have been extending the kind of credit and selling the kind of merchandise that brings our customers back to us season after season. i> ■■■■— in—— i ——< urdays One and One-Half Squares West of Statehouse.

Enough Heat for Every HOOSIER OUTFITTING CO. see the Hopsier for All the Leading Makes of Oil and Gas Stoves.

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France where they served as soldiers In the world war, will be held joinly at the Forest Hill Cemetery In this city. During the hours of the funerals general business will be suspended here. If the bodies arrive before Memorial day plans are being made to combine the annual Memorial day services with that of the burial rites. Paul Cross was the first Shelby County boy killed la the service. ■

1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Car Smash-up at Clinton Sneclnl to The Times. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., May 27.-J‘anes Kiger, 45, was killed instantly; Frank Call. Joe Formont and Frank Bowles, all of Clinton, were severely bruised when a motor car in which they were riding down a creek embankment, near Clinton, late Thursday evening.

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