Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1921 — Page 3
INTELLIGENCE IS TESTED BY USE OF GRAMMAR Prof. W. F. Book Offers Examples for Determining Child’s Mental Alertness. TMs Is the third of a series of articles on the intelllsrence tests devised at Indiana University and used In schools in Indiana and other States. By PROF. XV. F. BOOK, Ilead of Psychology Department, Indiana University. School pnpils should be tested as to their knowledge of wrong grammar, as well as correct grammar, and this test is one of the most Important among the Indiana Intelligence tests. In this series there are fonr sentences In each example and forty examples In the test so that the results obtained indicated the wide range of knowledge and ability to observe. • The following examples Illustrate the tests: I feel bad today. The Ice feels smoothly. The broom sweeps clean. lie looked at her severely. In this example the second sentence is Incorrect —the word smoothly being incorrect. All four sentences are In the same example, so that the pupils taking the test must observe closely before marking the incorrect sentence. Incorrect subjects, verbs, objects compose the defective parts of the sentences, and a different imperfection exists in each example so that the pupil must observe the difference in each example and no effort on his or her part to mark the same relative sentence in each example would bring a correct test. For the mental survey test the pupil Is examined for his or her ability to remember a series of words, logical selections of words, examples of opposites, logical memory, word completion, moral classification and practical information. Testing ability to remember words the person giving the test reads a series of words and at different places in the series the same word is repeated. The pupil must then write down the next word after the repeated word each time. This tests the pupil’s accurate memory and ability to make use of that memory quickly. The repeated word may come three words apart at one time, ten words at another, seven words at another so the pupil must always be on the alert. The next phase of the survey Is logical selection. In that test appear five to ten words, three of which pertain to the same object and the pupil must search and find the words pertaining to the object named. It is planned by this test to gauge the range of knowledge which can be assembled instantly by the pupils about a given object. An example—cat-fur-house-mllk-ciaws. Explanations of this example is that a cat has claws and fur. Now cats likewise drink milk and often live in a house, but those two words are placed there in, attempt to test the alertness of the student and their range of knowledge. Another example: Store-counter-clerk-cash register-adver-tisements-goods-boxes. Now In this example a store would have a counter, a clerk goods. But all stores do not have cash registers, advertisements or boxes. In this example again the student must quickly decide the essentials a store must have—not all the things a store might have in it. The different words all may apply to a store —but the essential things must be outlined by the pupils. In ma' ing this test in city schools It developed that most of the pupils of one school added the words—cash register and advertisements —to their list and upon the checking of the lists it was found that the stores in the neighborhood all were up-to-date stores and had ail the things in the list. As the pupils of that school had observed these things in the stores and have never seen stores without them, it was only natural that they list those articles. In rural districts where the stores are not so modernly equipped these articles were left out of the list made up by pupils of similar grade. In either case the observing power of the student was accurately gauged. Other phases of the mental survey test will appear In succeeding articles.
The Truth About Indianapolis
BAG- INDUSTRY INDIANA'S 40,000,000 bushels of wheat crop ground into flour could be placed in bags manufactured in this city, and then enough bags would remain to hold a third of next year’s crop. Each year 55,000,000 cotton, burlap and paper bags are manufactured in Indianapolis, and these products have a retail value of $12,500,000. Burlap from one of the company’s jute mills in Calcutta, India, is brought by boat and r?il to Indianapolis to be manufactured into bags. Paper from the company’s own mill in Illinois and cotton goods woven in Indianapolis are made into bags at the plant. The largest of the bag manufacturers is a part of a syndicate having twelve bag factories, three cotton mills and a paper mill. In Indianapolis, 450 men and women make bags which are retailed in the middle West.
Fletcher American National Bank of INDIANAPOLIS Capital and Surplus. $3,000,000.
SPIRIT OF GREAT ARTIST AIDS HER Painter Draws Picture in Dream—Whistler Guides Her Hand. PEORIA, 111., June B.—Peoria is all excited today over the announcement by Benjamin H. Serkowieh of the Peoria Art League, that a canvas, painted by a woman in her dream, with the hand of the immortal and long since departed Whistler guiding her brush, is on display in a local theater's mezzanine floor which gave space to the annual exhibit of the league. Mrs. William Hawley Smith, wife of Dr. XV. H. Smith of Peoria, is the woman. She and her husband are among the wealthiest and most prominent families in Peoria. Dr. William Hawley Smith Is well known as a student and writer on sociological problems. Both he and Mrs. Smith claim they have frequently received spirit messages from the dead. Several weeks ago Mrs. Smith says she was sleeping soundly when Whistler appeared in a dream. The famous artist commanded her to arise, don her artist's smock and get her brushes, paints and palette. Then she translated to canvas the Instructions he Imparted, and frequently his hand guided her brush. She worked feverishly all night, and In the morning awoke fatigued, but the picture was finished. Local art critics say that the painting is a remarkable one, and believe implicitly the story. EXERCISES FOR GYMNAST GRADS Hold Commencement Tomorrow Night at Athenaeum. Commencement exercises of the senior class of the Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union will be held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the Athenaeum. Forty-one persons will be graduated. The annual banquet of the Alumni Association of the college will bi held Thursday noon. Members of the association will meet at the college building at 10 o'clock. A demonstration will be given by the graduating class from 3 to 4 o'clock, commencement day, In the college gymnasium. The program for the commencement exercises Is as follows: Soldiers’ Chorus from “Faust” (Gounod) Lincoln Trio “Xaila” (Delibes) Lincoln Trio Song—“ Comrades in Arms” (Adam) C.asses of Normal College Mrs. Arnold Spencer, Director. Address Mr. Oscar Williams Supervisor of Teacher Training of State. “Serenade” (Wldor) Lincoln Trio Presentation of Degrees, Titles and Certificates. Mr. Franklin Vonnegut. President of Board of Trustees. Song—" The Magic of Spring” (double quartette) Mr. Arnold Spencer, DlrectoValedictory Mr. Charles Slebert Class of 1921. “Arabian Nights" (MUdenbergi .... Lincoln T rlo Reservations for the Alumni Association banquet closed yesterday. Terre Haute Couple Charged With Arson Special to The Times. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June &—Myrtle Foster, 38, and Frank Beckel, 42, were placed In Jail here late |Tneaday on charges of arson, as a result of a fire May 17, when three houses were buried. It Is claimed the fire started In the heme of Mrs. Joseph Morgan, who was preseeuttng a shooting case against the Foster woman, which resulted In the latter being fined SSO and costs. KEEP WOMAN ON BOARD. COLUMBUS, Ind., June B—Mrs. Mary Best, the first woman member of the local school board, was re-elected to the board by the city council yesterday. Mrs. Best, who is the wife of Frank Best, a local business man. has served three years jon the board. Her re-election was by I unanimous action of the council.
22 GRADUATED FROM NORMAL SCHOOL HERE Prof. Thomas Moran, Purdue, Gives Commencement Address. “The most Important need In the educational system at present Is not elaboration and enlargement of the curriculum, but rather to do better the Job we are attempting to do,” said Prof. Thomas Moran of Purdue University In his address to the graduating class of the Indianapolis Normal School last night In the Odeon of the Metropolitan School of Music. “There Is a tendency,” be continued, “6lnce the war not to do work as thoroughly as before. But there Is no royal road to anything worth while, labor Is the law of happiness. Algebra can not be administered in tablet form nor can geometry be absorbed. We must possess our souls with patience. Nature has no bargain counter, only the trivial things In life may be bought at the 5 and 10-cent stores. “The panacea for the grave lack In the present character of things as they are now is to teach and inculcate an attitude of poise and mental thought In this age of new Babel.” Dr. Morgan said the great movements and great accomplishments of the Nation while aided and given an impetus by brilliant oratory and spectacular heroics Dever could have been accomplished without the poise of and sober thinking of great minds such as Washington and Lincoln. Following Dr. Moran's talk, E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools, made a brief address calling attention to the fact the commencement was the first one ever conducted by the Indianapolis Normal School, as this was the first two-year course completed under the new system, iHe congratulated the students on their accomplishment of the work and presented the diplomas. A musical program was given by the
BSHE THOUGHT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS 5 MADE OF GOLD Marva stared over the rail of the ship at the huge jj statue which guarded the approach to the new, ! strange land, and discovered that it wasn’t gold at | all, just smoky, gray stone. That was her first dis- l appointment and then— A DRAMA OF ASPIRATIONS AND g DISILLUSIONMENTS jj | FOX NEWS WEEKLY THE MIAMI SIX
LOEW’S STATE THEATRE The amusement palace of Indianapolis with the most gorgeous stage setting ever shown in this city, an enlarged orchestra under the direction of Emil Seidel, and a great organ, is devoted to the masterpieces of the screen, fine music, and the public whom we serve. This week we offer “DECEPTION" The colossal spectacle with a cast of seven thousand players. Next week D. W. Griffith’s latest picture, “Dream Street.” Afternoons, 15-25 c; Evenings and Sundays, 30-40 c. The performances are continuous from 1 to 11 p. m.
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INDIANA DAiLY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921.
Schellschmldt Trio. On the stage with the class were Miss Marian Lee Webster of the Normal School faculty, and Ellsworth Lowry, principal. The class included the following members : Anna Elsie Achttlen, Clara Margaret Achttien, Thelma Irene Baker, Marian Gertrude Bishop, Dorothy Calderwood, Ruth Mary Emrich, Frances E. Faulkner, Thelma G. Creagor, Nellie Hofitner, Madge Jones, Alpha L. Joslin, Mildred B. Keethler, Ruth Elizabeth Knapp, Cubena McClure, Florence M. Martin, Gladys Eleanor Maritn, Inez E. Nordloh, Lillian E. Phelps, Louise B. Swan, Julia M. Wlnings, Mariona Frances Wheeler and Virginia Whitson. ENTHUSIASM IN RED CROSS DRIVE Workers Collect Garments for European Kiddies. “If you’re not taking part In the drive for garments for the kiddles In Central Europe you're certainly missing some fun, some thrills and some Joy,” says one of the workers at Red Cross Headquarters, fourth floor, Chamber of Commerce. “This drive is one of the most catching or Infectious we've ever had. The women In the city and in the ruyal districts in. the county first caught the spirit and responded; then the school children caught It and have been sewing at home or spending their afternoons at the Red Cross shop in the New York Store. And now the men havo caught it! They only needed to be told that their old clothes could be remodelled Into children’s garments and their response was quick and definite. “Tails of shirts made into little petticoats and dresses, union suits made Into nighties, heavy socks made Into little stockings and silk socks made Into Jersey caps—these aro possibilities that the average man cannot resist. “When men hare not had old garments to give, or when they have forgotten to have them ready for our collectors, sometimes they have voluntarily ‘come through’ with a money donation for new material. The Tale of the Shirt’ gets i them all."
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SUICIDE EFFORT PROVES FAILURE ( Hello Girl Who Quaffed Poison After Whipping Will Recover. Mildred Bylngton, 15, who took poison last night because her father whipped her, will recover, physicians at the city hospital stated today. Mildred Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bylngton, 234 Dorman street. She Is employed by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company and left the exchange building at 5 o’clock. She arrived home, It Is said, at 11 o’clock and her father became angry because he had reprimanded her before for keeping late hours. The father told Motor Policemen Bastln and Poewrs that he had whipped his daughter, and that she went upstairs and soon after the parents were attracted by the girl's cries. They found a bottle partly filled with poison lying near her. The police called an ambulance and the girl was taken to the city hospital. Physicians say the poison Is of a kind thys acts slowly, but that they believe medical attention was given In time and that the girl will live. New Method Removes Superfluous Hair Roots! Have you “tried everything” for that annoying hairy or fuzzy growth ana about given up In despair? Well, there's Just one thing more to try, and you must try It, because It Is the one home treatment that reaches the very root of such troubles. The new process Is not to be compared at all with depilatory, electrical or any other method you've ever heard of. It Is different because It actually removes roots and all—you see the roots with your own eyes. Just get a stick of phelactin-e from vour druggist, follow the simple Instruction* and you will be delighted with the result. Phelactine is odorless non-irri-tating, and can be used with entire safety —you could even eat It with impunity. It Is an Instantaneous method. —Advertisement. AMUBEMENTB.
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