THE COLLEGE NEWS

 

 

 

| tions can be given in “yes” and “no”

Numerical Marks Are | form; but at present, the only method
Discussed in Chapel used in college. education is the ex-
a

 

. yresults depend to a great extent on
Measurement - Makes ° Known) the setter and marker of the exami-
Limitations and Extent nation. This system is a “riot of in-
of Our Knowledge dividualism” and rough guesswork,
— parallel to the. diagnosis method of
even the best modern surgeons. No
other way of testing critical powers
and judgment is possikley and so we
must be content with this very in-
adequate one.. “The curious thing is
that there is very little question that
college marks measure intellectual
.competence, which includes the fol-
lowing: Ability to work steadily; or
effectively, and powers of organiza:
tion, ‘selection, and expression.” <A
survey made by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. has recent-
ly proved again that marks are a
measure of competence in later life.

It has been held that numerical
marks are the only ones that give the
student an accurate indication of her
professor’s opinion of her work. How.
ever, there are two disadvantages in-
herent in the marking system: its
failure to test certain intellectual
qualities, such “as imagination, origi-
nality, style, and critical power. Per-
haps this disadvantage could be reme-
died by requiring two years of work
aiming at development of style ana
ability to criticize sagely. The sec-
ond drawback is the false impressio:
of accuracy that definite marks give.
Too much reliance -is placed upon
the professor’s judgment and too lit-
tle upon knowledge’of one’s own pow

|
MARKS NOT _ DROPPED

 

 

In Chapel Tuesday morning, Mrs.
Manning spoke on the numerical sys-
tem of marking, a discussion espe-
cially appropriate to the post-Mid-
year season. Last Fall the News ad-
vocated the abolition of numerical
marks, but little response was caus-.|
ed in the student body. Again at
Midyears the crowds around the bul-
letin-board were as large as ever and |
one was again made to feel that the
whole system should be changed.

A change could not be made, how-
ever, without getting down to funda-
mentals, for all organized education
is founded on a system of measure-
ment. Unorganized education, such
as that gained by reading at will in
a library, produces one-sided minds,
with no real control of the knowledge
gained. The differencé between an
educated and ignorant person is caus-
ed-by the system of measurement,
which gives “an understanding of the
limitations on one’s knowledge,”
without which there is no distinction
in one’s mind between the known and
the partially known.

In primary education,

objective

mental .tests and measurements are
possible, because answers to the ques-

 

treme. subjective test, jn which the)

 

ers. Mrs. Manning raised the ques-

at least in giving out grades.

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tion whether it would be bettet to go |
back to the system of letter-marking, |

Page Three

 

IN PHILADELPHIA

 

|
(Continued from Page Two)

| hoofers. ang ¢rooners on the stage. |

The whole question of how far the| The screen has an ugsung what-not

competitive spirit is helpful and how| cajjed Strange Adv
far deplorable is disputed by eminent | no cast: is given,

educators. In the case of the Bryn f
Mawr European Fellowship, an out-
standing * competitive scholarship |

which is based on our subjective and |

inaccurate marking system, there is|
therefore always discussion among |
the faculty. The award has usually
gone to the student with the highest |
average, but the faculty ‘committee on
the Fellowship is open to suggestions’
on this question as well, as on any}

other that the students. wish to waise.|

 

Bryn Mawr Defeats :
Cricket Club Team

 

(Centinued from\ Page wvUne)

inclined to pass when she is in a good
position to tally. There was a mo-
ment of ténse excitement \in the last
quarter when the outcome, was de-
cidgdly doubtful. Baker came to the

rescue with two pretty shots and the

game ended with Bryn Mawr in the

lead. The line-up was as follows:

ie OPER Ohare B. M.
POMIOUU ke ces 1: DAN Baker
movberts i 5.73%. L. F....McCormick
Godhvey” . iss «iss ORG ces Meirs
Humphrey A 0 ERE rae Collins
Framiiton 3... 3 Mio Ge 4 en cas Jackson
POURS vi ck L. G. ..VanVechten

Substitutions—B. M.: Raynor for

 

McCormick; Bishop for VanVechten.

enture, for which |
thereby preventing
libel suits.

Locust Street: Noel Coward’s

great movie, Cavalcade, goes march-,

ing on through the first thirty years;
of British history in this our cen-
tury, with Clive Brook, Diana Wyn-
ward, Ursula Jeans, and Beryl Mer- |
cer. Being only'a poor,creature we |
think it deserves all the praise that |
can be given it. We like cliched’
(new word for the month) things. |

Europa:: A hair-raiser about Ger- |
many’s famous sea-raider — Cruiser |
Emden. Full of marvelous sea-shots, |
and an accurate account of the lone!
wolf that upset the Allies consider-'
ably. Excellent.

Fox: Joan Blondell and Ricardo
Cortez in Broadway Bad, The fight |
of a gallant gal against a wicked and |
ill-thinking world. Chorus _ girls,}
rich men, babies, and lovely scenes
of human passion. Very not so good

, Stanley: Irene Dunn in The Secret
of Madame Blanche—the tale of the
proprietress of a ‘“house’” whose moth-
er love almost sent her to the gal-
lows; her son grows up away from
her and doesn’t know her and she
won’t tell him, etc. With Lionel At-
well \and Phillips Holmes. Stupid.

Boyd: Constance Bennett, Paul
Lukas, and Joel McCrea in Rockabye.

 

“Her name in lights, her reputation

‘in the gutter”-Sfame° vs. virtue for
‘| two hours. Good compared to the
| rest.

Karlton: Ernest Truex in his stage
success, Whistling in the Dark. A
detective story sleuth meets some real
live gangsters and is considerably

confused. Very funny.

Stanton: Kate Smith, the = ’lil
Southern songbird, warbles content-
'edly on the stage while Randolph

Scott and Sally Blane don’t do so
well in Hello, Everybody.
Local Movies

Ardmore: Wed. = and Thurs.,

James. Cagney in Hard To -Handle,

With Mary Brian; Fri., Evenings For

«Sale, with Herbert Marshall, Sara

Maritza, Mary Boland, Charles Rug-
gles; Sat., Edmund Lowe, Victor Mc-
Laglen and Lupe Velez in Hot Pep-
per;. Mon, and Tues., Boris Karloff
in The Mummy; Wed. and. Thurs.,
No More Orchids, with Carol Lom-

' bard.
Seville: Wed. and Thurs., Twenty
Years in Sing-Sing, with Spencer

Tracy and Bette Davis; Fri. and Sat.,
William Haines and Madge Evans
in Fast Life; Mon. and Tues., Secrets
of the French Police, with Gwili An-
dre and Frank Morgan; Wed. and
Thurs., The Match King, with. Lily
Damita and Warren William.

Wayne: Wed. and Thurs., The
Mask of Fu Manchu, with Lewis
Stonevand Karen Morley; Fri. and
Sat., Eddie Cantor in The Kid From
Spain; Mon. and Tues., A Farewell
To Arms, with Helen Hayes and Gary
Cooper; Wed. and Thurs., Ruth Chat-
terton in Frisco Jenny.

 

 

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