The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-28
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TO ABOLISH EXAMS
HOW THE AVERAGE SCHOOL PU.
Pill WILL GLORY IN
GOV. LIND
OFFICIAL ATTACK IS MADE

Present Examination System Does
Not Find Favor With the. Gov
ernOr, and a Formal Proposition
Is Made to the State High School
Board Looking to Its AboIi-
ton.
The state high school board, at the
capitol yesterday, discussed at some
length it's trying financial problems, but
without taking definite action, but the
most important matter considered, per-
maps, was q suggestion made at the in
stance of Gov. Lind by State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction Lewis to
correct the evil Of examinations as they
are now conducted In the high schools
Briefly stated, the plan of Gov. Lind
Is to make the educational system of the
state complete and continuous, just as
now, from the graded schools, and even
the ktndergartens, through the high
schools to the university, but 1t Is his be-
lief that there is an educational weakness
IN the examination system. The fear that
they will not pass tends to nervousness.
and sometimes permanent disorders. on
the part Of the pupils, and also to an I'M
evenness in development, as the energies
of the student are spent, not in the ac-
qufsities and assimilation of the facts
learned, but in mere effort to hold the
subject matter in the mind until the ex-
animation has been passed Under the
plan prepared, the high schools would be
required to maintain a certain standard
ana whether they reached this standard
or not should be ascertained, not by ex-
am1natfons Of the pupils so much as by
the examination of the expert inspector.
VINO, seeing the work in the classes, could
judge whether Or not the school was
properly fulfilling it's mission. If. then.
1t is, the assumption would be inherent in
the state educational system that one
who had kept up with the class work
throughout the course would be prepared
to enter the university without the ex-
animation. and the. high school diploma
now required of the applicant for entrance
at Minneapolis.
The plan was referred to a special COM
mittee consisting of President Northrop,
OF the university, and Superintendent
Lewis to work out the details
Another matter that Is puzzling the
board is the shortage in the fund ap-
propriated by the legislature for distribu-
ton among the high schools reaching a
specified standard. The amount appro-
priated is about II schools short of the
amount necessary to give to each of the
schools which has qualified the allotted
$500. The problem that confronts the
board is which schools to Ieave out. There
is a considerable sentiment In the board
that those schools which have only re-
Gently qualified and have not yet shared
IN the benefits of the state appropria-
ton, should receive first attention, and
part Of the schools that have been we'll
treated be left out until such time as
the money can be provided for them.
Another plan out of the difficulty which
has been proposed is to raise the Standard
of efficiency, and thus cut down the num-
Der of schools qualifying, although the
has been proposed is to raise the standard
as to the feasibility of this plan.