The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-07
PSYCHIC GUIDE FOR
STUDENTS IN FUTURE
Prof. Tough Favors Col,.,.
Faculty Member Helping to
Choose Careers.
INSTRUCTORS CRITICISED
Religious Education Asso.,,.
ton Hears Women Sigh,
Study Of Government
INSTRUCTORS CRITICISED

ventior of the Religious Educ,,'.
Association here to-day tina, a.
satisfactory development OF vo,suo,.,
guidance In colleges will require N. n,..
ence on the faculty Of IA consulting psych,I
ogist who will advise with s.udfp,,
regard to mental capacity and ability Ar,
will be abio TO Indicate vacations o..
which they arc adapted lie spos. q,
tho college tests to aid in vocational A
rection. saying:
The tests that have 10 far p-oy,a ;,
be OF the greatest value in vocA,iop,
guidance are those tests that are rsmov.,
as far as possible from any specific con.
tent and which seek 10 show by oa-asi
study tho individual differences
Two methods have been followed n.
first endeavors by means OF psycholoxi.
cal experiments to test such fundsrp.n,,,
capacities NJ discriminating ssnslt!vt,
memory. types Of Imagination, reaction
time, motor control and habi, form..
ton, &c.
THE second method rests on ,,,.oAuc.
ton and employs charts ana per-ooA.
questions az the method Of dectins N.
pupil in solf-nnalysis and OF recording h,
Judgments concerning his powers ard h,
limitations"
Prof Aiber, Is. Wolfe Of ooerrn Golfer.
In his address asserted tina, studsn.
especially women. arc not giving the
social sciences adequate attention "
said.
In the class Of 1910 Of Oh"rl,n oriy
ten women took any work In o,ernmen,
and In tho class Of 1914 only one vo-af
of eighty -one ventured into tie course on
city government II IL safc 10 cay that
l.lC la.
cGiiy none Of the women who srsd.
uAted know anything about city govern
ment and yet most OF these men snt
women Will sooner or later AL ti,,
voters
1T Is probable that Tot much more
than u nth OF the total work taken bv
college students has any direct bearing
on the preparation for a broad citizenship
and social service. When you fnd nurner
GUS women spending from so to rs SCENES
ter hours--from over q third to nearly
two-thirds Of ali their work---on Language
and literature, you have evidence Of q
large displacement of attention. more Of
which should GO TO the social sciences
Prof Bernard G. Ever OF Reed college
: Portland. Ore. in discussing college
Training for Life" said that It vas hard
to eradicate college caste or college vic.
II II is well known that certain Of the su'
thorities Informally coun'enance or SUI
reptitiously practise II. lie continued
Some students come 10 college VII
pestii.ntly wrong ideas and with bad. even
vicious, social habits. In such case,
methods OF instruction may largely iai
unless REINFORCED by stern administrative
discipline.
"If systematic instruction In social lv
ing Is to he effective u must he suppore'
by q considerable unanin,ity Of sentiment
on the part OF the faculty and the at
minirtrativs officers In my rSperisr''
the most serious difficulty has been csu.-'
by the diseffecti ion Of n few on the oh''
hand. the cordial support given hy ~
: large majority has been OF the creates
. value"
Prof. Frank q. Carlton OF h'h.'0 70
icg-. Michigan. speaking on Tn VIA
Extent DO Social Ideals Control n.,lGa
? tional Studies?" said
The American college is hroads-rs "
scope. While II IL not evolving i''o
purely professional school thr College
with some reactionary exceptions '' ~
ginning 10 Offer courses which ''rN
definite basis for further and more 'p''.'
professional studies. Nocatiousl or f'."
pational training. especially the h'- =
, preparatory courses which tho - o.
ferr will supply not only purely u. .'.'
training. but they will also al '' '''H'
ing the American youth 10 I'VE
century America in which TIN are
as they were.
''Our college authorities ~" horl''..
to recognize. often h.sitatirg.N 1'I N'
many obvious miseivings, nat me- era ,
rampant and negative ind,vdH'ism
passing. No business or prot'>s'ot
longer to be called purely privt'"
THE new democratic view ~ r""el =,
. instruction insists that indust-''' '''I
, he directed in harmony with prose-
rather than "A strictly pro-'ra'Vo"'
, aim"
I.anas g Weld, tho new rr's.I"'' ,
: the Manual Training COLLEGE. ''
, founded on the endowment h'' t' ~ ~
= Pullman. said in discussing - ''.f
, OF the College Curriculum I. Af '".
In heard nowadays about TIVE = .0s' !.
tarianism of this age, PARTICULAR "'
: certain well meaning persons
themselves none too useful '''
tinued
0 us the present age rcsIl, move II
4 tartan than those which have I~''' ''1 =
Is the ocean steamship tor "NN'I'
unitarian than the primitive Hv''N
is II simply more efficient ."uN''r
u the modern typewriter and the '
/. goose quill the self-hiud"r and '''
. the power threshrr and the '.iNSl
i. 50 with all Of our IN I" d'i' 'P'',
I as compared witt their or. en-
types.
: 1T is the relatively high '''r.''
j. it's methods, industrial ana '''
% rather than it's utiitar.tuJfE .' '''.
acterizes the present age i0'' '-
du~trial revolution in who's '''.' a
are still spinning will IN tim" .'.'
recognized as one Of the sf'''
ments in history Like every ''."' ~,
revolution this has stood AVID "'
n an ideal Its ideal is ,hir'ru.N
I ''rhe Relation ~ tO'|tE