Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

some limo I'm ~ ,oo
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'"'' ''"sS 81 h"N'iSts say, III begin
hins their stories, a young man NAV
apply 40 the MANAGER ~ son. I,,,..
conc.rr ,
''''o'' "S II '"H'iiiS
salesman or shipping CLERK. The
manager Will not ask him for. his r.f
crcnccs his raiI,io,s o,,.to,t
"a. t
'Hpe' ''"'eE onSeiNe me
'"'et"iiS, the manager VIII say. Then
he Will take 4 shc,, Of nurcr md f,IJ
4, ann, ,d 80, q. 49,
"si'" WIN It
"''i o. S''SS"'s ne VIII cut a nick out
%, ono or the folded edges "Now.
vounr man" n. yI,i ., ., 49,,
80
''"'''"s M" S''""u she"t
OF payer. ara" me u picture of the
Way this sheet which nave cut win
IcoL via, a., . ,,,..
N'' '"'S "'"f "' ma! h"' happen rN-
"ctly as "" nave assumed it. Pro-
p!t.cv - AN Iuc,r,oi,, b,,.b,.es o., n.,
iBut according Ia rr.s.,,, ,r.iir.,,i,,s
suuh 4 manager u,iebr yy.u ,,rorn.d a.,
.-uch way. without b.in. "a, an .r
c.u-ric or ,,,nt h,,, m" ,,,.,i;,.I
nard-he,d.d h,isi,.es ma, E,n, ~
rs,.noI.nfst 49,. cnr,irm.,Ir or..
iuu qua stau,i.rdjsiur ~, si,,,j,. ,.s,s
b. when thcy .au ,a,i.,. a mans .,IiI
tiles bX ,n,urs ~ f,w ,ur,,.,,I,.
,.Iil.lsh ,xu,Iim.u,s
The rapcr-cuti,uu test i,.,, dns,rib.a
is one uI the commences, az ms. a,J
II is tar from b.iur nE sinnl.. ,S I.
sounds ,s ,.,,i ,or .,.il,. rroy ~,
yourself by trying it, As Won do,Ibt-
less romciub.r from tho DAYS vb.u vo,,
used Ia fold m sh.,,s ~ ,,.,,.- .,J
cu, uotrncs IN In. folGca .Ln.s 10
;.IutIsr you,s.!f In cbtldbn,j ~. -.
SuItiu- holes hay, q way ~ ,,,.rIru
up I'm ,h, ,u,st ,in.Xr.rt.5 ,,l.r.s ,,I
IN IN, mos, ,,r.vrc,',.d .,,. ,,.I,,,
no ar.ot !. ,,fotT.a 10 H. il.. -,
reason out ,,h-r. these Iol.s vr,Ii b..
ana where The c,.as.s in IN. n,nnr
will run r.c,i,.s :. ,-,ad d.r. ,
logical ,.nl.t,,. ,,d i,n,oir.,f,n nn,vo,
Nv, or IN. highest ana mos. ,,,uort
am, f,r,.,ioue az ~. n,in,,,, mini h,l,
,,y: ,.c....,,,. e., ,ns,,Io,s nf x.l,
nv, ,reno,,vihili,,.
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,.s,s ana .,,r M ,he,,, h.ro,,, -. ~.
r,,.,,Iy si,,,,Ia .urr,, i,,II. ,n ,,,,,.
rr Of r,lii,. dirrr,Iv on som. ,ri'ro-,
uualitv OF The brain ,rhus m. t.s,s
nm, ONLY ,iyc q, cs,i,nai. jrrr.,sirr
f., acr,ra1. ibcy az. ,,.rf.,,,.J =,
ia ronar,, ,,an,,i lny., of ,ha rnt,
H., I'M, .iyn of INC ,ar,irui,r IIr.s
-, which -. is lii.rI,. 10 ha mos, cni.icn,
,. ,.,,,
r"N' 'rN's"'u TOT
N"l".S ''S'n "'r -" "" '!'ns
.t''"''e'N,H ~ - .. go, - -
'hcE arc hclls "'NiSe' "a " M ,"ic '""'
''"NcH '"c"' 'Pii''''".t w "'
d"Hcn years ago L'fS' 'ihct '''a "'ho!
TWO FRENCH ps! thoioGiS'S' "r'S!"a''"
me IDEAS on when an inc present >!
'SmS are based lhelr WORK "as IN =
tended 10 measure me h'h"S "i Chlt-
drcn primarily lhcE wci" a'tacklhI
The pp%HiinS problem OF the backward
child who is continually turning np IN
every school. unable I" learn and men
tally years behind he others or ms
age.
Children even to-day ar" classified
too much according TO what may he
called their physical age in school.
though school work is Of course almost
purely mental. Rinct and simon re-
allied that they should he classcd ac-
cordine TO their mental age that 4
how with the brain OF a ten year old
should lie claSscd with the average
en-ycar- Odds. whether in actual years
of are he was six or sixteen The
rrobIem was how 10 determine the
rental age
The system which I3inct and Simon
worked out for this purpose is. OF
course widely known They devised 81
series of thirty very simple tests, Of
which The Daper-cutting test is ono OF
the most difficult They tried these
tests OIL large numbers Of children. IL
only 10 per cent of tho nine-year Id
children passed certain test and 20
or 50 per cent Of the ten-ycar olds