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The Washington times., 1919-02-09

Take this piece of paper and make
craving to show how the other sheet OF
paper would look if it were unfolded. Draw
lines to show the Creases in the paper and
show what results frO.l the cutting"
The subject is not permitted to fold the
second sheet, but must solve the problem
by the imagination unaided. The test is
passed if the creases in the paper are prop
erly represented. if the holes are drawn
i'm the correct number. and if they are
located correctly; that is, both on the
same crease and each about half way be-
Copyright, 1919. by Star Company.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

The correct answer is that the king in
herits his throne while the president is
elected; that the tenure of the king is for
life and that Of the president for a term
of years: that kings ordinarily have or are
supposed to have more power. The answer
need not be exactly in these words, but
must show an understanding that these
are the main differences. Some relatively
stupid adults know these differences. but
also know that kings are different in hav-
ing crowns, thrones, palaces, robes, cOuT-
tiers. larger pay, etc. and make no dis
elimination as regards the relative i'm
portance of these differences.
Il king sets on q thorn one feeble
minded boy answered.
Other unsatisfactory answers were: a
king wears a crown" "a king has jewels"
"a king lives in a palace" "A king has
cOurtiers." "A king is very dignified." "a
king dresses up more" mo difference. il
is lust Names "A king has a larger sal
ary." A king is in more danger" "A king
is more cruel" Kings have people be-
headed" "A president let's the lawyers
make the laws" Everybody works for
king"
To prove that you are at least of four
teen-year-OId mental age you must be able
to answer the following problem questions:
(A) a man who was walking in woods
near A city stopped suddenly, very much
frightened, and then ran to the nearest
policeman saving that he had just seen
hanging from the limb of tree "A
what?"
tBf MY neighbOr has been having queer
,isitors First a doctor came to his house.
then a lawyer. then a minister tnrHacher
or priesD. What do you think happened
there"
CC) "An Indian who had come to town
for the first time in his life saw a white
man riding along the street. As the white
man rode by the Indian said, The white
man is lazy He walks sitting down
hat was the white man riding on that
caused the Indian to say, He walks sit
ting down?
The only correct answer for question
IS. "A man who had hung hims II or VINO
had committed suicide been hanged, etc.
Unsatisfactory answers are a snake.
a monkey" A rObber." a tramp "A
bear" A tiger" A cat" "A bird. An
egg" a ghost" A white sheet. ""ClOthes."
To question B the expected answer is
death with an explanation that the doctor
came to attend q sick person. the lawyer to
make his will and the minister to preach at
the funeral
fessOr Terman says, was given by young
cugenist. and is claSsed as excellent:
"A marriage: the doctor came to ex-
anime them and see if they were fit to
marry: the lawyer to arrange the mar
riage and the minister 10 marry them"
The cOmmOnest incorrect answers are:
"a baby horn accounting for out of
sc faiIuresl divorce" very common
with children tested nj Reno, Nevada), "A
marriage" a divorce. and a remarriage."
To question the only answer is
Bicycle"
II will be easily understood by the in
teIligeut reader that tests like the fore
going both advanced and simple. can b"
employed to decide whether a boy is a
ga crrrant for Columbia. II, for instance.
ii eighteen he can do. no better than an
~w.r the fourteenycar-old tests he is
.lylrly unfit.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

tween the center Of the paper and the side
The shape Of the holes is disregardcG.
Success in this test is said 10 depend
upon constructive visual Imagination"
If you are merely an average adult
you are expected to pass these five tests
giving 65 definitions from 1,700 words:
interpreting fables; understanding the diff
ference between certain abstract terms;
solving the problem of the enclosed boxes.
repeating six digils backwards and using
Il code.
OF these tests The six digils back
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

B H KO W Q


yearOenter our colleges and universities.
The whole test at the entrance eXamina-
ton is based upon the scholarship of the
young man in his preparatory school work.
II he can pass the tests in Latin, Greek,
mathematics, history, science, modern
languages, etc., he qualities. The result is
that every. year our colleges graduate
young men who are practically educated
fools"
The faculty of Columbia University; in
New York has decided that the scholar
ship test is not enough. A man may pass
all the tests in Latin, mathematics and the
rest and yet not have more intellectual
qualities than are needed to run the box
office of a motion picture theatre. 1t is a
waste of time to crowd the class rooms Of
our universities with men of this quality
of brains.
So it has been decided to submit all
applicants for entrance into Columbia
University to a rev and different set Of
tests in addition to the usual scholarship
tests. Columbia must find out whether
the applicant possesses the necessary
mental apparatus to make good use of
college education.
He must have reasoning power. judg-
ment. common sense, alertness. memory.
Tetentiveness, ability to comprehend a
complicated situation quickly, ingenuity,
decision and other qualities.
In order to insure that the candidate for
admission possesses these qualities up to
a certain high standard, Columbia will
make him submit to a series OF psyche
logical tests. These have been drawn up
by Professor E. L. ThOrndike, who holds
,,1, in,
Teachers College.
The pioneer example set by Columbia
has already been followed by the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania which has instituted
a series of psychological tests drawn up
by Dr. Lightner Wilmer, professor Of
psychology at the university. Other insti-
buttons are expected to follow rapidly.
Columbias tests are a development Of
the famous Binet tests, originally form
ulated in France for the discovery. CLASH
fcation and care of backward children.
The original Binet tests have been added
to, rounded out and adapted to American
conditions by Professor Lewis NJ. Terman.
professor Of education in Leland Stanford
Junior University who describes them in
an extremely interesting and valuable text
book. The Measurement of Intelligence"
published by the HOughtOn, Mifflin Com
tions in this article and elsewhere on this
page have Eeen taken.
It is understood that the tests used at
Columbia will be similar in character to
those described in this book, and that the
standard Of intelligence required Of COLLEGE
entrants will be that defined in chapter Xxx
on Tests for Superior Adults" The tests
in chapter XIX For Average Adults" are
also likely to be used as a means Of CLASH
flying the candidates intelligence. while
lower stages Of the scale may be brought
into the operation and tests of a still
higher standard may be introduced
The actual questions will be kept secret
up to the time of the examination next
September, and new ones will be formu-
lated every year.
II a candidate passes the tests and his
school record is satisfactory he will be ad-
mitted without other examination.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

This actual code used by spies in the Civil War Can
you write message in it?
Look four diagrams the left right you will
they contain all the letters of the alphabet
Now examine the arrangement of the letters They 60
b c, d f. G h i, !, I, stuv, You
the letters the first diagrams Left arranged
in the and down order and the letters in the other da
grams Con the righ) just the opposite way from the
hands of the clock.
Look again and you will that the diagram
The Washington times., 1919-02-09
Ou1estion No. 8---Can You Understand This Code2

just first except with it,
and diagram like the third that here also each
letter has
Now, all of this represents code that language
1t is by ordinary time
for sending secret messages.
This is the way it Draw >the lines which hold
letter but leave Take good look letters
then them and write the come quickly in code
This be done minutes without than two
errors Omission of half an
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

questions and arith-
metical reasoning.
If you want to
know if your boy
is up to fourteen
year-Old m ia !
age ask him this
question:
There are three
main differences
between "a presi-
dent ard a king.
What are they?'
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ward" and the diff
ference between alb
stract terms" are
displayed elsewhere
on this page.
In the problem OF
the enclosed boxes
the teacher says:
"You see this box;
it has two smaller
boxes inside OF 1t,
and each one of the
smaller boxes con-
tains a little tiny
box. How many
boxes are there al
together contained
in the big One?"
The answer, Of
course. is simple,
but it requires a
fair degree of intelli-
genoe to give the
solution in half a
minute, practically
without hesitation.
Success in this
problem" says Pro
fpssOr T erm a n
seems 10 depend
chiefly on the ia
ciliry with which the
constructive imagi-
nation manipulates
concrete visual i'm
ageTy. In this re-
spect it resembles
the problem of re-
yeTsing the hands of
the clock"
An alternative to
the fish in the buck
ct of water test"
Cgiven above in large
type) is the follow
ing.
Suppose a man
Is shooting at a
mark about the size
OF a quart can. His
rifle carries perfect
~ more than 100
yards. With such a
gun is il harder to
hit the mark AT 100
yards than il is at
50 yards?'
The Washington times., 1919-02-09
Question No. 1O---The Cannon Ball.

horizontally eveD fired
fey field the ball the
what
take from the time leaves the mouth of the
until il strikes the
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

The Binet tests fix
a persons mental
age. Many persons
do not possess the
mental age of their
years. The tests
were secured by cir
Culating great num-
bers of problems
among many chill
dren of all ages and
til e n ascertaining
from the answers
what grade Of prob
lem the average
child of a certain
age could solve
quickly. The present
tests for students
have been establish
ed by putting quPs-
tiOns to students and
young business men.
We are now inter
ested chiefly in the
tests as applied to
the higher ages.
These have been
worked up in this
country by Professor
Tarman and others
Remember that they
are designed to
classify a mans
natural intelligence
and that they avoid
testing scholarship.
To prove you are
"a superior adult
and therefore a fit
entrant for college.
yOu must. according
10 Professor Ter
mans tests, be able
10 define Is words
from a vocabulary
of 1880 words; do
the Binet paper cut
ting test. repe a I
eight digits, repeat
the thought of a
pa s S a ge, repeat
ven digits re-
versed and answer
the ingenuity test.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09
Question No. 4-What
"'"%" Columbia University Establishes Entirely
NeU Scheme for Entrance Examinations Using PSyChOLOG
to Find Out IF 1t Is Worth While for the College to Educate
THE phra s e

THE phra s e
"educat e d
fools" is
" ell understood.
and at present
there is no way Of
determining wheth-
er or not a college
education is really
worth while for
many of the young
men who every
The Washington times., 1919-02-09
Question No. z.

What does fish weigh in water?
You know, of course, that water holds
up fish that is placed in it. Suppose
we have a bucket that is partly full of
water. We place the bucket on the
scales and find that with the water in it
weighs exactly as pounds. Then we put
a 5-pound fish into the bucket of water
Now, what will the whole thing weigh?
ANSWERS to These Cues
tions VIII Be Found on
Page 8 of This Supple
n1ent Next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1919-02-09

An Ingenuity TeST. Can You 90 ThIS!
A mother sent her boy to the river and
told him to bring back exactly 7 pints of
water. She gave him 3-pint vessel and
a 5-pint vessel. Show me how the boy
can measure out exactly pints of water.
using nothing but these two vessels and
not guessing at the amount. You should
begin by filling the 5-pint vessel first.
Remember, you have a 3-pint vessel and
a 5-pint vessel and you must bring back
exactly pints.
IN this test you are not dIlOCed
pencil or paper and 1t must be done
IN fve minutes time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
PRICE, &c.
A SUCCESSFUL MINISTER.


Perhaps no minister in the West has
seen more varied and eventful service
in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church than has the Rev. L. W. Nc
Cormick whose portrait appears here
with and who has for forty years been
an active and aggressive minister in
this Church and is still in active SER
vice. Rev. Mccormick is the present
pastor of st. Luke's A. NJ. F.. church of
Kansas City, Missouri, where he is
serving his fourth year and is putting
on big rally where he hopes the first
Sunday in April to raise 100000 to pay
the taxes and needed improvements
upon his church. DR.. Mccormick has
not failed in forty years to answer
the roll call at his Annual Conference
and he has served in both Kansas and
Missouri with honor and success. He
Joined the Kansas Conference in 1873
at Lawrence, Kansas, going out from
Allen Chapel and he has pastored the
following churches in Kansas: Par
sons, Coffeyville, Independence, Co
lumbus, Baxter Springs, Hiawatha,
White Cloud, Highland, Topeka, juno
tion City, Argentine, Oswego, Paola.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
HOMER 3. ROBERTS, FIRST OF
RACE TO BE COMMISSIONED IN
UNITED STATES SIGNAL CROPS,
COMMANDED LIAIsoN UNIT IN
FIERcEST BATTLE OF WAR.

Enlisting in the army as a private,
after recruiting thirty other soldiers,
and returning a first lieutenant is the
war record of Homer b. Roberts, a
Kansas City Negro, who commanded
a unit of the signal corps during some
of the biggest battles of the war. Lieu
tenant Roberts was with the 325th
field signal battalion in the Argonne
forest and other big drives by the
American forces.
Lieutenant Roberts was a resident
of Kansas City several years before
enlisting in the army. He was an
employe of the Afro-MeXican Land
Company and lived at 245S Montgall
avenue. Shortly after enlisting he
was made a sergeant and sent to a
signal training camp in the South. In
April, 1918, he was commissioned and
sent to France.
He was on field duty eight months
and supervised the establishing of
communication under heavy fire in
numerous battles. He was educated
prior to the war in electrical engineer
{
ing, but found no opportunity to util-
ize the knowledge until sent to France.
The men under lieutenant Roberts
were attached to the 92d division of
Negro troops. He was the first Ne
gro commissioned in the signal troops,
and his organization the first Negro
signal unit in the American army.
In the Argonne battle two men of
his command were mentioned for
bravery in installing signal lines un-
der fire. On the second day of the
drive his men became soldiers of com
bat and captured strong army posi-
tion without assistance from other
units. The battalion had the distinc,
tion of serving as the liaison unit be-
tween the Americans and the Fifth
French army in the kansas
City Post (Tuesday).
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
ZION METHODIST HOLD DISTRICT
CONFERENCE AND MISSIONARY
CONVOcATION.

The Kansas City District Confer
ence of the A. NJ f. Zion Church is
in session at St James Church, pas
tored by DR.. w. Z. Shaw. DR.. F. w.
Alstock of St Louis is the presiding
elder. In connection with the Dis
trict Conference a Missionary convo-
cation is being held. Many visitors
are in attendance. The opening SER
mon, preached by the Rev NJ. O. Bone.
part, a promising young minister was
a mastery effort.
The annual address of Presiding FL
der Alstock showed deep thought and
covered a wide range, dealing reflect
lively on the future of the church and
the Race His review of the work on
the District during the past year
showed marked progress, an increase
in membership and in finance. In elo-
quent words he pleaded for unity and
loyalty. Christianity" he said, and
not democracy, was the pancea for
the ills that afflict mankind" DR..
Alstock is one of the coming men of
the church
Wednesday evening Dr. II. ..4. StOv.
all, presiding elder of the California
Conference, preached to a large audi.
ence. DR.. tSovall is one of the most
prominent divines of the connection
and under his leadership the church
on the Pacific Coast has made great
headway. He is an enthusiastic
preacher and a spiritual feast was en-
joyed by those who were fortunate
enough to hear him.
DR. w. +. Shaw spoke on Method
ism and Organic Union. He predict
ed the union. in time of Negro Metho
dist churches. DIR. b. G. Shaw of st
Louis preached to a well filled house
Thursday evening. Those who know
DIR. Shaw know the rest.
The Rev. f. S. Hardge of Des
Moines, Iowa, preached to the edifi'
cation of all present Friday evening
Bishop L. w. Kyles, AM, DID,, is in
attendance and will preach at one OF
the services next Sunday, The Bish
op has just returned from the far West
and gives a glowing account of the
growth of the work in the Seventh
Episcopal District.
The Revs. R. Davis of the NJ. E
Church and ]. A. Chandley of the A
NJ. e. Church addressed the Confer
ence Wednesday.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
A DAMNABLE OUTRAGE.

Among the mean, contemplate and
disgustingly small things done by
some business firms in this city In
dealing with their Colored patrons is
to deny our women entrance to the
lavatories in these various establish
ments in this city. Among the latest
offenders along this line is the miser-
able little Kressge Ten Cent Store
which every decent Negro man and
woman should shun as they would a
contagious disease. A representative
from the Civic Department of the Col
ored Women's Federation of Clubs,
Mrs. Essie Lewis, waited upon the
management to know why this dis
elimination was practiced and notices
warning Negro women away were con-
spicuously displayed. And the same
old stereotyped excuse was made that
"our white patrons object to it," AS
for that matter their white patrons
will object to going to purgatory and
will also object to Negroes going to
heaven but the chances are their OBJ
| jections will not weigh as much with
the Manager of the Universe as they
do with the Manager of the Ten Cent
Store.
All honor to the Federation OF Col
ored Women's Clubs. May they vigor-
ously and persistently fight all mean
and harmful discrimination such as
this and it really seems from the stand
point of sanitation and health that
damage suit would stand in any fair
minded court against such vicious and
harmful discrimination which has
neither the sanction Of fair-minded
men and women nor of Almighty God.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
THE CALL OF RACE.

By Roscoe q. Jamison.
The Nations of the World they all
have flags
To symbolic their power and their
worth
And some mean much, and some are
empty brags,
Wherewith they mystify the sons
of earth.
Each flag is held by hands both brave
and true.
Each people for their own would
fight and die.
Each banner thrills its subjects
through and through,
When they behold it, meath what
ever sky.
''And what flag has the Negro?" You
ask this;
"They are separate people
naught have they
To show their entity" You speak
amiss.
They have indeed a fadeless flag
| say
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
DR.. PAUL v. cRosTHWAIT sue.
CUMBS.

DR.. Paul V. Crosthwait, 25 years
of age, the son of Prof. and Mrs. D.
N. Crosthwait, 1920 Virginia ave
nue., this city, passed away enroute
to Kansas City from Los Angeles,
Cal, where he had been residing for
his health. He was accompanied by
his mother, who had been with him
for the past four months. While he
had been i'll for two years, he was
improving rapidly when he was at
tackled with influenza last January
from which he never quite recovered.
Or. CrosthwaiU has lived in this city
since he was one year of age, grad
uating from the Lincoln ward and
high schools, after which he gradu-
ated in dentistry from Northwestern
University, Chicago III. Shortly af-
ter graduation he was appointed as
dental surgeon in the city schools of
Chicago as a result of his high aver
age of an examination in civil SER
vice, He then went abroad as dental
surgeon with the British Red Cross
and remained eight months, returning
to Chicago, where he practiced den
tistry until his health failed. He is
survived by parents, Prof. and Mrs.
d. n. Crosthwait, the former of whom
is stationed at Camp Sherman, o.,
with the Y. NJ. c. A. brother, Mr..
David N. Crosthwait, Jr., a mechan-
ical engineer, of Marshalltown, Ia;
a sister. Miss Ann CrOsthWait, a
teacher in Sumner High School, st.
Louis, Mo-, and two grandmothers.
The funeral services will be held
this morning from st. Augustine's
P. Z. Church, the Rev. Father Rah-
ming officiating. The Sun extends
family.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-29
THE SOLDIERS PARADE.
BY j. A. Wilson.

That some prominent Negroes who
have charge of public affairs are un-
fortunately negligent of details and
that the rank and file of the Negroes
of this city are painfully ignorant of
the fitness Of things was very evident
during the parade of the Negro over
seas soldiers last week The military
heads at the request of the mayor,
consented to allow the soldiers to stop
over so that the citizens, black and
white, all who were interested. could
see them in a body, and so that this
city aided by their Negro friends and
relatives could especially entertain
them. The merely curious and the
student of human nature both are anX-
iOus to see what effect the greatest
war in history had on these men, and
what was the bearing of men who had
Loyalty and bravely faced shot, shell
and death and had alive returned
home, and so on the morning of the
parade the streets were thronged with
onlookers. First came an auto whose
white occupants represented the city's
welcome, then came the Lincoln. High
School Cadet Band, composed of fine
young fellows in natty uniforms who
made very creditable appearance.
These were followed by the prominent
professional and business men of the
Race. The women representing the
Red Cross came next, always a pleas
ing sight and then came the objects
of interest, the main feature of the
parade, the boys, our boys whom ev-
erybody came to see. but were disap-
pointed and disgusted at the sight
Somebody failed to arrange that the
soldiers should be seen and from the
start to the finish these men were
| flanked, covered and hidden by a
motley mob of unkemp. disorderly,
! boisterous, unsightly, uncouth Ne
| groes who paraded themselves through
| the principal streets of the city, there
/ by lowering the prestige of the Ne
gro citizens. l saw no flags or ban
ners of welcome in the downtown dis
tricts and | sometimes wonder if we
are wise in accepting at all times a
{ SOpdIdlG IetOSulllOll VI OURSELVES dS
citizens
! 1t is very evident that the bad pub
lie manners, department and appear
ance of certain classes of our people
in greater Kansas City is a detriment
to our civil progress. 1t is absolutely
necessary that something be done by
us who can to attempt to remedy this
evil. l have spoken of this several
| times in these columns and | have
/ been dreaming that some day the
/ schools, churches, fraternal Organiza-
! tions, homes, wOmens clubs, would
work together for this purpose. Again,
| offer both my ideas and money to
assist in realizing the fulfillment OF
my dream. 1t is said of the peacock
that while strutting around with its
uplifted beautiful plumage in admir-
ing evidence, if it happens to look
down at its rusty feet, it drops both
it's head and tail, so if those gentle.
men who were marching so proudly
at the head of the procession had seen
its rusty end. they would have had
the same feeling that prompted this
article.