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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

may have become so familiar by next Sep
ternber as to be hardly suited to use at Co.
lumbio, but, though constantly used by
Binet and by Terman and Yerkes, this is
but type of the sort of thing which will
be used to test prep. schoolboys who would
be freshmen at Columbia. There are many
other interesting matters in the tests. Here
is one: The examiner says to the subject:
you know, of course, that water holds up
fish placed in it, Suppose we have a bucket
partly full of water. The water in it weighs
exactly forty-fvc pounds. Then we put
five pound fish in the water. What will The
whole thing weigh?"
The subject may at once reply, Fifty
pounds That calls from the examiner
this: "TTow can that be, since the water
holds up the fish, Unless the mental &C
curacy of the subject is high he Immediate
ly laughs sheepishly and apologies for an
swering so quickly and thus scores a COM
plcte failure for, of course, the weight of
both water and fish is on the scales.
Another question somewhat along the
same line is that in which the subject is
asked if it is harder to hit mark at 100
yards than at so yards with gun which
CdililN pcIlectly JHc lctGGf ClSCdllCS. <illcl
the subject has given the correct answer,
Yes he is asked why, and if he really I'M
dcrstands, is quick to say that any dcvia-
ton in aim would amount to less so yards
away than at 100, though he needn't neces-
sarily know that the deviation Will be just
twice as great at the longer distance
These latter two questions are not
Binet's, but Professor Termans, and show
how the American psychologist has cx-
tended Binct's principles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Llncoln's First Boyhood Pet-A PIG

and was so taken with them that they
could not get me away from them The
owner filed mo with supreme Joy bv saw
ing, you may have one OF those pigs if
you'll get him home. I instantly accented
the otter. had on tow shirt, one which
my mother had woven, reaching below my
knees and fastened at the neck by a wooden
button my father had made Using the
front OF 1t as an apron, or sack ! rolled IN,
pig up in it and carried him home I &c.
an old bec-gur.-a hollow log-put corn
husks and leaves into it for a bed. and
tucked him away for the night He squealed
Tor his mother nearly all night. in the
morning | carried him meal and bran and
bread and milk-cverything I could think
or, but ne would not touch any of them.
About all he could do was to squeal. At
length my mother said to me:
Abe, take that pig back home; 1t will
die if you keep It here
What my mother said was always the
truth and the law to mo, and though it.
almost broke my heart, took the pig back.
His mother SO glad to sec him and he to
see her! After she had given him his din
ncr, he looked so pretty | could not stand
1t, and ! begged tho man to let mo take
him back. put him in my tow shirt, as
had before, and took him to our house. NV
mother protested and cried; she broke
down and rclented and said might try
htm one day more. He would not eat n
thing | brought him and mother sent me
back with him again. | carried him back
and forth TO his meals for two weeks. until
we taught him to eat, and he was mine for
good.
That pig" continued Lincoln his eyes
Frightening with the recollection, twas my
companion. played with him and taught
him tricks. We used to play hide and seek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

In proportion as it is true that the MAJ.
intelligent men seek clerical work ra,hss
than work in the skilled trades, an esq.,
TALLY invidious class distinction will tas,
TO have real basis in fact, and the mo-
agement of business concerns viii 4or,
fall into the hands of men trained in the 81
ilce and salesroom rather than in the sho.
In proportion as this representative of ~.
standard tests of intelligence is special,os
overwhelming ability to think with wo,a.
and symbols in comparison with ah;l;.. !.
think with materials and mechanisms ons
whole procedure in measuring intel;gs,..
requires critical review; and probablvtEe
common vieao Of Intelligence requires ~
construction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Can You Imagine
This?

Bnct's paper cutting test is one of the
standard tests. In it piece Of blank paper
is folded once, then again at right angles
to the first fold, and then the operator cuts
a notch in the side which presents but one
edge The subject is asked to draw the
appearance of the folded sheet unfoldcd,
showing the creases and the holes. The
shape of the holes in his drawing is dis
regarded; the point is that he gets the cor
rect number. Success in this depends upon
constructive visual imagination a mo-
ments consideration will make clear in how
many matters in later life success depends
on the same thing-and not on logical
mathematical thinking. Possibly little
odd, it is fact that high school or college
students do no better this test than the
unschooled of the same mental level
Another test calls for the subjects re-
pcating succession of eight figures back
ward. This repetition of dgits runs all
through the Binet SCALE with this test rep
reserting the maximum asked of the sub
ject, and not over a third Of average adults
pass it successfully
In still another the examiner reads mas
sage of six or eight lines and asks the sub
!0S' W ASpeat as HluCn VI IL as pOSSlDle, not
necessarily in the exact wording. but so as
to leave out nothing of the leading thoughts
IN the passage This is not memory test.
but tests ones ability to grasp abstract
thought. Any one with newspaper expert
cnce knows how difficult it is for the aver
age individual to grasp that which he can
plainly see sufficiently to accurately de-
scribe 1t, and there is nothing in which the
stupid cut poorer figure than in graphing
with the abstract.
One of the most important tests vet de-
veloped by the psychologists, because it's
solution demands practical judgment and
inventive ingenuity to overcome the OBJ
stacle which faces the subject is this;
"A mother sent her boy to the river and
told him to bring back exactly seven pints
of water She gave him three pint YES
sci and tive-pint vessel. Show how the
boy can measure out exactly seven pints
of water. using nothing but these two
measures and not guessing at the amount.
You should begin by filling the fve-pnt
vessel"
This must be worked out mentally. and
calls for constructive analysis and visuali-
zation. Two other problems are given in
which the measurements only are Glanced
In one there five and seven pint
vessels and the amount of water to he
measured is eight pints, and in tho other
there are four and nine pint vessels and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
king Students With Military Precision at Columt

lines has been done under his direction at
Leland Stanford Jr, University than any
where else
Professor Tcrman believes that "any ono
with intelligence enough to be teacher,
and who is willing to devote conscientious
study to the mastery Of the technique can
use the scale accurately enough to get
better idea of a child's mental endowment
than he could possibly get in any other
way"
With regard to the mental attitude of the
subject, which at casual glance might seem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

seven pints of water to be brought back.
The subject has five minutes for each and
must solve two out of three correctly. In
the second case he begins by filling the
five-pint vessel, and in the third the four
pint. The problems can be worked out tho
reverse way, but that makes them more
difficult.
Only an Insignificant number below the
mental age of fourteen years pass this
test, which was devised by Professor Ter
man, and not over a third of average adults,
pass it. OF superior adults about rs
per cent pass it, but it has been found
that formal education has little to do with
success concerning it, unschooled business
men making a somewhat better showing
than high school Students
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Science the Key
To Success

"The secret of success in applied ps''
chology of human engineering is TO p'
vigorously scientific On every occasion
when the principles of sound procedu"
were relaxed because OF some real u
fancied necessity the work suffered. Whea
ever we made the extra effort necessary v
tap the best sources Of information apo0
a man rather than the next TO the pe''
there WAS gain. When we took pains :"
compute the reliability coeficients OF ~
our data before going further with tne'
we saved time in the long run. An VI
verified hypothesis may possibly BIO mar"
less luxury if all 'one does with It Is =
think; to act on it is grave danger
Making psychology for business or p
dustry or the army is harder than maN''5
psychology for other psychologists, saS
intrinsically requires higher talents. ~,
scientist doing work for the inspectio"
other men of science is in large ness''.
free to choose his topics and 10 folio" :!
any one important outcome regardless
wha. task he originally set himself. nv
scientist who is assigned a problem ~.
Is without credit If instead Of its anSss
no produces something eventually lar N.Y.
important has to be more adaptable NJ
persistent, more ingenious, if he is TO %
coed equally often. 1t is relatively easy
be scientific when you can dlrees "a
talent in any one of ten thousand ''.s
tons, yourself asking the questions
which you proceed to find answers e.
chology applied TO tho complicated p. "a,
lens of personnel work represents sciea'.a
research of the most subtle, involved -
lsborious type"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09


&A aroused by the announcement that
~ Columbia University is dscarding
college entrance examinations in
favor of psychological tests to determine
the stage of mental development of the
candidate for admission. A radical depart
ure. surely but since Columbia's announce
ment the University of Pennsylvania has
followed suit and other leading colleges
are contemplating the same step before the
beginning of another college year.
1t has long been realized that examna-
tons of the familiar style have little value
as reliable indicators of the mental abilities
of the indiyidual-that they have been in
deed, one of the grave faults of the Ameri-
can educational system-and schools and
colleges have been seeking to get away
from them. Many and varied have been
the eXpedients tried-and even the rush to
vocational training and such schemes as
the Gary system are akin to the general
trcnd-but for the most part the student
or candidate has been required to make his
own professions of how much he had
learned or to come up to hard and fast
requirements which took little account Of
individual differences.
However passably we may have got along
thus-though to an always greater extent
teachers knew in their hearts that we were
not really getting along at all-when it
came to selecting officers for our new army
last year and the year before systems of
examination after the time honored style
proved worthless and only productive of
failure and embarrassment-in the cases of
college students army training corps, and
even at Plattsburg and similar camps
Then it was that the psychologists came
into their own, for they were ready with
methods for measuring intelligence, tried
and proved, and dependent only upon pure
science. Not by psuedo- scientific means
such as the "science" of phrenology, nor
by offhand judgments of men however good
those might be under some circumstances,
but by standardized intelligence tests
known as the intelligence scale and chosen
for variety and reliability.
These tests give, in the words of lead
ing psychologist, "a universal standard of
comparison; multiply enormously the sig
nificance of mental performance by making
fine distinctions which would be overlooked
by the method of offhand judgment: are free
from the influence of personal bias, and
thus objective, and giving the same verdict
to-day, next week next year; and little
Influenced by the subjects educational adj
Vantages, whereas offhand judgment so cas-
lily mistakes the results of schooling for
real intelligence"
This intelligence scale has been in use
Tor some ten years and has proved of the
utmost usefulness in the grading of school
children, in determining the mental re-
sponslbility Of offenders and latterly in the
personnel work of corporations in the selec-
ton OF employees. It's largest use by far,
however, has been that in the army. Now
Columbia he's started wider and more far
reaching application of mentality tests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

~ lLBERT }. GREENE, compositor
on The New York Tribune shortly
~ after Horace Greeley established
it, then on "The Sangamon Jour
nal' iii Springfield, H., where he became
well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln,
raised a company in Tarrytown and went
out first lieutenant, attached to the
49th Regiment, and actively served in the
Civil War Lincoln made him Marshal Of
Winchester and later dispatch carrier
for Grant
The following story about Lincon's first
pet was told many times by the captain to
his friends and neighbors around Highland
Mills, Orange County, where he died in
1905. 1t Is known to few save his former
associates and to Lincoln collectors.
One moonlight night, late in the ffties.
Lincoln asked young Greene to take walk
with him. Everything was quiet along the
country road. Suddenly the two strollers
came UP to six little pigs with their noses
close together.
Those pigs are lost" said Lincoln, after
briefly surveying them; "let's help them to
find their mother"
With little pig grunts and snovts the
ak were soon scampering down tho road.
At length they found hole in the fence
and their mother in the field a rod away.
Lincoln smiled with satisfaction as h. saw
the pig family reunited and remarked:
II never see a little pig that / do not
think Of my first pet. When boy, p,A
years old, while We lived near Hodgenvllc,
Ky, went over to neighboring farm. A
litter OF striped piggies had gust been born
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

! can see his little face now pecking around
the corner of the house, to see whether
was coming after him.
after awhile he got too heavy for me- r.
carry HIM around, and then he followed me
everywhere-to the barn, to the poughed
ground and to the woods Many day I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

This graph shows the results of the
psychological tests to which vari-
GUS groups of army men, to the
number given below each desig-
nation, were submitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

spent In the woods with him, brushing the
leaves away, picking out the most promising
spots, helping him to find acorns and nuts.
Sometimea he would have a lazy spell. Then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
By Charles T. White

~ ILBERT J. GREENE, compositor
on The New York Tribune shortly
~ after Horace Greeley established
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Details OF the New Scientific SeIectiye
Draft System of Entrance
Examinations
By ]. Olin Howe

n y ZEN aud widespread is the interest
L. aroused by the announcement that
~ Columbia University is discarding
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
Dandruff Soon :.
Ruins the Hair

Glrls--if you want plenty Of
thick. beautiful. glossy. silky hair.
do by all means get rid OF dand-
ruff. for II will rtarve your hair
and ruin II II you don't.
II doesn't do much good 90 try
to brush or wash II out The only
sure way to get rid OF dandruff is
10 dissolve II. then you destroy 1t
entirely. To do this. get about four
ounces OF ordinary liquid arvon;
apply IT at night when retiring. use
enough to molsten the scalp and
rub II In gently with the finger
tips.
BY morning. most II not all. Of
your dandruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely
destroy every single sign and trace
OF II.
You viii find, too, that all itching
and digging OF the scalp will stop,
and your hair VIII look and feel a
hundred times better. You can get
liquid arvon at any drug store. II
Is inexpensive and four ounces liz
all you win need. no matter how
much dandruff you have. This sim
pie remedy never falls.-Advcrtisc-
menl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
The Coats for Girls

Who can say how much of Joy and
comfort to the girl is contained in a
new coat that is exactly to her
liking?
With the thought of styles that ap-
peal to youthful tastes, and of quail
tiles that assure substantial service,
these Coats for girls hare been placed
in our stocks. There are IL Coats at
$500 and 43 Goats at $500 vhich
merit special mention because then
are the coats (which appeal to daugh-
ters and mothers more generally
than Others.
of silvertone, velour, polo cloth,
chinchila and novelty mixtures, in
many styles and the wanted coat
colors, many with full back and large
collars and pockets; others in plain
tailored styles, and many fur
trimmed.
We also have some coats cheaper
AS low as $1,000; and others high
err, up to S58.75.
Misses Department. Third Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07

BILL PLANNED

OREGON CITY. Ore. Nov. S.
my United Press petitions for
signatures TO the antieigaret bill
viii soon be In circulation thruout
Oregon. according 20 -. u. Frost
Of this city, another OF the meas
ure.
Frost rays that 10000 signatures
will insure the bin place on the
ballot at the next election. and pre-
diets that the necessary names VIII
be secured within short period.
The initiator OF the measure.
which would Danish cigaret from the
state OF Oregon. states that n psti.
ton will be placed with every church
in the state one with every w. G.
+. y. organization and one in each
grange.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07

TOTALS TOTAL
Books Are Open From $50
A. NJ. Until 8 p. N.

soat,ie's registration totaioi TO-
Tsi at . o'clock Thursday night. an
Increase Of T.asS names over the
number that qualified at the last
municipal election. Tho abnormal
registration indicates TO political OBJ
servers tina, Seattle is taking a ire
mendoua interest in the school and
port elections which will ~ held on
December . and December o. re-
spcctivciy.
In spite OF rain Thursday night.
a total Of 2n5 men and women reg
istered between 3 and 0 O'Clock.
The registration looks will be
open between $3.50 n. m. and 0
y. IN. every day until mex, Mon
day evening. when registration for
the school election ceases.
A noticeable number OF women
have appeared for registration In
the last 10 days.
Registration clerks report nu-
meroua rcjcctions because OF the
inability OF mon and women OF
foreign birth 20 produce naturaii-
nation papers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
UNWRITTEN LAW
TO Be DEFENSE
Brother and Sister to Plead
Defense OF Honor

MARySvILLE, Cal. Nov. -
United Presa.l--The unwritten
law that man has the right
60 ayenge the honor of his sister
win be relied upon 90 clear
Frank A. Mccormick and Mrs.
Fred j. Wilson Of the charge
that they murdered Charles A.
brown, young stoelman.
This was made plain today,
following the Inquest last night.
The eoroncr's jury found that
Brown came 10 his death from
gunshot wounds inflicted by 'the
hands of Mfrs. Fred J. Wilson and
b. A. Mccormick"
Two versions OF tho killing were
given. one by Arvin Ward. employe
Potts. These eye witnesses differed
on tho important point OF whether
BROWN had gun, Ward declared
he did not. Potts said he did
They agreed that Brown and
Mccormick first struggled and that
brown accused Mccormick OF fight.
lng unfairly.
Question Of Gun
Ward said Brown had hal gun.
which had been given to him by
Mrs Wilson n few weeks previous
He said Brown had returned this
sun to Mrs. Wilson before the fight
Mrs. Wilson IL the wife OF Fred j
Wilson. well known newspaper man.
Ward said Mccormick came into
I ftFAN-r4fa rstht. 4.
Brown. declaring brown had been
with Mrs. Florence Howard. Nc.
Cormick's younger sister. tho night
before. Mccormick. according to
Ward. said no would see his sister
and that II Brown had been with
her In an apartment the night be.
fore. he would return and have u
out with Brown.
Mccormick returned 20 Browns
cabin later In tho day" Ward tnnti.
fled. brown and myself were lying
on cot Mccormick accused Brown
and grabbed him by tho throat. start.
ms TO choke him. Hrown arose and
said. Why don't you fight like
manT-
Saw Struggle
Potts testified he saw the two men
strusglinx and blood streaming from
Aecormiek'w face. Brown. he said.
pulled a pistol and a bunch OF keys
from bis pocket and fired al Mc.
Cormick.
fo,is said Mrs. Wilson ran from
tho house. crying. Charlie. don't
shoot Mccormick. he said. nho,
Brown. and Mrs. Wilson fired sew.
crAl ahots into Browns body.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
New and Wonderful
Hair Removing Secret

The secret In OUT Any woman
bothered with superfiuous hair can
now rid herself Of this trouble abso-
lutely--not only the surface hairs,
but the roots as well--by what Is
known M the "pholactine process"
The new method does away with nu-
merous and expensive visits to tho
electrolysis expert. Does away with
depilhtories or shaving at frequent
Intervals. Nothing like II ever
known before. Get n stick OF phe-
lactine from your druggist. follow
the easy Instructions. and have tho
surprise OF your life.
You do the work In few seconds,
In your own home. without the least
injury. The hair roota come out be-
fore your very eyes, leaving the skin
soft, smooth, hairless phelactine Is
odoriess. non-irritating. and 40
harmless you could eat it.--Adver-
tisemenI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
Items of QualiGy
From the Umbrella Section

I'm these days of uncertain weather, an umbrella is
to be sure necessity-but it may also be a pleasure
to look upon and satisfaction to possess.
Novelty Umbrellas, in both India and eight-rib
frames. The handles, and likewise the tips and ends
which match, made of imitation ivory, amber
and tortoise. The prices from $3.50 to $500.
Pure silk covered eight-rib Umbrellas with black
ebonoid handles fitted with white rings at the end.
In black, navy green, red and taupe. An Umbrella
value at $780, A-umbrer.s rirs, Floor,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07

MANTsTEE. Mich. Nov. Car
shortage IL keeping Thousands OF
bushels Of apples in the Manistec dis
trict from the market and they are
rotting In piles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-07
Emr Cloths, lPlmshes,
We0veGs
A Special Sale Of

Showing plentiful selection in spite Of scarcity
Of pile fabrics
Fur Cloths, 80 inches wide priced $3.50 to $500.
Pushes, so inches wide, priced $3.50 to $500
Chiffon Plush 40 inches wide, priced $1,000 yard.
Velour Du Nord, 81 inches WIDE priced $1,000 yard.
Coating Velvet, 80 inches wide, priced $3.50 yard
Erect Pile Velvet SO inches wide, priced $500 yard
Costume Velvet, 36 inches wide, priced $3.50 yard.
Chiffon Velvet, 40 inches wide, priced $500 yard.
Costume Velvet, Al inches wide, priced s495 yard.
Dress Velvet 80 inches wide, priced $500 yard
Erect Pile Velvet Is inches wide, priced $500 yard
-Paon Velvet Is inches wide, priced s1.75 and $500
-velveteen, 81 to SO inches wide priced at SLIPS to
$3.50 yard
Corduroy 32 inches wide. priced s1.50 yard.
Black Chiffon Cords
Imported Chiffon Velvet smooth cord, beautiful
rich black material for SUITS onepece dresses coats
and misses wear "a inches wide Moderately priced
at $500 yard. SILK. and Dress Goods FRS, Floor