Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-15

Whether the American Federation Of
Labor is right In claiming present text
books are both without and against la
bors viewpoint, there Is reason TO won
der whether the general public has not
less to fear from even biased histories
than from schools which do not teach
CURRENT events" This question is raised
Labor Day and the new school year in q
report on how II, 800 school and college
students in all parts Of the country re-
Gently answered a current events test The
test was issued by the Review Of Re
views and taken by 200 5000 students In
public and private schools and colleges.
Returns for II, 800 students who .veraged
forty four per cent were turned over for
study to the Institute for Public Service
I'm New York Of which julius II. Barnes
Is chairman. Its summary Is in part as
follows:
THE current events questions were not
catch questions calling for freak mem
cries. Instead, they called for knOwl-
edge and understanding OK frequently
mentioned men, places and tysues affect
Ing our National life, like Uncle Sam,
Samuel Gompers, Budget Director Dawes
Lloyd George Senators Lodge and Borsh.
home State Governors and school heads !;
Coblenz, Hayti, Costa Rica, Moscow I;
budget, collective bargaining, buyers
strike, peonsge, sales tax, Sovietism and
Sim Fem. They dealt with no prob
lens beyond the comprehension of gram
mar graduates but they did call for right
study Of current events. Yet mixing up
In one average the lowest marks, like
eight per cent and seventeen per cent
with highest marks, like eighty eight per
cent and ninety two per cent the eoun-
try wide average for II, 800 students was
forty -four per cent.
STUDENTS AVERAGES
ARE GIVEN.
college juniors and seniors did the
best, but they averaged only 60 per cent
while 400 college freshmen averaged 50
per cent. the same as 5000 students in
high school graduating classes. OF
10000 high school students, 1900 in the
second term of the third year did the
best, earning IS per cent, while 1900
high school freshmen averaged only IS
per cent For 2,250 grammar school
seniors the average was AZ per cent
while I, 800 seventh grade pupils earned
30 per cent.
Typical of ignorance or misunder-
standing with respect to current prob
lens the following answers are cited
from high school and college students /.
an one State college three Of thirty
six juniors did not identify cartoon Of
Uncle Sam.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor is given
head of the shipbuilding trade, poet
labors representative in Congress, secre-
tary Of labor, head of the strikers, the
civil ser9ace commission and all the
unions Of the world, and minister to
France England and Japan.
"Lloyd George, Britains urine min
! lister. is given az king Of Ireland. king
Of England, prominent in England. am
bassadOr TO United States and English
diplomat.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is given
as ex Senator Secretary of War. writer
on psychic research ambassador TO Eng
land. believer in conversations with the
dead, member Of Harding's Cabinet
president of the Senate. English speech
maker, advocate OF spirtualism, known
to but seven of twenty-on high school
seniors In a New England city.
Charles r. Hughes was President
Wilson's private secretary and now
wants to conquer Russia Budget Dil
rector Dawes is Secretary of the Navy.
Senator william r. BoPah hghter for
disarmament is widely unknown.
marked as Uncle Sam and dubbed a So
ciaIist Senator.
Movements, places and problems were
likewise either unheard of or seen
through a glass darkly
Budget is bill OF particulars,