The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-17

d SURPRISING amount of and discussion has been aroused by the publication of Mr. Edlsons list ot questions college graduates and by their determined whether he wanted to employ them Publishers of encyclopedias and reference books o capitalize the psychology adversing the value of college training discussed and and usual when opportunity the oesmith have hastened out humorous lists of questions designed take the place of Mr. Edsons.
 opinion to be that the list prepared suited to determine the amount of genuine intelligence by those taking the examina questions of a nature which would almost surely nearly educators included into the TX class In fact it would if there pretty doubt such examination is altogether satisfactory determining the qualifications of applicants for positions of various sorts Anyone who has had experience in selecting civil examinations knows that often only obtain rating written examina- ton are much more efficient in actual performance of the work than others who rated high in the nneties.
 Thesdscussion has been the of drawing from Ernest M Hopkins President of Dartmouth College and late Assistant Secretary of charge of industrial relations letter which succincy points out what real education and what it not, be expected quoting largely.
 only Hopkins for six years pre- becoming he pioneer industrial organization personnel great corporations throughout the East and Central West which has furnished him insight into both question gives his words the weight.
 In the first portion of his letter which published in the New York World Mr. Hopkins admits that he unimpresed with the significance test or against the colleges admits that he results of the college up less complete in developing intellectual capacity than the need of the world makes desabe believes which would fit to pass the Edison test would be waste. He then says:
 would devote any considerable time to the pouring
 into the students minds of of
 much of which, though accepted true
 to be found incomplete fallacous tomorrow.
 of the college is rather to develop
 of thought and to make intellectual
 larger. It would be unreasonable to estimate
 mans material wealth by the he has in
 ment by the number of facts that he his
 mind"
 'Ihe of qualities of outstanding leadership in
 this world is the who knows where he
 of knowledge and where be found the of
 incentive The latter have a
 sandfod those of the former whose capacity
 limited to what commercial memory test would
 afford him."
 Commenting specifically the Edison basing Judgement his industrial experience to employment office of Edisons then adds
 q believe it to be perfectly possible a man to
 be unable to answer considerable proportion O
 such questions have been to
 the intellectual capacity and the genius
 tive thought which would make him n an
 short time outstrip the who could answer
 questIonnalre minute detail. As a matter fact.
 belief is that the presumption
 against a mans large mental capacity whose
 encountered with litter Of detailed
 tOn as that for which Mr. Edison asEs'
 Here then IS the ideal purpose of the college training to develop the of thought and teilecual capacity larger to discover where knowledge and where be found the If Mr. Edison by of the discussion tlonnare although unconscousy unpurposed made the real object of all education people he has done 9 work.