The New York herald., 1922-02-26
PRINCETON 'EXAM'
FLOORS FRESHMAN
Three Hours Not Enough to
Answer Munro'S Six
Questions.

Special Dispatch to THE New YorK HERALD
PRINCETON, Feb. 25.--Some two hun
dred and fifty members of the Princeton
freshman class received the shock OF
their lives in the recent examination
period. The cause for their astonishment
was the examination paper in a course
which goes by the label of Historical
Introduction to Politics and Economics
| 1O1. After looking at the paper the be-
wildered freshmen wondered why his
| torical, and why merely an introduction
to politics and economics. For the ques-
tions presupposed knowledge not only of
history. politics and economics, but of
! geology, astronomy, geography, con-
| tracts and law, political theory, and a
few other subjects.
| The poor freshmen had suspected
something. The exam came not entirely
without warning. But they hadn't ex-
pected to catch such O. Tartar. The
paper consisted of six questions sub
divided into several parts and was
scheduled to be three hours in length.
| Some Of the seekers after knowledge
had 70 be literally elected from the
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carnage was terrible. The registrars
office in Nassau Hall. where the exami-
nation results are posted, swarmed with
yearlings anxiously scanning the bulle-
| tin board to learn their fate. Finally
the marks went up. dead silence.
| Then prolonged groan from the as
sembled throng. Eighty-one men, or
33 1-3 per cent. of the list, failed the
| course, probably two-thirds of the men
| 1unked the examination and those that
did pass got through by the skin OF
| their teeth.
The course was Instituted in tn.
! fall of 1919 and Is now in its third
! year. Prof. Dana Carlton Munro. world
authority on medieval history, who was
responsible for it's Inauguration, said
that the purpose of the course was to
make men think.
A number Of seniors having passed
numerous courses in economies, money
and banking, corporation finance to-
gether with astronomy and geology,
have offered to bet they couldn't pass
| the test. Thomas A. Ed ison's ques-
! tionnaire is backed off the map" is the
! terse opinion of one prominent member
OF Princeton's graduating class
| The examination follows:
1. (a) Define the following terms:
I toOiollNbp VIII VI I1dUtdS corpus. HeTl-
helion. Neap Tides. Exogamy, Agent,
Rotation of Corps, Common Law, Com
mon Carrier, Gid Merchant Law Mer-
chant, Climatic Cycle. Usury, Demesne
Land, Black England. Artificial Boun-
dairy, Bailment, Villein. Erosion.
(b) Name and locate the following:
A British possession in Central America,
n seaport of India, an American State
having an emerged coast, an oil field
in Asia, the principal seaport of the
Argentine Republic, a city in Persia.
the principal nitrate deposit in the
world. an American State which is at
present one of the chief sources OF cop
| per. lake in Siberia.
(c) Who were the following men
Sir Thomas Moore. Blackstone?
! .. (a) A Polar explorer observes the
sun 60 degrees 30 minutes North OF his
zenith at local noon on December %. His
/ chronometer registers A. NJ. What IL
/ his latitude? What is his longitude? =?
In what continent is he? IF he were
| to remain at that point until June 21
where would he observe the sun at local
noon?
/ (b) and the Lord said unto Moses:
/ Let the priests also which come near
to the Lord sanctify themselves lest the
Lord break forth upon them but thou
shalt come up (to Mount SinaI), thou
| and Aaron" Ex. 10. xiv. What does
this verse illustrative in regard to early
Hebrew ideas of mama?
(c) a, president of a corporation
| owns 100000 worth OF stock In that
corporation. The corporation honestly
but inefficiently conducted becomes
bankrupt with total liability of $780,
0o0 in bonds held by r. Can B recover
the value OF his bonds? Can A be made
liable for the reimbursement OF Il?
Give reasons for your answers.
(d) A, in his jewelry store. In the
presence OF two of his clerks, said to b:
81 will repair your watch free Of
charge" He afterward refused TO do so.
VIII the courts grant y any remedy? If
so, will this remedy be damages OF
specific performance? Justify your an
swer by reference TO legal principles.
3. (a) Explain why desert peoples are
usually nomadic.
OBJ Explain the geographic causes
which contributed to make Great Britain
the greatest colonial Power In Europe.
(c) Explain the difference between
civil and political liberty giving ex-
amples Of each
(d) Explain how tho rise Of the Politi-
cal State resulted in the development OF
private property In land.
g. If you were asked to select site
for n great city i'm a hitherto undiscov-
cred and uninhabited continent in the
temperate zone, wl@t factors would in
fluence you in making your selection
How would each OF these factors pro-
mote the growth and prosperity OF the
future city?
g. Consisted OF tables Indicating the
average monthly temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit and the average monthly
rainfall in inches OF four cities and
asked the following questions. Where
would you suppose each Of these cities
to be located? Explain the reasons for
the amount and seasonal distribution OF
The rainfall Of each Of these cities.
what was The Industrial Ecvolu.
tion2 Describe five Of It's most lmpor
tant results.