Evening star., 1923-01-07

From study of the records in the
hundreds of tests which are being
given, the authorities can determine
a normal" score. and succeeding stu
dents when tested then can be phys
ically classified. just as the psyche
logical tests classify them mentally.
This will mean, according to Miss
Wayman, that girl can be immedi-
ately placed in the gymnaStic class
best fitted TO her abilities. If she has
physical efficiency, after the first
term she may be excused from regu-
lar gymnastic work and choose an
athletic activity for herself Cards
cheney lies when a student has a low
scores and she will be encouraged and
assisted to find the means to over
come the handicap.
Great Interest Is shown.
Great interest is being shown by
the students wherever the tests are
being tried. and the sponsors of the
scheme believe it will create con-
slant tendency toward raising the
graduates. AS records for each class
and college are obtained, inevitably
the spirit of rivalry will come in to
add incentive to the individual to bet
ter her score.
The test as now in use at Barnard
is in three parts-medical, anthropo-
metric and motor ability. In the mo-
tor ability. test the student performs
eight exercises, designed to show her
endurance, speed, strength, co-ordina-
tion, balance. control, agility, skill,
courage and time reaction.
In the anthropometric test her lung
capacity, chest expansion, ninth rib
expansion and right grip are meas
ured. The medical test is a thorough
physical examination, arranged as are
the other testsS to result in definite
score.
Having given a student these
three sets of tests and with a certain
score as a result of each, we can ar
rive at a definite conclusion about
her, which will show her what she
lacks, wherein her weakness lies, how
she compares with other students of
practically the same age regardless
of conditions" said Miss Wayman.
These tests enable US to find out
in one or two hours what 1t might
take a year to find out IL we waited
for the Judgment of the instructor and
the results of class work"
The uses to which the statistics OBJ
tanned may be put are many, Miss
Wayman pointed out, suggesting that
they might answer such questions as
the relation between general health
Gas shown by the medical score) and
physical proficiency (shown by the
motor ability test); the relation be-
tween physical ability and intelIi-
gence-do high efficiency scores coin
eide with high intelligence quotients
Is there any relation between posture
and strength, or posture and lung ca
pacity?
Other tests, which, like the achieve
ment test of the psychologists, would
measure progress and furnish a def
mite goal for a student, class or COL
lege, could be worked out, Miss Way
man believes and would be the next
logical step. These tests would show
hope to attain after a years, two
years or three years practice along
certain lines
Measuring Individual Power.
1--WE are not testing merely for
inches and feet and seconds and
height, but for the qualities which
make these things possible" declared
Miss Wayman. I'VE are measuring
the individuals power to produce
her effectiveness, her power of action.
And then, since this is also in our
province, we must further develop the
Individual by physical activities, un-
til, If possible,r she measures up to a
certain standard.
''Our test is threeIfold, since we be-
lieve that an Individual to be abso-
lutely efficient must be in good health,
and we interpret good health to mean
sound organically, having no defects
of feet or posture. possessed of en-
durance and strength, well poised and
possessed of certain neuro- muscular
control as exhibited by reaction ito
fundamental motor ability tests. such
as running, jumping, throwing and
climbing"