Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
EXAMS IN SCHOOLS
CALLED IMMORAL
By RESEARCH EXPERT

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, per cent were found To have cheat ed
when II was made almost impossible
to cheat without detection and that
| so per cent cheated when conditions
permitted dishonesty with practically
no difficulty. While these tests were
| made on dependent children DIR. MAY
believes the same tests would approx
| mate the same general result on other
groups.
| DR.. May is engaged in trying to
| develop character tests for children
similar to the intelligence tests which
| have not become popular in many edu-
cational systems.
Other speakers in the section meet
| ing on tests and measurements We're
| DIR. G. Murrel RuCh of the State Uni
versity of Iowa. who acted as chair
| man. and DIR. Goodwin Il. Watson of
| the Teachers College of Columbia
| University.
! A sectional meeting on scholarships
was presided over by Anna Pratt of
| the White Williams Founda ton of
Philadelphia and third group dis
| cussed collection of occupational in.
formation under the leadership of May
Rogers Lane. research supervisor of
| the Board OF Education of Clevela nd.
| Miss Mary Stewart. director of the
| Junior division of the United States
| Employment Service of this city, will
be chairman of banquet meeting at
: O'Clock tonight at the Washington
! Hotel. which will be addressed by DR.
| Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
the Washington schools; Miss Grace
Abbott. chief OF the Children's Bureau
! of the Department of Labor. and Mrs
Lillian NJ. Gilbreth, n consulting en-.
| gineer.
Job Analysis" Foreseen.
DR.. G. X. Mann. director of the
American Council on Education. OF
| this city. declared at last nights SEES
| sion that job analysis and the train
ing of young men and women to fl,
certain jobs to be the coming thing. ,
This idea is coming to be the mair
| theme of all educational movements
| of the Nation he said. Before the
war the asses of the public accepted
the idea that if child failed time and
again in certain studies and eventual
ly dropped out of school, it was his
own fault.
The schools must show students
what jobs are to be done and to train
them TO do them when they have com
pleted their schooling" he said.
Dr. Mann's address crystallized the
desire of the delegates to get a con
| crete outline of the duties of a voca
tfonal counselor and to adopt princi-
pies OF his work. Questions were
asked for u definite outline OF the
counselor's duties, but spea kers said
because the field is SO new and the
duties are varied under differen,
circumstances and environment such
an outline could not yet be had. What
ever helps to train students TO fit de
mands of the commercial world shoulC
be the guide Of the vocational coun
selor in his work. DIR. Mann said.
Counselor Professional.
DR.. Harry kitson of the Teachers
College of Columbia University. in re-
porting on a paper on the job analysis
of the counselor by A. H. Edgerton OF
the department Of vocational guidance
of the University of Wisconsin, de
| ed the status of professional man
| He pointed out the need of a profes
sional code and protested against the
failures who stalk about in the garh
of vocational counselors. The coun
selor. he said, at least, should he equal
| In intelligence to the average teacher
Yesterday afternoons discussion was
split with declarations of widely di
vergent views on who the counselor
| should be. what his duties are and
how his work should he accomplished
| Leonard Lundgren. director Of adult
and vocational schools Of San Fran
cisco, declared the vocational coun
sellers should be exceptionally wei
trained school teachers rather thar
highly paid experts The question
of the cost for vocational counselors
must be considered, he said. explaining
that San Francisco is paying $50 .00t
a year for counseling and placing stu
dents. Teachers must do the counsel