The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-10
II n. D. SCHOOLS
TAKE PART IN
NEW CONTEST
First Contest viii Be Held To.
morrow-Waehburn School
Is in List

Emporia, Kan, Jan. 1O.-Elevcn
North Dakota high schools are COM
peting this year in the Every Pupil
Scholarship contests which have been
conducted annually for the past
three years under the direction OF
DR.. E. r. Wood, head of the bureau
Of educational measurements OF
Kansas State Teachers college Of
Emporia. The date Of the first con.
test is Jan. II.
North Dakota schools participat.
ing include Ashley, Bowbells, Buff.
falo. Cooperstown, Crosby, Grafton,
Hope, Kehsal, Turtle Lake, Wash.
burn, and LaMoure.
Exactly TIT schools from 81 states
had ordered tests up to Jan. 6 for
the first of this years contests.
Orders add up to the astonishing
total Of 20O,0S8 tests and record
forms.
Kansas Leads List
Kansas leads the list of states in
number Of schools participating.
This is due to the fact that the
scholarship contest idea is well es.
tablished in the Sunflower state and
that this is the first year that the
scheme has spread much beyond its
borders. The number of Kansas
schools is 431, Of Arizona s, Of
Arkansas IL, Of Idaho 6, of Indiana
Is, Of Colorado 43, of Iowa 81, Of
Missouri 10, of Nevada 2, of Minne-
sofa 1, of Montana 80, of Nebraska
rs, Of New Mexico 2, of South Da-
kota 20, Of Oklahoma Z, of Oregon
Is, Of Texas II, of Utah 2, of Wash.
ington 8, and Of Wyoming 10.
These Every Pupil Scholarship
contests, which are an outgrowth Of
the State Scholarship meet held an.
nually at Emporia Teachers college,
are unique. Although 100000 high
school students competed in two held
last year and although it appears
that over 100000 will compete in the
first one this year, not student will
leave his own classroom in his own
high school. Neither is it neces.
sary for high school authorities to
disrupt the regular class schedule.
Teachers Give Tests
Printed tests, compiled according
to suggestions sent in by school
men Of Kansas and other states and
based upon the subject matter US.
ually covered in the first semester,
are mailed from Emporia just be.
fore the contest. Teachers give the
tests in the regular class periods
and the papers are scored under
the direct supervision of each high
school superintendent or principal.
using keys which are sent out with
the tests. Subjects offered on Jan.
II include biology, chemistry, gen.
eral science, physics, algebra, geom-
etry, English, Latin !, Latin II, con.
stitution, and American history.
Results from each high school are
sent to the bureau of measurements
at Emporia. Here they are tabu.
lated and q printed summary, which
makes it possible for each school to
determine its standing in each sub.
ject with relation to every other
school, is sent to all schools that
participate. Schools that wish to
compete with one another or with
any group Of schools in either q
single subject or group of subjects
may do so by naming their oppon-
ents in advance.
A second Every Pupil contest will
be held April IL, preceding the State
Scholarship meet on May 5. Stu
dents participating in the state
meet are required to come to the
Teachers College at Emporia to
do so.