Evening star., 1929-11-17
APTITUDE TESTS
MADE UNIVERSAL
All Accredited Medical
Schools to Use George
Washington Formula.


psychology of George Washington Uni
yersity, will be used in the selection Of
candidates for admission to medical
colleges throughout the country, as the
result of a resolution adopted by the
Association of American Medical Col
The association has appointed a COM
mittee consisting of Dean Solomon of
the Western Reserve School Of Medi-
cine, Dean Wisecotten Of the Syracuse
University Medical School and DR.. Ben
Wood representing the School Of Ply
sicians and Surgeons OF Columbia Uni
versity, to cooperate with Or. Moss
in making plans for giving the tests.
According to the present plan, uni
form aptitude tests will be given in
every accredited medical school In the
country on the same day. The Asso-
citation of American Medical Colleges
will tabulate the results and forward
them to deans and admission commit
tees of the member schools. Expert
ments conducted during the past year
by DR.. Moss in % of the leading medical
colleges have demonstrated that the use
of the tests in combination with pre-
medical grades as a criterion in the Sc
lection of candidates will decrease the
number of failures In medical schools
so to rs per cent.
Pioneer in Tests.
A psychologist and psychiatrist of
note, Dr. Moss has been a pioneer In
the development of aptitude and per-
sonnel tests for use in education, busi-
ness and industry. He was one Of the
early developers of the Short-answer
tHN Of
in colleges. His experiments to deter
mine the effects Of sleep and of fatigue
on the human body have received wide
notice. as have his social intelligence
tests, mental alertneSS tests and teach
ing aptitude tests to eliminate guess
work in rating teachers. At present
Dr. Moss is engaged in a study Of nerve
and muscle fatigue occaSioned by driv-
ing and other exercises for the Society
of Automotive Engineers. A study Is
also being made of methods of selecting
department store executives, under the
auspices of the Social Science Research
Council and the Hecht group of de-
partment stores in Washington, Balti-
more and New York.
On Faculty Since 1921.
DR.. Moss holds the degree Of master
of arts from Columbia University and
the degrees Of doctor Of philosophy and
doctor Of medicine from the George
Washington University. He has been
a member of the George Washington
University faculty since 1921 and Is
chairman of the department of psy-
chology and clinical instructor in
neuro-psychiatry. During the war he
was director of the division of psy-
Geological tests and measurements OF
the 1st Division, United States Army.
He has been staff psychologist of the
Bureau of Public Personnel Admins
tration and is at present staff psy-
chologist of Gallinger Municipal Hos
pital, He was secretary OF Presi-
dent Hoover's committee on the causes
of automobile accidents. DR.. Moss is
an associate editor OF the Journay OF
Industrial Psychology and is the author
OF numerous publications In the tie!d
of psychology.
Mrs. Chauncey Depew and Prof. Will
lard Hayes Yeager the first incumbent
of the chair In public speaking endowed
by Mrs. Depew in memory OF her nus
band, were the guests OF honor at q
BANQUET given by Delta Sigma Rho. ma
tional honorary forensic society, on Fri
day evening at the Cosmos Club. The
speakers included DR.. Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, president OF the university; Proi.
Yeaeer and Gilbert L. Hall of the law
school faculty, who for the past 10
years has had prominent part in the
direction Of forensic activities at the
university
Mothers Pay Visit.
Some 100 mothers of freshman girls
spent, the day at the university Thurs
day, the occasion being the annual
Mothers day. In addition to attending
classes the mothers heard talks by DR..
Marvin, Provost william Allen Wilbur,
Mrs, Joshua Evans, jr., of the board OF
trustees, Dean Henry Grattan Doyle
and Mrs. Winnie @. BarrowS, secretary
for women's activities. They were en-
tertained at luncheon and were taken
on a tour of inspection of the university
plant, visiting the laboratories, libraries.
gymnasium and rife range.
On Saturday evening the annual
county fair" given under the auspices
of the Y. w. c. A, was held in the uni
versity gymnasium.
The election of John Garland Pollard
brings to the governorship of Virginia
an alumnus of the George Washington
University and a man whose family has
been closely associated with the uni
versity from the time OF its founding
DR.. Pollard was graduated from the law
school in 1893 and received the hon.
orary degree of doctor of laws in 1921.
The association of the Pollard family
with George Washington extends
through four generations. from the time
when DR.. Pollard's grandfather, Col.
John Pollard, co-operated with Luther
Rice in founding the institution. until
the present, when his son. Charles P.
Pollard, is a student in the law school,
Four of Col. Pollards sons graduated
from the university. Dr. Pollard's
brother was a member Of the faculty
of the university 80 years ago.