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Senate Asks Study
Of Testing ethods
The University Senate last week approved a recommen
dation to investigate examination techniques to improve the
composing and grading of tests because of the increasing
classroom enrollment.
Presented by the Senate Committee on Educational Pol-
TIM Elects
Haines As
President
By KAY MILLS
Philip Haines was re-elected
president of the Town Inde
pendent Men's Council at their
meeting last night.
Fred Phanco, Amor in elec
trical engineering from Wesley
ville, was elected vice president.
lie defeated Ralph Levy, outgo
ing TIM secretary.
Elected secretary was MAO - lard
Ache, junior in metallurgy from
Philadelphia He was opposed by
Ron Lyon
Fiank Burkett, sophomore in
electrical engineering from Som
erset, whas chosen treasurer. He
was uturp - posed .
These officers will be installed!
at the TIM Council banquet 7
p.ni. Saturday at the State Col
lege Elks Club.
In other business, the parlia-1
mentarian was authorized to study,!
the TIM constitution regarding
changes to enable the council
function effectively throughout
the entire year. The constitution
with incorporated changes will be
presented at the next TIM Coun
cil meeting
Lloyd Bobb, Arthur Given and
Joseph Ciofft were admitted to
council mernhership by a unani
mous vote
Frank Janko,lty, outgoing, vice
president, was appomted parlia
mentarian for the fall semester.
Jankosky 15 currently a seventh
semester student
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N B Merlon• first secretary of
the Incitzin Embassy In Washing
ton and acting cultural attiche,
tviil speak on "India's Outlook on
the Contemporatv World Crisis"
at 8 tonight in the Hetzel Union
a,sembly room
Melton's talk is sponsored by
the International Relations Club
and the History Round Table. He
has been invited under the aus
pices of the internatiotial under
standing course and hopes to
speak in these classes tomorrow
He also hopes to talk to the Indian
students
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icy, the recommendation asks the
Division of Academic Research
and Services to study available
literature on this subject.
It also specifies that considera
tion be given to the creation of a
permanent "Measurement and
Evaluation Center" to aid depart
ment., in improving their testing
Procedure;.
C. R. Carpenter. head of Aca
demic Research and Services,
who had not yet been informed
of the Senate's actions, said yes
terday that the big problem lies
in getting information to the
faculty on the types and forms
of examinations available.
According to Carpenter, inves
tigation of testing could take two
forms: Problems in composing
and administering widely used
standardized tests with a reliabil
ity coefficient, such as aptitude
and achievement tests, and course
related examinations and quizzes.
"In the latter instance especial
ly, a testing center, similar to
one at Ohio . State University.
could be a great help to faculty,"
he said.
At Ohio State, testing division
writes and grades some of the
examinations, thereby eliminat
ing part of the faculty burden.
Results of the tests are also re•
corded to help in improving the
quality of examinations.
Carpenter added that the prob
lem .of constructing a "good test"
is difficult. The constructor must
know the skill and art of drawing
up a fair examination, he said.
"All types of tests have a place
in academic examination. To get
a fair opinion of a student's
achievement a battery of tests
should be administered,' he said.
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After 14 Years freshmen and sophomores partici
pating in the academic honest geo-chemistry geo-physics and
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As Head ®f r program in the College of Min
eral Industries will he held at 7
Norman R. Sparks. professor' tonight in 229 MI.
and head of the Department of: The honor system which has
Mechanical Engineering, will re-:been accepted only by the MI
tire on July 1.
He has served on the faculty
'since 1924 and since 1946 has been
'head of the department.
Sparks attended Clarkson Col
lege of Technology in Potsdam,
N.Y., where he received his bach
elor of science degree in mech
janical engineering in 1923 and
the degree of mechanical engineer
in 1926
In 1923, he accepted a position
as a mechanical engineer in the
Motive Power Department of
the New York Central Railroad.
The following year, he was named
instructor in mechanical engin
eering at the University and he
has continued on the faculty since
that time.
On leave from the University'
during World War 11, he served !
as a lieutenant commander and
commander in the U.S. Navy. His
Naval assignments included duty ;
as the first engineer in charge of '
the Diesel Training program at,
the University and later he held
a similar assignment at Cornell
University.
Sparks has published many ar
ticles and has written a textbook
dealing with mechanical refriger
ation.
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