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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961 Page Three The child's educational career is shaped by the I.Q. tests. The top five or ten per cent are set on the academic high road to Intelligence Tests May Be Doing 'Incalculable Harm9 Educators and psychologists are the subject of standardized I. Q. tests for chil- - dren, arguing that using them in guidance can do "incalcuable h.arm." In an article, "Let's Look at Those I. Q. Tests," in the De-cember Reader's Digest, John Kord Lagemann says that the tests are supposed to measure only "native ability" but actually are linked to culture. In pros-perous suburbia, one out of four children scores above 125; in poor neighborhoods, only one out of 16. college; the bottom group are labeled "slow" and taught ac-cordingly. A teacher may try tQ ignore the tests, but as one said, "Once you know a child's I.Q., you tend to see him through it." At some popular colleges, I.Q. 120 has become the cut off point for applicants. At the University of Kansas, a, survey was taken of the classes from 1955 to 1959. If the under-12- 0 group had been barred, it wa,s; found, the nation would have lost 202 teachers,. 176 engineers, 22 journalists, 31 lawyers and 25 doctors several of whom graduated with top-honors- . By law this university accepts any graduate of a state accredited high school. Britain is the only country outside the United States which uses standardized tests exten-sively. The USSR does not. Mr. Lagemann concludes. "Abandon-ment of standardized testing will upset our entire sorting our pro-cess, but which is worse, to use individual human judgments, with their known fallibility, or an impersonal system that ope-rates logically from a false premise?" Gene Fullmer Praises Response Of Utahns to TB Seal Campaign "It's wonderful that people have responded so well to our letter explaining the need for contributions to the Christmas Seal campaign. The educational programs that we have carried on and particularly tuberculin skin testing in the schools of Utah have reached many of the people in the state. Active cases of tuberculosis have been found x as a result of these activities. Next year we should have even fewer people contract the dis-ease," Gene Fullmer said. Mr. Fullmer, world's middle-weight boxing champion, is also honorary Christmas Seal chair-man for this state. He has spent many hours working in various ways to help educate the people of Utah to the fact that TB must be fought with all our knowledge and ability to eliminate the dis-ease from this area. "We must not relax our fight for a moment, or we will be caught off guard. With the increasing drug resist-ance that is developing rapidly by the TB germ, at any time it could break out agairj among us and sweep through the state," he said. "On the other hand, Utah could win national fame by being the first state in the country to virtually eliminate the disease from our area." Charles O. Finley is owner of the Kansas City Athletics base ball team as well as National Honorary Christmas Seal chair-man. Recently he congratulated Gene on the fine job he is doing in Utah in this fight against TB. John Zenger, president of the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Assn., vhas asked that Utahns continue to support this cause and contribute to this year's seal campaign. Mr. Fullmer reminds us that there is still time to send in contributions to help meet this year's goal of $50,000 towards the funds needed to carry on these programs of education, re-search, and tuberculin skin test-ing as a part of the case finding activity. Farm Bureau To Expand Activity in Utah Farm Bureau activity in Utah will undergo significant expan-sion as a result of action taken by the board of directors of the recent state wide organization in meeting at Salt Lake City. Climaxing a 17-mon- th study and evaluation, the board of di-rectors adopted a program of: 1. An information and research department. 2. A commodity division. 3. A Farm Bureau Women's organization in every county and community. 4. A Farm Bureau Young People's organization in every county and community. 5. At least one discussion group in every community. 6. More closely activity with livestock, commod-ity and cooperative groups. 7. Increased member partici-pation in citizenship activities including goals of a minimum of 25 per cent participation in policy development and 15 per cent active participation in leg-islative activity together with measures to encourage Farm Bureau members to be active in the political party of their own choice. 8. Organiaztion of committees on ntaional, state and local af-fairs in every county. 9. Training programs for the state, county and local Farm Bureau leaders. 10. Assignment of responsibil-ity to Women's Committees for training in hospitalization and medical care and to FarmBureau Young People for the organiza tion of discussion groups in all counties and communities. The above is to be undertaken with the assistance of an ex-panded staff consisting of new directors of information, re-search and commodity activities and three multiple county Farm Bureau field men. Board action came as a result of recommendations of two sep-arate study committees working since February, 1960. A. V. Smoot, Cornine. State Farm Bureau president, said. "This is the most significant action taken by the board of directors in many years. With these goals before us and an expanded staff to assist County Farm Bureau workers, we shall be able to serve the farm people of Utah with greater effective-ness than ever before." Current membership in the Utah State Farm Bureau is in excess of 10,000 families. COLD SUFFERERS Get fast relief from that ache-all-ove- rt worn-o- ut feeling due to colds. STANDACK'S combination of medicall-y- proven ingredients reduces fever and brings comforting relief. Use as a gargle for sore throat due to colds. Snap back with STANBACK. f'SPW' - i ,' ' ' ' ' J ':'r ' I lit stands to reason that an 8 year old Bourbon giftJ1 figures to be appreciated more than a younger Bourbon. (What s the age ofthe Bourbon you were planning to give?) Champion Bourbon is a full 8 years old, made the sour mash way, gift-wrappe- d, and very nice to give or get W0k Founder Member. The Bourbon Institute il' 8 YEARS OLO-SO- UR MASH STRAIGHT BOURBON-- 86 PROOF SCHENLEY OIST. CO.. N.V.C. bIII Utah Guardsmen Cain Leaves for Holidays New Year's will be extra happy this holiday season for most of the Utah Army National Guardsmen called to active duty in October. About 1,200 of the 1,600 Guard on duty at three military bases in the U.S. received leaves for the holidays. Most will visit families and friends in the areas of Salt Lake, while others will visit in other parts of the nation. Men from units in Ft. Hood, --Texas; Ft. Lewis, Wash., and Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., have been arriving in the Beehive state for the past week. Utahns stationed in Fort Hood are members of Headquarters XI Corps Artillery and the 1st Tar-get Acquisition Bn. From Fort Leonard Wood will come mem-bers of the 144th Evacuation Hospital and from Fort Lewis the men from 115th Engineer Bn. and 116th Engr. Co., and the 3659th Ordnance Co. The Utah Air National Guard is playing a big role in seeing that this wlil be a happy holiday season for the Guardsmen. An Utah Air Guard C-9- 7 made the flights to the three forts and flew to Salt Lake City 65 soldiers from each. Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, said the leaves for the holidays greatly, boost the morlae of the units. Gen. Rich, Brig. Gen. Maurice L. Watts, Commissioner L. C. Romney.and a group of news-paper, radoi and television men visited the Utah units stationed at Fort Hood last week. "I was proud of you when you were called to active duty, and I'm even more proud of you now," Gen. Rich said. , The party was briefed on the work and mission of the 1st Tar-get Acquistion Bn. and XI Corps Artillery. Then they interviewed soldiers from the two units and heard their comments. Lt. Bernie Bills, Ogden, of the 1st Target Acquisition Bn., best explained the reason for com-plaints the men had. "We've smiply had too much to do in too short a time. Since we've been here we've had to get all the men qualified with varoius weapons, get additional immunizations, check out field equipment and still pass Army training tests. There were no complaints about the food snice the cooks, after several years in the Utah Guard and twomonths on active duty are proficient. Most of the soldiers intervewied in their barracks complained of not hav-ing enough to keep them busy, of just sitting around too much, but Lt. Bills' answered these statements. Westminster Gains Esso Foundation Unrestricted Grant Westminster College of Salt Lake City was named recipient of a $2,000 unrestricted grant from the Esso Education Foun-dation of New York City, M. J. Rathbone, chairman of the Foun-dation, made the announcement and stated that Westminster's gift is part of grants totaling $1,-900,0- 00 for the 1961-6- 2 academic year. The Foundation, established in 1955 by Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, of which Mr. Rath-bon- e is president, is also aided! by five domestic affiliates of Jersey Standard, Humble Oil & Refining, Esso International and Esso Research and Engineering Co., Humble Pipe Line Co. and Jersey Production Research Co. Unrestricted grants continue to make up the largest single category in the Foundation's program. Commenting on the unrestricted grants, Mr. Rath-bon- e said that they "continue to be viewed as a highly desired and effective form of assistance. They are made in recognition of the fact that the institutions are in the best position to know how the funds they received can be used most advantageously." The $2,000 gift to Westminster is part of the $1,600,000 develop-ment program which the college is now conducting. Under the direction of James E. Hogle, Westminster board member and chairman of the development commission, the campaign has progressed rapidly and is now at about 40 per cent with re-ceipts totaling $611,398. He said that the response to the current effort on behalf of the college has been especially gratifying in that each pledge received has represented an individual deci-sion and endorsement of the Westminster purpose and goal. w Hostile and impulsive mental attitudes are major causes 6f car accidents, injuries, and deaths, according to one authodity, who says the accident prone drivers who have 30 per cent of all acci-dents use highways as a stage to act out their conflicts. |