Show Chicago r Students Are AreM Allowed M lowed Use Of Books in r Exam CHICAGO June 12 p EP Some Something thing new in collegiate circles took place at the University of Chicago yesterday Seventeen selected freshman students stu Mu dents In a class in literature conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted b by the university's president Robert Maynard Hutchins were permitted per to look at will at the tho books they had studied and consult their lecture notes when they took their written examination Thus the dishonored pony was as in a sense made legitimate I No premium was placed on me mem mcm memory I ory as in the old time examinations Instead the students were a. a asked ked to demonstrate that they had grasped the underlying significance of or the words and writers they had studied This type of examination is to be substituted generally at the university university sity next fall when hen nn un educational reorganization is to take place Those who took yesterdays yesterday's test said they were satisfied fed with Ith the new method |