Show U of U NEWS following tho the suggestion of tho the english department all freshmen tro ahmon entering tho the university of utah this year havo have taken placement actions in english before being permitted to register in that subject this was waa not an entrance ont ranco test but a devise to check on the thoroughness thorough ugliness nesa of their knowledge of english in the near future the various high schools will bo be sent the results of the examination with reference to their own graduates in this manner the high schools will be able to check the file off efficiency of their courses in ili english tho the exam was not a technical one but called tor for a general understanding of the rules ot of english stress was laid upon spelling matlou and sentence structure it tho the papers showed a lack of understanding the entrants were required to take english A a course covering fundamental subject matter taught in high school it the test revealed a superior knowledge the tha student was allowed to take second quarter freshman english in ili case students reveal qualities in ill the classroom which tife the examination tailed failed to show allow adjustments will bo be made it Is hoped that the students can bo be placed with the class in ili which they can get the most moat real education in ili english in ili previous years all first your year students have been required to register for first year Ei english glish it they failed in the first quarter fu arter they have been required to talca jalcs a pr proper operation atlon course after this course they again have had to register tor for first quarter english taking three quarters to accomplish com li one quarter of work tho the present scheme Is intended to do away with this loss of time and dently give high schools an index to the efficiency of 0 their english courses |