# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S512
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Report of Board for Higher Education 513

tudents. A total of 1,500 questions were submitted to every
“for response. :

eas covered by these tests are the following:

English (Mechanics, Vocabulary, Effective Use, Speed of
Reading, Level of Comprehension),

German (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading).
Latin (Grammar, Reading, Civilization).

: General Culture.

5.. Contemporary Affairs.

pach part of the General Culture test measured a particular aspect
f the student’s background. Separate scores were obtained for Cur-
nt Social Problems; History and Social Studies; Literature; Science;
ine Arts; and Mathematics. While the scores did not indicate
chievement in any specific course, they did provide a measure of

‘student’s cultural background as compared with other college
ophomores. ;

The Contemporary Affairs test had two functions. First, it meas-
d the student’s acquaintance with happenings in the world today
1 the fields of Political and Military Events; Social and Economic
Events; Science and Mathematics; Literature; Fine Arts, Music, and
Drarna; and Amusements (sports, movies, etc.). Second, because
the. things in which a student is most interested are the things he
. treads and remembers, this test provided an indication of the fields
: in which the student’s interests are strongest.

» Since the Testing Bureau does not issue tests in Greek, no com-
' parison with other sophomores could be obtained. In order to
‘ secure some measure of the student’s knowledge of Greek, a modified
variation of a University of Chicago test in Greek was given to our
“sophomores at the preparatory colleges in the late spring of 1942.
‘A further check on the same group of students was made through
another examination given at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in the. -
‘fall. .This second Greek test was prepared by a committee of our
.Own professors, Dr. W. Arndt, D.D., Ph.D.; Dr. W. H. Wente, PhD., .
‘and ‘Prof. : V. Bartling. The next class of students (sophomores
J. .1942-43) was tested by means of still another Greek test again com-
‘piled by the same committee and administered to the college sopho-
‘mores in April of 1943
On the basis of a testing program so extensive and twice repeated,
we may be reasonably certain that we have an adequate measure of
the educational equipment which our students have immediately -

prior to their entrance on professional, theological, and pedagogical
studies. | . , ;