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Joint Glee Clubs Complete Program
By FAITH WEINSTEIN
the tide of admissions com-
)n rises, pre-admissions ex-
tions, like the College En-
Examination Board tests,
ore widely used as a selec-
tool by colleges, Richard
n, executive vice-president
CEEB, said yesterday.
ce the beginning of the Uni-
y's experimental venture in-
EEB examinations required
se as a guidance tool, the
sions people have been
barded with questions from
chool guidance people across
bate," Byron Groesbeck, as-
t director of admissions, told
incipal-Freshman-Counselor
rence here.
Not Unique
e CEEB exams are not
e, or mysterious," Pearson
They have a perfectly re-
able background in the
ardized tests which grew up
.,
in the past 20 or 30 years, such
as the Stanford Binet Intelli-
gence Tests, or the Iowa achieve-
ment tests.
College Board exams have a
certain predictive value. "You can.
predict about 50 per cent of the
rank differences of an applicant
group for the end of their fresh-
man year, he commented.
Of this 50 per cent, about 30 is
gleaned from the high school rec-
ord-"and I can't think of an
admissions officer in the country
who does not depend primarily on
this record," Pearson declared.
Gear Tests
The other 20 per cent comes
from the College Boards-and the
accuracy of this comes from the
great care the CEEB takes to
insure reliability of scores - by
lengthening the time of tests,
and gearing them specifically to
a normative group of college stu-
dents.
The 30 per cent accuracy of
the high school record has al-
ways been available to admissions
officers, but the other 20 per
cent, especially in the current at-
mosphere of increasing selectivi-
ty, can sometimes give the ad-
missions officer the extra insight
he needs.
"There are some institutions in
the country-the service acade-
mies are the best example-where
they find a different secondary
school on nearly every applica-
tion, and depend on the CEEB
scores more, because they have no
way of judging the comparative
merits of each secondary school.
Aspect Impersonal
One of the disadvantages of
the CEEB exams, in Pearson's
eyes, is its impersonal aspect in
the highly personal operation of
college admissions. "It is an ex-
ternal agency interfering in the
close relationship that should
exist between the student, his
parents and his chosen college."
On the other hand, however,
Pearson says the CEEB scores
are more effective for prediction
than the interview method. "The
Harvard business school experi-
mented a few years ago with a
class of students in which half
had been admitted with, and half
without interviews. They found
that the interviews were not con-
tributing a single thing."
To Observe Date
Of Algerian Revolt
The Arab Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. to day at the International
Center to commemorate the sixth
anniversary of the Algerian Revo-
lution.
The programs are complet
the joint Illinois and Unive
Men's Glee Club performance
e for
ersity
es at
Admiring" and "Turne Back You
Wanton Flyer," Williams' "Drink-
ing Song," "He's Gone Away,"
"Go Down Death" and "Soon-Ah
Will Be Done."
8:30 p.m. today and tomorrow in
Hill Aud.
The University Men's Glee Club
will sing nine selections. They In-
clude "Laudes Atque Carmina" by
Stanly, "Music Will Calm Thee"
by Handel, the "Chorus of Re-
turning Pilgrims" from Wagner's
"Tannhauser," "Good Fellows Be
Merry" by Bach and "The Vaga-
bond" by R. Vaughn Williams.
"The Little Brown Jug," Rach-
maninoff's "C Sharp Minor Pre-
lude," Longfellow's "And the Night
Shall Be Filled with Music"' and
the "Michigan Medley" will close
the University's program.
The "Singing Illinii" will sing
Bach's "Alleluia," Hassler's "Gra-
tias Agimus Tibi," two Elizabethan
love songs, "Faire, if You Expect
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"Hail to the Orange" and "Illinois
Loyalty" will be sung.
The University's tradition of
combined Glee Club concerts be-
gan in 1951, when the Club did
its first joint program with a:foot-
ball opponent. This was at Cornell
University, and since then, the.
concerts have become a tradition,
Four combined songs will close
the program, "The Yellow and
Blue," "The Victory Fight Song,"
TONIGHT at 7:15 at Hillel
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te role of English in col-
preparation and admission
g the years ahead will be a
1 one," Richard Pearson,
resident of the College En-
e Examination Board said
day.
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nglish is so important to col-
admission that the typical
ge application and catalog
ot be understood without a
tivity to satire and a ground-
Ii tragedy," Pearson told the
annual Principal-Freshman-
selor Conference.
imissions decisions, insofar as
are influenced by academic
ties, are based more on pre-
ion and potential in English
in any other single subject."
Lce they indicate that fresh-
today are less able writers
those of 1910, our admission
lards in English have drawn
ism, Pearson said.
ne critics point out that the
students were not exposed to
tive tests which "undoubtedly
)en the enthusiasm of English
iers who know that there are
I any right answers."
jective tests in English work
ell as in any other subject,
on countered. "While an oc-
nial poor writer may do well
= objective English test, a
writer almost never receives
objective test score."
he place to start making our
e preparation in English
r is in the teaching rather
in the testing. There is wis-
in assembling experienced
iers and joining their efforts
those of others whose in-
s lie in scholarship and re-
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