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From the people
Instructors should rem ember definition of test
To the Editor:
It is my belief that you have
not been as critical of the
teaching methods practiced by
the instructors here at MSU.
irue, most instructors are
"in-line" and need no public
criticism. Howe·1er, the few that
do fall into the unfavorable
category cause needless labor
for the student. There is one
area in which I hold additional
objections. This is the testing
procedure used by some instructors in particular, math
insturctors. The problem is the
use of application tests.
College is not the place to
apply what one has learned (or
what one was supposed to have
learned). Tests should only test
the students knowledge of what
he was suppose to have
learned-NOT APPLY. I am
aware of the fact some instructors make quizzes a learning
exercise. However, when this is
done the "exercise" is not a test
and should not be used as such.
Reason? Learning and testing
are not the same, obviously. By
taking a learning exercise as a
test unfair punishment can be
imposed easily on the student
whose ability to learn is less
intense as others, although with
Guest editorial---------The Daily Mississippian
'A very regrettable situation'
Two weeks ago First Baptist
Church of · Jackson deacons
refused to admit a group of
blacks who wished to attend
services. This action prompted
Daily Mississippian editor Otis
Tims to write the following
editorial.
Last Sunday members of the
church vofed to admit anyone to
worship services except demonstrators or "those wishing to
draw attention to themselves."
Although the editorial does
not now apply to First Baptist
Church of Jackson the Reflector
feels the editorial has merit
because many white churches in
Mississippi still refuse to admit
blacks.
One would have thought it
Would have all been over.
The long and trying struggle
of rac1a
· l and ethnic groups to
obtain recognition of a status of
blacks to its worship service.
Members of First· Baptist
Church in Jackson have said the
policy of segregation of the
church is longstanding. So have
been the efforts of blacks to
worship with the church.
This reporter remembers arguments against desegregation
equality with the majority has
quieted. But the struggle has not
ended.
Throughout the struggle, the
church has been in the forefront,
upholding the ideal that God is
no respecter of persons, that all
men are created equal.
But the church has its
inconsistencies.
Last Sunday the largest, and
one of the most powerful and
influential churches in Mississippi refused to admit a group of
of conservative churches ten
years ago.
"If they wanted to come to
worship, that would be fine. But
they just want to come to cause
trouble," it was said.
One of the blacks who
attempted to enter the church
last Sunday has said 'that
''maybe in the back of her
mind" she attempted to go to
the services to desegregate the
church.
Nevertheless, it would seem
wrong for any church that
professes to follow Christian
teachings to ref use to allow a
person to worship because of his
skin color.
Churches spend millions of
dollars for work with African
blacks. Yet some refuse to see
the inconsistency of not "casting
the mote out of their own eye"
by not allowing blacks to
participate in their own worship
services.
It is a very regrettable
situation.
time and work he might be as
capable of knowing the material
as well as anyone else. After all,
what are assignments for?
Hence a test should be used
and used only to determine
whether the student has learned
what has been studied in the
course by direct discussion on
the behalf of the instructor and
the text book. Also, if the test is
used as a learning exercise or
as an application test, the
results should not be recorded
as an indication of the student's
progress. LV~ and work is the
testing groun for these areas.
In short, instructors should just
remember what the definition of
a written test is.
Sincerely yours,
Ben C. Reagan
Box 4987
Miss. State, Ms. 39762
To the Editor:
I would like to have some
information concerning the yellow curb in front of Hull. There
is a three car space length of
yellow curb located in front of
Hull, which has parking spaces
marked off in the white paint
< the same as used for any
regular parking spaces).
One space of the three has a
sign marking it for the head
resident's space. The other two
spaces have only a yellow curb,
but no signs.
I think that the spaces should
either be marked off in yellow
<instead of the white, which is
misleading)
or should
be
marked restricted by signs.
Most crosswalks, loading
zones, or other types of
restricted parking have either
signs or yellow markings, not
just yellow curbs.
I went before the Traffic
Appeals Board, as suggested by
an article in The Reflector, Feb.
2, only to be turned down.
Yellow means restricted. That's
that. (However, my ticket was
marked improper parking,
rather than restricted parking.)
After being turned down, I
asked why there was a yellow
curb for the two spaces other
than the head resident's. No one
on the board seemed to know.
The Security officer present said
it was restricted. That fact had
already been established. As far
as I know, the restricted ~rea
has no purpose.
Practically every morni'ng,
when I walk by that area, I see
cars with tickets in these
spaces. Apparently others are
getting tickets, too. Either the
restricted area should be removed (if it has no purpose) or
signs and-or yellow markings
should be added.
I feel that the students who
live in Hull deserve an explanation for the restriction, the
misleading white parking marks
on the yellow curb, and the fact
that no signs or yellow cross
markings are on those spaces.
Virginia A. Lewis
Box 1408
Mississippi State, Ms. 39762
Instructors should rem ember definition of test
To the Editor:
It is my belief that you have
not been as critical of the
teaching methods practiced by
the instructors here at MSU.
irue, most instructors are
"in-line" and need no public
criticism. Howe·1er, the few that
do fall into the unfavorable
category cause needless labor
for the student. There is one
area in which I hold additional
objections. This is the testing
procedure used by some instructors in particular, math
insturctors. The problem is the
use of application tests.
College is not the place to
apply what one has learned (or
what one was supposed to have
learned). Tests should only test
the students knowledge of what
he was suppose to have
learned-NOT APPLY. I am
aware of the fact some instructors make quizzes a learning
exercise. However, when this is
done the "exercise" is not a test
and should not be used as such.
Reason? Learning and testing
are not the same, obviously. By
taking a learning exercise as a
test unfair punishment can be
imposed easily on the student
whose ability to learn is less
intense as others, although with
Guest editorial---------The Daily Mississippian
'A very regrettable situation'
Two weeks ago First Baptist
Church of · Jackson deacons
refused to admit a group of
blacks who wished to attend
services. This action prompted
Daily Mississippian editor Otis
Tims to write the following
editorial.
Last Sunday members of the
church vofed to admit anyone to
worship services except demonstrators or "those wishing to
draw attention to themselves."
Although the editorial does
not now apply to First Baptist
Church of Jackson the Reflector
feels the editorial has merit
because many white churches in
Mississippi still refuse to admit
blacks.
One would have thought it
Would have all been over.
The long and trying struggle
of rac1a
· l and ethnic groups to
obtain recognition of a status of
blacks to its worship service.
Members of First· Baptist
Church in Jackson have said the
policy of segregation of the
church is longstanding. So have
been the efforts of blacks to
worship with the church.
This reporter remembers arguments against desegregation
equality with the majority has
quieted. But the struggle has not
ended.
Throughout the struggle, the
church has been in the forefront,
upholding the ideal that God is
no respecter of persons, that all
men are created equal.
But the church has its
inconsistencies.
Last Sunday the largest, and
one of the most powerful and
influential churches in Mississippi refused to admit a group of
of conservative churches ten
years ago.
"If they wanted to come to
worship, that would be fine. But
they just want to come to cause
trouble," it was said.
One of the blacks who
attempted to enter the church
last Sunday has said 'that
''maybe in the back of her
mind" she attempted to go to
the services to desegregate the
church.
Nevertheless, it would seem
wrong for any church that
professes to follow Christian
teachings to ref use to allow a
person to worship because of his
skin color.
Churches spend millions of
dollars for work with African
blacks. Yet some refuse to see
the inconsistency of not "casting
the mote out of their own eye"
by not allowing blacks to
participate in their own worship
services.
It is a very regrettable
situation.
time and work he might be as
capable of knowing the material
as well as anyone else. After all,
what are assignments for?
Hence a test should be used
and used only to determine
whether the student has learned
what has been studied in the
course by direct discussion on
the behalf of the instructor and
the text book. Also, if the test is
used as a learning exercise or
as an application test, the
results should not be recorded
as an indication of the student's
progress. LV~ and work is the
testing groun for these areas.
In short, instructors should just
remember what the definition of
a written test is.
Sincerely yours,
Ben C. Reagan
Box 4987
Miss. State, Ms. 39762
To the Editor:
I would like to have some
information concerning the yellow curb in front of Hull. There
is a three car space length of
yellow curb located in front of
Hull, which has parking spaces
marked off in the white paint
< the same as used for any
regular parking spaces).
One space of the three has a
sign marking it for the head
resident's space. The other two
spaces have only a yellow curb,
but no signs.
I think that the spaces should
either be marked off in yellow
<instead of the white, which is
misleading)
or should
be
marked restricted by signs.
Most crosswalks, loading
zones, or other types of
restricted parking have either
signs or yellow markings, not
just yellow curbs.
I went before the Traffic
Appeals Board, as suggested by
an article in The Reflector, Feb.
2, only to be turned down.
Yellow means restricted. That's
that. (However, my ticket was
marked improper parking,
rather than restricted parking.)
After being turned down, I
asked why there was a yellow
curb for the two spaces other
than the head resident's. No one
on the board seemed to know.
The Security officer present said
it was restricted. That fact had
already been established. As far
as I know, the restricted ~rea
has no purpose.
Practically every morni'ng,
when I walk by that area, I see
cars with tickets in these
spaces. Apparently others are
getting tickets, too. Either the
restricted area should be removed (if it has no purpose) or
signs and-or yellow markings
should be added.
I feel that the students who
live in Hull deserve an explanation for the restriction, the
misleading white parking marks
on the yellow curb, and the fact
that no signs or yellow cross
markings are on those spaces.
Virginia A. Lewis
Box 1408
Mississippi State, Ms. 39762