APTITUDE TEST TO BE COMPULSORY IN 1934-5 ADMISSIONS

Coincidental with the announcement that the Scholastic Aptitude Test will be required of all applicants for the five new Prize Fellowships to be awarded to next year's Freshman class, it was learned yesterday from reliable sources that the Test will soon be made a requisite for all applicants for admission to the College and Engineering School.

The University's decision was made after some deliberation with various secondary school headmasters who attended the meeting of the Headmasters' Association held in Cambridge last week under the auspices of the University.

Although no definite plans for the execution of the ruling can be made until a new Admissions Secretary is appointed to fill the vacancy left by the late Henry Pennypacker '88, it is understood that the new requirement will apply to all applicants for admission next fall and thereafter.

The Scholastic Aptitude Test, which is the College Entrance Examination Board's version of the original I. Q. examinations, is held to be of value in giving an indication of what can be expected of a student late in his college career, rather than of what marks he will probably get in highly organized Freshman and Sophomore courses.

Whether the University's step is a preliminary move in the direction of abolishing the present system of College Board examinations by courses is not known at this time, but the matter was discussed at some length at the Headmasters' meeting with the end in view of effecting further modifications of the system now in operation.