HANFORD ASKS AID IN FINDING HARVARD U.S.A.F.I. TEST NORM

Dean Hanford yesterday asked all students now enrolled at the College to reserve ten hours during the week beginning November 27 for a "patriotic service" to returning veterans. Students will be asked to take a series of five two-hour tests, which will establish Harvard's norm for judging the scores that voterans earn on taking the same tests as they leave the service.

Sponsored by the United States Armed Forces Institute, the tests are designed to evaluate general educational development, particularly in the light of courses and training in the service and with an eye to interpreting ability rather than knowledge. In order to utilize the results of the U.S.A.F.I. tests intelligently. Dean Hanford says he must find out how Harvard students in various fields do on them, so that local Harvard norms can be established.

Prizes Offered

To stimulate interest in the project, the College is offering prizes, either in books or cash. Forty dollars will be awarded for the highest score on the first four tests combined: Correctness of Expression, Interpretation of the Social Studies, Interpretation of the Natural Sciences, and Interpretation of Literary Materials. Fifteen dollars is the prize for the highest score on each of the first four individually. Five dollars will be awarded for the top score on each of the mathematics tests.

The locations at which the tests will be given have not yet been decided, but the times have been definitely set for the following evenings: Correctness of Expression, November 27; Social Studies, November 28; Natural Sciences, November 30; Literature, December 4; and Mathematies, December 5.