Clairvoyants Try Perception Tests

"Just like taking the College Entrance exams, only without any questions," was the reaction of one student to the tests in extra-sensory perception which the Society for Parapsychology gave yesterday afternoon in Emerson Hall.

The purpose of the test, which was taken by 30 student guinea pigs, is to help determine if such a thing as clairvoyance actually exists, and if it has any correlation with personality.

Two folders were placed in front of the class, one containing a picture and the other either a circle or a square. The subjects had to draw their impression of the picture without seeing it, and guess whether the other folder contained a circle or square.

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Then for the main part of the experiment, the students were given a blank answer sheet of the same type used on the College Boards, and asked to fill it out to conform with a sheet secretly filled out by those giving the test.

Since there were 300 questions, and five possible answers to each one, chance alone would give 60 correct replies. If a student gets considerably above 60, it is possible that he has "ESP" ability.