TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1933.
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Graduate Candidate Builds Test to
Measure College Student Etiquette
With the answers to hundreds of
questions on etiqjette, Mrs. Mar
tha ismith wrote her thesis for
doctor of philosophy degTee at the
University of Nebraska. She found
out how much college people know
about good manners, if they know
how to make introductions, and
when "a gentleman should offer a
lady his arm."
Girls are better informed in
matters of etiquette than boys, ac
cording to the way they answered
Airs, smiths test questions; and
senior students have learned
something about social usage dur
ing tneir years of college, as
might be expected. But each group
differs within itself.
I found, says Mrs. Smith, "no
appreciable difference in knowl
edge of etiquette between frater
nity and non-fraternity people."
Freshmen and Seniors.
A "battery of tests" which asked
nearly 500 questions went to 12
co-educational schools and worn
en's colleges in five sections of the
United States. Answers came
from 409 freshman and senior
students in these widely scattered
colleges: University of Nebraska;
Battle Creek college, Michigan;
University of Alabama; Birming
ham Southern, Albahama; College
of St: Catherines, Minnesota;
Randolph Macon, Virginia; New
Jersey college for Women; Whit
man college, Washington; Chevy
Chase, Maryland; Butler univer
sity, Indiani; Western college for
Women, Ohio; and one college
which wished its name withheld
Each school was represented by
freshmen and seniors. In co-educational
schools the number was di
vided equally between boys and
girls.
From the west coast came the
best average school score in man
ners. In second place was the Uni
versity of Nebraska's etiquette
"I. Q." Two girls from Randolph
Macon at Lynchburg, Virginia
made the highest grades in the
test; and a boy from Birmingham
Southern was highest among the
male students.
Low Average.
Yet Mrs. Smith found that the
average score on the test was only
63 percent for the 409 students,
and she believed it far too low. For
this reason, and because she could
find very little material written on
her subject, she suggested to staff
members in the university exten
sion that they offer a course in
social usage by correspondence.
She has prepared such a super
vised study course, and it will
soon be offered as "Etiquette I."
As her authority on the subject
of etiquette in the tests, Mrs.
Smith went to Emily Post for the
correct answers. Questions cf
every description were asked of
the student: true-false, matching,
identification, multiple choice,
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completion, better form, and sim
ple recall. To each correct response
the student was given one point,
and a perfect score would have
been 437 points.
Here is a sample of her test
questions:
Multiple Choice.
Directions: Four answers are
suggested for each of the following
social situations. Make a check
in the space in front of the answer
which seems to you to be the cor
rect form of procedure.
If someone seated behind you in
a theater insists on talking, the
best policy is to:
..(a) Call an usher.
..(b) Turn around and glare.
..(c-Say simply, "I'm sorry, but
I can't hear anything while
you talk."
..(d) Change your seat.
When a young girl who does not
smoke finds herself in the midst of
women smokers, she should:
. (a) Say that she does not ap
prove. .(b) Should leave the room,
(c) Make a pretense of smok
ing. .(d) Refrain and say nothing.
When you have finished eating
you should let it be known by:
. (a) Pushing your plate away
from you.
.(b) Saying, "I'm through."
.(c) Putting down your fork or
spoon.
.(d) Motioning to the butler.
When a young man finds him
self "planted" with his dancing
partner, he should:
.(a) Leave her standing in the
middle of the floor.
. (b) Take her to her seat and
leave her.
(c) Take her over to the host
ess and then excuse himself.
. (d) Sit with her until someone
else asks her to dance.
If you are obliged to cross in
front of someone who gets up to
let you pass, say:
.(a) Thank you.
.(b) Pardon me.
..(c) Excuse me.
..(d) Beg pardon.
If you are a woman, and a man
whom you do not care to be seen
with meets you and walks beside
you, the best thing to do is to:
(a) Turn into a friends house
or shop or take a taxicab and
leave him.
(b) Tell him frankly that he is
annoying you.
(c) Refuse to talk with him.
d) Give him a "cut direct"
which is a stare.
If you are invited out to dinner
when you are on a diet, you should :
.(a) Disregard your diet on that
occasion.
.(b) Explain to everyone that
you are on a diet, and eat
only what your diet permits.
. (c) Say nothing about your diet,
and make a pretense of eating.
.(d) Decline the invitation.
Students in women's colleges
scored ten points higher on an av
erage than students in co-educa
tional schools, according to Mrs.
Smith's findings. Much of this, she
pointed cut, may be due to the
group which entered because the
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freshmen ranked thirteen points
higher.
Differences.
Freshmen from private schools
are better informed on such mat
ters than public school first year
students; and freshmen entering
from cities of over 300,000 popula
tion rank higher than those com
ing from towns below 1,000.
Girls scored twenty-five point 3
higher than boys m the tests, and
seniors thirteen points higher than
freshmen. Students from homes
where the parents' occupations im
plied higher degrees of intelligence
scored considerably higher, Mrs
Smith reports. However, she failed
to find any difference in etiquette
knowledge because of the occupa
tion in which the student himself
was interested.
One of Mrs. Smith's "matching"
tests looked like this:
On the blanks at the left place
the number corresponding to the
implement which one should use to
east the following foods:
Implements:
1 Fork.
2 Knife.
3 Fork and knife.
4 Teaspoon.
5 Fingers.
6 Tablespoon.
7 Dessert spoon.
8 After dinner coffee spoon.
lee teaspoon.
10 Oyster fork.
11 Butter knife.
. .a. Bacon.
. '.b. Salad.
. .c. Shell fish cocktails.
. -d. Asparagus.
. .e. Artichokes.
. .f. Boiled eggs.
. g. Cereal.
. h. Bread.
. .i. Grapefruit.
. .J. Soup in wide cups.
. .k. Apples.
. .1. Fruit cocktail.
. .m. "Gooey cakes."
. .n. Dry cheese.
. o Bouillon in small cum.
. p. French fried potatoes.
. q. Juicy fruits.
. r. Saratoga chips.
. .s. Olives.
t. Soup in a soup plate.
. . u. Clams.
Spread
. . r. Jam on bread.
. . w. Cheese
. . x. Beverages hi tal! glasses
. j. Small cup of black coffee.
. .z. Beverages In cups.
Mrs. Smith writes that one
should "keep in mind that the
kindest tning is the most correct."
But kindness can exceed its
bounds. "It is not necessary," she
says, "to talk to every Tcm, Dick
and Harry you meet in the wash
room of a hoteL It is polite to say
'Good morning to elevator orera-
tors, but these people are busy
watching for floor numbers, and
have no time to chat. When you
enter the hotel or restaurant din
ing room, you need not sit in the
chair facing the lizht from a win
dow just because the waiter has
pulled out that particular chair.
His feelings will not be injured if
you indicate another and leave
the tip.
Not Too Kind.
"It is not kind for the business
man who wishes to reward his
faithful secretary at Christmas
time to embarrass her with an ex
pensive eifL It would be better tn
offer her a proportion of her
salary, thereby keeping the rela
tionship a purely business one.
Overly 'kind' employers have been
known to discharge their compe
tent stenographers upon no other
grounds than their refusal to have
lunch with them. Girls who work
all morning prefer to be free at
noon to join their own friends
over a cheap lunch counter if
necessary, rather than to eat a
hotel meal under the strain of
carrying on a half -business, half
social conversation with someone
who probably represents only so
many dollars a week to them.
Don't carry your kindness too far,"
warns Mrs. Smith.
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mer students at the university re
ceived teaching positions recently,
the bureau of educational service
reports. They are:
Jane Axtell, Omaha, will go to
Rawlins, Wyo.
Margaret Black, Ragan to Fre
mont. Elizabeth Edmiston, Mason to
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Edna Everett, Lincoln to dis
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