The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 4, 1979 Page: 2 of 8
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BY MAR V KNOX
Richardson's
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Writer helps freshmen
through exam games
Rupert Norval Richardson and friends celebrated 88 years of productive living
Monday.
Well-wishers from all over the Big Country attended a birthday party for Hardin-
Simmons' president emeritus and distinguished research professor in history. They
merely wanted to show appreciation for the service he has rendered the university
West Tenuis and his fellowman in general.
He party was held twe days after his birthday ia the library named for Dr.
RJcfcardsea aad Us wife Pauline located oa the campus he has known Ultimately for
72 years.
No one knows the impact the man has had on this institution. He came to old Sim-
mons College in 1907 and was graduated with a B.A. in 1912. He became a member of
the teaching staff that same year spent six months in the Army as an infantry
lieutenant and has actively served the university since World War I with the ex-
ception of time off for graduate work.
Dr. Richardson served as acting university president from 1943 to 1945 and as
president from 1945 to 1953. The principle reason he resigned from the presidency was
his desire to teach rather than administrate.
For a total ef II years the dean of Southwest history aad the foremost authority on
Tens' past shared his immease wealth ef knowledge with countless students.
It seems more than coincidental that we should celebrate the birthday of this great
educator historian and human being Just a few days prior to the graduation of yet
another class of Hardin-Simmons students.
Those of us who approach graduation and the task of implementing the knowledge
we have accumulated in these years at H-SU will do well to consider the example Dr.
Richardson has presented us.
at we wfll bat partially cemblae the respect for knowledge consideration for others
seat far life aad faith fat Ged that Is encompassed la the life of Rupert Richardson we
tea wil live raccetsf al lives. '
BY D. PLUME
Campus Digest Newsservice
Dear Freshmen:
It Is almost time for finals.
I don't like final examinations.
IT IS NOT that some exams are hard.
Hard exams can be a bit frustrating but
they can also be rewarding if things
happen to clirk right.
And I don't mind comprehensive finals
either. If a course is supposed to hold
together I suppose that the examination
should be comprehensive.
I don't even complain at three finals on
one day though such an experience gives
one a taste of what life must be like in a
Russian Slave Labor Camp.
But I wish that someone would take a
little care in writing exams to let me show
what I know. And what I don't know as far
as that goes. And I wish that even one
professor out of five would practice what
he preaches when the statment is made
that the "exam is a learning exercise."
You know the kind of exarns that we
get: "Write an essa on the footnote on
page 356. "
One question. One roll of the dice. You
may throw a seven (if you happen to have
read the footnote) and you may crap out
(if you did everything else in the course
except read that footnote.)
VIEWPOINT
End of school year opens future
BY MARTY BEESON
Alas we have come to the end of another
school year. Many things have happened
daring this year; minds have been
stimulated thinking has been influenced
and lives have been changed. The
education process continues to work.
I like to flatter myself in thinking that I
have contributed to that process. Perhaps
I have; perhaps I have not Either way I
gala satisfaction in knowing that the effort
was put forth. I tried.
I HAVE TRIED to stimulate the
thinking process of others as well as of
myself by expressing my own thoughts.
Perhaps I have been wrong more often
than not in my beliefs. I do not know
everything nor will I ever. In fact the
more I express myself the more I am
exposed to minds that are far superior to
my own. Thus the more I realize the
shallowness of my own knowledge.
As little as my knowledge is however I
know one thing for certain and I would
disappoint myself to go a full school year
without sharing it I know that without
Jesus Christ I am nothing. But with Him
life has purpose.
I am not the perfect human being.
Frankly I sometimes shudder to think
that I may have been the influence that
ultimately resulted in a soul bound for hell.
I pray this is not the case. In any case I
know that despite my inadequacies I am
made whole in Christ as are all who ac
cept Him.
AS WE FOLLOW separate paths in the
future let us keep in mind what a
professor expressed to me.. .that in
whatever we do. and wherever we go we
will always need sonic outside help and
that help is the Lord.
Throughout life we would be wise to do
as did Job namely to seek unto God and
unto God commit whatever cause we
undertake.
It has been a good year. But it's not the
end. Rather it is the beginning. It is the
beginning of a whole new life a life that
cannot lose if it is walked in Christ. Let us
walk it together and together we will
discover peace.
Some of the multiple choice exams are
even worse. With a good understanding of
English sentence construction and logic
one can do very well.
YOU KNOW the rules: if you draw a
blank pick the longest of the answers; if at
least two of the answers are correct pick
"all of the above" if some of the answers
are incorrect grammatically pick the one
that the instructor was careful about
grammatically; if you make an error and
your numerical answer is not in the set of
answers on the exam do it over; with
double and triple negatives in the question
remember that you have an advantage
over the foreign student no matter how
much he knows about the subject since
you are being tested on English. And the
list goes on.
The sad thing about the list is that it has
nothing at all to do with mastery of the
subject matter. But grades are deter-
mined (and some times in a major way)
by mastery of the set of rules having to do
with figuring out how sloppy the instructor
is in making up the multiple choice exam.
He probably in the worst case just
takes questions from some handbook or
from old exams. The neat thing about
using old exams is that some students
have them and some students don't have
them so it gives a nice spread of the
scores.
ORAL EXAMS are even more fun. The
rule is to get scheduled in about the middle
of the class. The first few students will be
used to set the standards so they will get
"C plus." The last students will be
scheduled when the professor has heard
everything and is tired of asking the same
dumb questions and won't do as well as
they should.
The middle is the only place to be. And
don't forget to laugh at his jokes and to tell
him off the the record what a fine course
it was. (A variation to be used in courses
numbered below 300 is a casual statment
that after taking the course you are
thinking about majoring.)
BUT NOW you see why I don't like final
examinations. All I want is a chance to
play the game and tell the old fossil that I
know the stuff. And I want to be evaluated
on my mastery not on some dumb curve
which assumes a "normal" distribution
based on how well I have learned to play
the exam time game.
Sophs choose new officers
in SC make-up election
Six congressmen for the Sophomore
Class of 1979-80 were elected in the Student
Congress make-up election last Friday.
The original election for these positions
was voided due to ballot problems.
Newly-elected sophomore congressmen
are Cathy Fisher Elaine Martin Shannon
O'Chester Linda Redman Tim Taylor
and Kimber Whitaker.
Officers and congressmen for mext year
were installed in a special dinner Wed-
nesday night.
Congress officers for the 1979-80 school
year will be Philip Ashby president; Greg
Jaklewicz vice-president; Nancy
Bonham secretary; and Robin Ribble
business manager.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 4, 1979, newspaper, May 4, 1979; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98937/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.