Object Details
- Description
- Ruth M. Strang (1895-1971), Marion A. Brown (1894-1983), and Dorothy C. Stratton (1899-2006) prepared this examination for junior and senior high school students to test their knowledge of proper social usage. It consists of a list of one hundred statements about social situations, each followed by a blank. Students were to mark whether the stated behavior was appropriate (if so, they put a “+” in the blank), or inappropriate (if so, they inserted a “0”). The test was published by Teachers College of Columbia University in 1933. By the time of the second edition of the test, it could include a reference to a book on etiquette coauthored by Stratton.
- Strang received her undergraduate degree (1922), masters of arts diploma (1924) and doctorate (1926) from Columbia, rising gradually on the faculty of Teachers College. Stratton became Dean of Women at Purdue University and, during World War II, directed the Women’s Reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard. She went on to serve as the first director of personnel at the International Monetary Fund and later as Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of America. Marion Agnes Brown who was born in California, did undergraduate work at the University of California at Berkeley, taught in the Oakland, California, schools, received her PhD. from Teachers College in 1933, and then worked in Oakland to as “dean of girls” and later vice-principal at University High School.
- References:
- American Psychological Association, 1962 Directory, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p. 707.
- Brown, M. A., Leadership among High School Pupils: A Survey of Pupils Selected by Fellow Pupils to Positions of Leadership. . ., PhD. Dissertation, Columbia University, 1933.
- “Dr. Ruth Strang of Columbia, 75, Retired Teachers College Professor Is Dead, New York Times, January 5, 1971, p. 39.
- “MSF 366 Dorothy C. Stratton Papers,” Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.
- Stratton, D.C., Problems of Students in a Graduate School of Education, PhD. Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1933.
- Stratton, D. C. and Helen B. Schleman, Your Best Foot Forward: Social Usage for Young Moderns, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1940.
- Tyler, R.W., “New Tests,” Educational Research Bulletin, 1934, 13 # 4, p. 94. This reference notes the existence of the test and describes its content.
- “Student Personnel Administration,” Teachers College Record, 1934, 35 # 5, p. 437. This announcement of the test links Marion A. Brown to University High School in Oakland.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Strang, Ruth M.
- Brown, Marion A.
- Stratton, Dorothy C.
- date made
- 1933
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel Kavruck
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.3 cm x 23 cm; 6 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in
- Object Name
- Psychological Test
