An Evaluation of the Esthetic Judgment of Students in Austin College Page: 2
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responses to an exhibition of photographic reproductions of
useful articles of varying degrees of excellence.
Since at the time the test was mad# there ware @80 stu-
dents enrolled in Austin College, it was decided to test 100
of them in order to obtain a fair cross-section of the student
body. It wag decided, also, to choose half of this group from
students who had completed courses In various art classes.
Thus, students enrolled in the following classes were chosen!
Freshman Mathematics, Freshman Life Drawing, Freshman Element
tary Design, Sophomore History, Junior Costume Design,. Senior
Philosophy, and Art Appreciation*
By evaluating the replies obtained through a question-
naire filled in by each of the students viewing the exhibition,
the investigator hoped to determine the ability of these stu-
dents to appreciate design. For this reason it was decided
to evaluate the replies on the basis cf college classification,
age, major subject, high school attended, and art education.
Selection 'of articles.—It was kept in Mind that this ex-
hibition of useful article* was to include good, mediocre,
and poor designs, modern or traditional in conception. The
price was not to be considered in selecting the objects,
nor was the coat of any article to be disclosed to the stu-
dents participating, lest they be influenced by price.
In assembling the exhibition, it was decided that, as
far as passible, photographic reproduction* with which stu-
dents ware familiar through magazines in the library of
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Miller, Helen. An Evaluation of the Esthetic Judgment of Students in Austin College, thesis, August 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83749/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .