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Marion Rex Trabue

1890–1972

An early twentieth-century educator and testing specialist, he wrote practical books that helped teachers think more carefully about language measurement, school results, and mental testing. His work reflects a moment when psychology and education were becoming closely linked in American schools.

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Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It

Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It

by Marion Rex Trabue, Frank Parker Stockbridge

About the author

Marion Rex Trabue was an American author and education researcher born in Kokomo, Indiana, on April 10, 1890. Library and archive records identify him as the author of works including Completion-Test Language Scales (1916), Measure Your Mind (with Frank P. Stockbridge, 1920), and Measuring Results in Education (1924). These books place him in the early movement to bring standardized testing and clearer measurement into classrooms.

His writing focused on practical questions for teachers and schools: how to evaluate language skills, how to interpret test results, and how to use measurement as a tool for instruction rather than guesswork. Today, his books are mainly of interest to readers exploring the history of educational psychology, intelligence testing, and the development of modern assessment.

Records located during this search show that he died on January 11, 1972, in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. I wasn't able to confirm a reliable portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.