Teaching Machine Stencil Template, Ray Multitester

For his teaching machine (known to him as the multitester), Joseph Ray used long strips of cardboard with twenty pairs of words or pairs of images on one side. Occasionally there also were pairs of words or pairs of images on the other side. Ray called these tapes (see 1985.0815.02 through 1985.0815.06 for examples and 1985.0815.07 for a pattern). To mark these tapes, he used this "multitester stencil". It has a dark wooden base. Thumbtacked to the top of the base is a rectangular piece of cardboard with twenty rectangular holes, numbered from 1 at the bottom to 20 at the top. These numbers are labeled: Problem Number on Drum. A mark on the bottom of the stencil reads: Directions: Raise this end of the stencil, place blank (/) 2in. tape flush against opposite end marked "End Here" (/) Replace stencil over tape, center tape at this end. (/) Then fasten with thumb tack. Cut off at upper (/) edge of bottom slot. Another mark on the object reads9-10-35, hence the date assigned to the object.

For the Ray teaching machine, see accession 1979.0853. For related materials see 1981.0248.

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