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teaching profession, most high-school graduates of high ability 
go into other and more remunerative employment. 
Table 6 is a comparison of the results obtained with the Alpha 
examination in the United States Army and the Filipino teachers. 
It is based on the following table of equivalent scores taken from 
a recent circular of the World Book Company. 
TABLE 6.—Showing intelligence of American soldiers and Filipino teachers. 
Percent- 
graagsg ~~ = Fi- 
Letter tenn! age 0: ipino 
; ng. American! provin- 
rating. draft cial 
quota.® | teachers 
(men) 
A....| Very. superior .-..-- 2-2. 25-22-2222 no ee +2 -- ------ (approximate) _- 4-5 1.0 
B Superior _.. 22... 1222. oo2 2c. --os 2. soot 2 os ese oe ses eee ene ees e- 8-10 9.2 
C+ High average -_-_--------------»--. ----------- ---+--- ------------------ 15-18 29.9 
Cc AUPABG oc on tng=chne dee cbea-* -ptedie agape ns o-nresene~srter=e= > 25 42.9 
C— __| Low average..........-.----------------- + ----- one ooo o-oo ee == 20 14.3 
D Inferior ene ia Sec ouce a acawenws senues ce ee ee 15 2.0 
D—..| Very inferior ......--..----..+---+-...-----+--+------------+--0---- 2+] ---252525- 0.7 
a The figures for the United States Army were taken from “Army Mental Tests” which 
has been quoted several times before. 
The Filipino group contains comparatively few men of very 
superior intelligence, but a higher percentage of high average 
and average, and a lower percentage of inferior and very inferior. 
The lower end of the table may be explained by the fact that 
the Filipino group was a selected one while the United States 
draft group was not. On the other hand, the smaller percentage 
of men of very superior ability in the Filipino group may be 
explained in part by the fact that many English-speaking Fili- 
pinos of ability do not enter the Government service in as much 
as private firms often offer more attractive salaries. 
PART TWO 
Table 7 shows the results obtained by applying the Otis scale 
to the 166 male and 59 female teachers from all parts of the 
Islands gathered in convention at Baguio, the summer capital 
of the Philippines. The more careful selection is at once 4P- 
a The average for the men is 122.0 and for the women 
Fig. 2 gives graphically the data recorded in Table 7. Owing 
to the small number of individuals tested and the consequent 
irregularity of a curve drawn on smaller class intervals, the 
class interval in this case was made twenty points. 
