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groups named by each class. For example, 216 pupils in the first 

 year of high school were tested. The average number of poets named 

 by the 216 pupils was 5.5 ; statesmen, 4.1, etc. 



Tables II. and III. give the same items for boys and girls separately. 

 It will be noticed that the university students tested belonged, in the 

 main, to the third and fourth years. 



Table I. 

 Average Number Named by Both Boys and Gtrls. 



Year. 

 Number of Students 



1. English and American poets 



2. Statesmen 



3. Inventors 



4. Scientists 



5. Orators 



6. Military leaders 



7. Occupations 



8. Novelists 



9. Artists 



10. Greek and Roman writers. . 



High School. 



1 



216 



5.5 



4.1 



3.4 



0.15 



1.9 



5.7 



4.7 



1.7 



1.5 



1.2 



2 

 148 

 7.0 

 4.7 

 3.6 

 0.32 

 2.6 

 6.5 

 4.7 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 2.7 



3 



94 

 7.2 

 5.5 

 3.8 

 0.66 

 3.4 

 7.0 

 6.7 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 3.5 



4 

 54 

 7.4 

 5.7 

 3.4 

 0.66 

 3.5 

 6.0 

 7.5 

 3.5 

 2.7 

 3.0 



University. 



2 



26 



3 



88 



13.2 



11.0 



5.9 



4.1 



6.8 



10.6 



8.9 



7.2 



6.9 



10.2 



4 



24 



14.8 



12.5 



7.3 



5.9 



7.1 



11.2 



9.7 



8.1 



8.1 



9.4 



Table II. 

 Average Number Named by Boys. 



Year. 

 Number of Boys. 



1. English and American poets 



2. Statesmen 



3. Inventors 



4. Scientists 



5. Orators 



6. Military leaders 



7. Occupations 



8. Novelists 



9. Artists 



10. Greek and Roman writers. . 



Table III. 

 Average Number Named by Girls. 



Year. 



Number of Girls. 



1. English and American poets 



2. Statesmen 



3. Inventors 



4. Scientists 



5. Orators 



6. Military leaders 



7. Occupations 



8. Novelists 



9. Artists 



10. Greek and Roman writers. . 



