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It is not the intention to attempt an exhaustive treatment of the 

 foregoing tables. They tell their own story, and the reader will draw 

 his own conclusions on points which may happen to interest him. 

 A few conclusions, however, of pedagogical and popular interest will 

 be stated briefly. 



Passing at once to a consideration of the tables there appears, as one 

 naturally would expect, an increasing familiarity with the names in 

 all the groups as we go from the first year in the high school to the 

 senior year in the university. The largest percentages of gain are 

 shown in the increased familiarity with the names of scientists, ancient 

 classical writers and artists. The smallest gain is shown in the cases 

 of military leaders and inventors. That is, the boy or girl in passing 

 from the first year in the high school to the last year in the university 

 will learn relatively vastly more names of scientists, ancient classical 

 writers, and artists than he will of military men and inventors. As 

 a university senior he will know forty times as many scientists' names 

 as he knew as a first-year high school pupil; he will know eight times 

 as many artists' names, and twice as many military names. 



Table IV. 



a 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



High School. 



Poets 



Military leaders 



Occupations 



Statesmen 



Inventors 



Orators 



Greek and Roman writers 



Novelists 



Artists 



Scientists 



University. 



Poets 



Statesmen 



Military leaders 



Greek and Roman writers 



Occupations 



Novelists 



Artists 



Orators 



Inventors 



Scientists 



P 



13.5 



11.3 



10.7 



10.0 



9.0 



7.3 



7.0 



6.8 



6.2 



4.4 



If one examines Table IV. one finds that in the high school in order 

 of familiarity, the names of English and American poets rank first, 

 with military leaders as a close second. Statesmen stand third, in- 

 ventors fourth, orators fifth, Greek and Roman writers sixth, novelists 

 seventh, artists eighth, scientists tenth. It should be observed that the 

 ranks of novelists, artists and Greek and Roman writers are nearly the 

 same. 



When we pass to the junior and senior years of the university, we 

 find this order considerably changed. Poets rank first, statesmen 

 second, military leaders third, Greek and Roman writers fourth, occu- 

 pations fifth, novelists sixth, artists seventh, orators eighth, inventors 

 ninth and scientists tenth. 



