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mand are scarcely suited for such positions, nor are good men for the 

 work likely to be drawn to them. The salaries vary somewhat from 

 place to place, and according as the incumbent lives within the institu- 

 tion or out of it ; but a fair average compensation for work of this na- 

 ture has been $1,200 a year plus maintenance. The teaching positions 

 which psychologists ordinarily enter do not, of course, provide training 

 of any particular technical value for these research activities; in some 

 cases they might even lessen fitness for research. As Wallin 13 put it, 

 the only adequate training in this respect is an apprenticeship with one 

 of the experts in the field, which is very rare at present. On the other 

 hand, much might be said for the value of direct experience in allied 

 fields, and their additional contacts with the broader problems of so- 

 cial psychology. In Titchener's ever-apt phraseology "the best work 

 will always be done by the best men," who, with a mature outlook upon 

 the psychological situation and its problems, enter the pathological 

 field because of exceptional interest, or are selected at the outset of their 

 careers through evidence of fitness and promise in these special ques- 

 tions of research. With the above reservation, the candidate is the 

 fitter for the position the less the time since his Ph.D., and the posi- 

 tions should be made attractive to those at the outset of the psycholog- 

 ical career. 



If qualified men are to be drawn to these positions, they must be 

 given a standing in keeping with the class of work expected of them. 

 It should be commensurate with that accorded to the pathologist, who 

 forms an integral part of the institution staff. Discrimination will 

 simply exclude the more competent men. It is doubtful if the scale of 

 salaries needs to be altered greatly. The additional cost of carrying on 

 such work would include not less than $150 for annual library expenses, 

 the remainder being dependent on the sort of work done, and the 

 special equipment it requires. Many fruitful lines of inquiry require 

 but little apparatus beyond stationery; some important problems, e. g., 

 those concerned with the expressive movements, require elaborate and 

 somewhat costly installations. Administrative direction of the precise 

 subjects of research is not usually advisable, however, since it can seldom 

 be guided by an adequate knowledge of the limitations of methods. In 

 no case should the attempt be made to equip a general laboratory, but 

 only to provide such equipment as is necessary for the investigations 

 in hand. At some time in most investigations a certain amount of 

 clerical assistance is an all but absolute requirement, and no holder of 

 such a position should be expected to do his work properly without it. 

 The greatest possible latitude should exist in regard to questions of 

 printing; if an investigator is not to be trusted to publish when, where 

 and what he thinks best, something is wrong with him or his position. 



a Journ. Educ. Psychol, April, 1911, 208. 



