of $3,000 to -$4,500) comes second; 

 group 4 (annual income of $1,000 to 

 $2,000) ranks third; while the high- 

 est and lowest salaried groups come 

 last" (p. 214). 



"If we compare the records made 

 on our tests by the group of seniors 

 representing the richest and the poor- 

 est homes, we find that there are 

 proportionally more children possess- 

 ing the highest grades of mental 

 ability among the poorest class than 

 among the wealthiest class, and more 

 individuals with high average grades 

 of intelligence among the wealthier 

 than among the poorer group. The 

 wealthiest group ranks high on cen- 

 tral tendency. The poorest salaried 

 group ranks low on central tendency 

 and also has a larger percentage of in- 

 dividuals possessing the lower grades 

 of mental abilitv. But there are in- 



dividuals in this class who obtain the 

 highest intelligence rating made by 

 high school seniors" (p. 216). 



"Brightest seniors not going to col- 

 lege. It is still more significant that 

 so many of this most superior group 

 of high school seniors will not attend 

 college, while those with the most 

 inferior grades of intelligence are 

 planning to attend, in ever increasing 

 numbers. Twenty-five percent of the 

 brightest seniors found in the entire 

 State said they were not planning to 

 attend college at all, while 65 to 70 

 percent of the dullest seniors had 

 definitely decided to go to college, 

 most of them having already selected 

 the college they expected to attend" 

 (p. 298). 



— The Intelligence of High School 

 Seniors, by William F. Book. The 

 Macmillan Company, New York, 

 1928. 



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