COMMUNITY ANALYSIS 33 



localities. Such collections are often made during 

 a limited period of time, frequently in regions 

 with which the field collector is only slightly 

 acquainted. 



Suppose a super-man unacquainted with the 

 location loosely known as the university district 

 in Chicago were to attempt such a survey of the 

 human material that makes up the university 

 community. For the purposes of this comparison 

 he may use individual people to represent the 

 diflPerent species with which the animal or field 

 worker would be dealing. Presumably the first 

 procedure in this hypothetical survey of the 

 University of Chicago community would be to 

 look over the ground somewhat superficially so as 

 to get a general impression of the whole. Im- 

 mediately afterwards stations for observation and 

 collection would be set up in supposedly represent- 

 ative parts of the community both in the open 

 air of the university quadrangles and in various 

 buildings. 



In order to find how the university community 

 is related to those around it, stations would also 

 be established in the surrounding residential dis- 

 trict, in the neighboring parks, and perhaps in 

 the more crowded shopping districts at a greater 

 distance. In addition to collecting in these 

 regular stations, the investigator would also cruise 



