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spread desire to effect something in this field and some 

 pessimism over the possibilities of doing more than we 

 are doing. To give the suggestions that he has to make 

 is perhaps the best way for me to close this survey, for, 

 as he says, "the problem in each college must be ap- 

 proached in the spirit of finding the most effective rec- 

 ommendations and activities for that particular col- 

 lege." He recommends a committee on attainment, or 

 what we might call a committee for the promotion of 

 scholarship and the encouragement of creative, construc- 

 tive, independent work. The activities, he points out, 

 of such a committee should be: 



1. To prepare an inventory of present methods for 

 detecting and encouraging students of superior ability. 



2. To prepare annual recommendations to the 

 faculty. 



3. To increase the effectiveness of student honor so- 

 cieties; to guide students of high ability in the first two 

 years; to organize a study of the senior students; and 

 to co-operate with outside agencies. 



