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represents an almost universal conviction that this 

 tendency is anti-social and asked themselves the ques- 

 tion: Is it so? If it is actually unfortunate for in- 

 dividuals and society, then it must be such in lowered 



Health; 



Physical development; 

 Mental development; 

 Spiritual development; 

 Financial development; 

 Human kindness; 

 Social solidarity; 

 Civic ideals; 

 Patriotism ; 



Ability to think clearly on public and social ques- 

 tions ; 



Initiative and ability to carry out convictions ; 

 Joy of living. 



As a first logical step, they employed an expert to 

 make a study and analysis of such exact information, 

 bearing upon their problem, as could be found in the 

 great Library of Congress. The quest was not highly 

 successful. While much interesting information was 

 gathered, it was fragmentary, bearing upon typical 

 localities which had been selected for social surveys, 

 and not representative of the whole national field. 

 Hence, it was suggestive rather than conclusive. It 

 was necessary to supplement it by extensive studies, 

 drawing from many different sources of information, 

 much of it gathered from current newspapers and 

 magazines ; and much obtained from interviews with 



