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be placed in the preceding volumes v/ill be published either 

 separately or as a third volume. It is not improbable that 

 these studies should be placed in psychological periodicals 

 rather than the National Academy series. So far as the time 

 of the psychological staff permits, these miscellaneous studies 

 will present results bearing on such generally important topics 

 as the nature and distribution of illiteracy among negroes 

 and whites, and the relation of illiteracy to intelligence; the 

 intelligence of the negro as compared with that of other racial 

 groups; the relation of intelligence to geographical distribu- 

 tion and its significant bearings upon educational, industrial, 

 and other social problems; the geographical distribution of 

 intelligence in relation to the newly arrived or partially assim- 

 ilated immigrant; the relation of intelligence to occupation 

 and the significance of army occupational classification and 

 intelligence ratings in connection with the practical problems 

 of securing and utilizing mental specifications for vocational 

 guidance; the mental characteristics of conscientious objec- 

 tors and their significance for military service, educational 

 activities, and social or governmental obligations. These are 

 only a few examples of the miscellaneous studies which should 

 be based on the abundant data of examination and special 

 report available in the Office of the Surgeon General. 



The preparation of the several volumes and special studies 

 enumerated above is already well advanced. It is hoped that 

 the volume on methods and initial results may be ready for 

 publication early in the spring of 1919 and that it may be 

 followed promptly by the volume on the analysis of results, 

 the official report, and the more important of the miscella- 

 neous studies. 



The above plan, it is believed, provides as adequately as 

 is now practicable for the publication of the results of mili- 

 tary psychological service in the interests of the army and of 

 other governmental agencies as well as of education and in- 

 dustry. 



3. The Committee on Psychological Problems of Aviation^ 

 including Examination of Aviation Recruits, was authorized 

 by the Council of the American Psychological Association. 



