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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 



Chart. 



Study of social 

 types, 



leading to choice 

 of role. 



Speech. 



General study of social 

 structure associated 

 with social types 



to direct attention to 

 choice of a metier 



No. of replies which gave in- 

 formation allowing analysis 

 to be made : — 



In- 

 cluded. 



Might 

 be in- 

 cluded. 



Should 

 be ex- 

 cluded. 



No 

 reply. 



Grade C. — Replies from Preparatory Schools. 



As stated in preceding pages, only three replies were received from 

 preparatory schools and departments. One stated that the knowledge 

 and capacity assumed ' seem to me to be absurd,' and gave no replies to 

 questions. The other two gave answers as follows : 



I. History. 



One included ' Rise and Fall of Spanish and Dutch Powers.' Rest 

 of syllabus taken mostly with over-14's. 



The other included the same two sections, but said that ' Increasing 

 Importance of Economic Changes in History ' and ' Search for Competent 

 Economic Direction ' should not be taken. 



2. Geography. 



The first said ' Most is covered ' ; the second included all except 

 Geology, which, it was stated, should be excluded. 



3. Social Mechanism. 



The first stated that this was taken with the Lower Sixth Form. The 

 second considered that ' Short History of Communications and Trade.' 

 and possibly ' History of Innovations,' might be included ; but he 

 considered that the following should not be taken : 



' Role of Property and Money ' ; 



' Knowledge of Conventions of Property and Money ' ; 



' Way in which Money has changed Slavery and Serfdom into Wages 

 and Employment ' ; 



' Way in which Fluctuations of Money affect " industrial wind- 

 mills " ' ; and 



' Significance of Inflation and Deflation.' 



4. Personal Sociology. 



Both correspondents stated that the whole of this section should be 

 excluded, one adding that it should only be discussed with well-balanced" 

 senior boys having other main interests in life, as ' a boy may easily lose 

 his mental balance.' 



