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TABLE II 



Distribution of the Institutions of Table I. 

 according to the Census Divisions 



North Atlantic. 

 South Atlantic . 

 North Central . 



South Central . 

 Western 



Total . 



TABLE III 



Distribution of all the Institutions to which 



the Questionnaire was sent 



North Atlantic. 

 South Atlantic . 

 North Central . 



South Central. 

 Western 



Total . 



TABLE IV 



Number of Institutions Heard from in each 

 Division 



North Atlantic 

 South Atlantic 

 North Central . 



South Central 

 Western 



Total 



TABLE V 

 The Percentage of Institutions Heard from in each 



North Atlantic 

 South Atlantic 

 North Central . 



79% 

 62% 

 76% 



South Central. 

 Western 



49% 

 76% 



TABLE VI 



Distribution of the Institutions that require Senior 

 Finals at the Same Time as for Other Students 



North Atlantic. 

 South Atlantic . 

 North Central . 



38 I ISouth Central 22 



21 Western 18 



Total '167 



If vs^e compare Tables II. and VI., it is evi- 

 dent that the two methods of arranging senior 

 finals run rather evenly. The lov? percentage 

 of returns from the South Atlantic and South 

 Central divisions, as shovm in Table V., makes 

 any inference decidedly hazardous. That the 

 ratio in the other divisions would remain 

 about the same, were all the remaining insti- 



" This number, 347, represents all the postals re- 

 turned. Twenty-six of them were too indefinite 

 for use on this first problem. Most of them, how- 

 ever, are usable on the second problem. 



tutions heard from, is likely because of the 

 high percentage of replies obtained from those 

 sections. This part of the problem, then, re- 

 mains rather indeterminate, when the undif- 

 ferentiated list of institutions is treated in 

 this simple way. 



If we turn, now, to the second problem, viz., 

 excusing from examinations, we find that the 

 alignment of the different institutions does 

 not remain the same. About one half of those 

 that schedule the senior finals early also ex- 

 cuse from the finals altogether provided the 

 term work is satisfactory, and somewhat less 

 than a third of the other group follows the 

 same practise. The percentage accepted as 

 satisfactory ranges from 65 per cent, in one 

 case to 95 per cent, in several others. The 

 majority of the institutions which approve 

 this practise make either 85 per cent, or 90 

 per cent, the sufficient grade. In Table Vil. 

 the distribution of these institutions is given. 



Table VII. shows that 121 institutions, or 

 slightly more than one third of all that were 

 heard from, are accustomed to excuse seniors 

 from final examinations in the last term or 

 semester upon the basis of their term or se- 

 mester standing, or altogether as is true in a 

 few cases. Since 70 per cent, of all the insti- 

 tutions in the country responded to the ques- 

 tionnaire, it is likely that the same ratio would 

 be maintained if all reported. It is also very 

 evident from this table that there is a greater 

 tendency to excuse from examinations among 

 the institutions of the North Central section 

 than elsewhere, since about one half of all the 

 institutions of that sort in the country that re- 

 plied are located in that section, while only 

 39 per cent, of all the institutions of the coun- 

 try are in that division. Still further, since 

 Y6 per cent, of all the institutions of the 

 North Central division responded to the in- 

 quiry, it is likely that this high average pre- 

 vails among the other institutions of this lo- 

 cality that were not heard from. This is a 

 more definite result than that obtained with 

 reference to the first question by the applica- 

 tion of this simple method to the data in hand. 



Another method of dealing with the data 

 confirms the result just stated, and yields 



