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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



the effect, before the semester is over, is to discourage the efforts of 

 some students appreciably, 23 do not; 26 believe that the effect of the 

 system has been good, 7 regard it as bad, and 23 as inappreciable. 



TABLE IV 



TjNrVEESITY OF MlSSOTJBI 



Distribution of Grades, 1910 



Subjects of Study 



#A 



*B 



<f,G 

 39 



SfD 



#E 



#Del. 



Total 



Class. Arch, and History of Art 



15 



- 25 



9 



4 



8 



297 



Botany 



9 



19 



44 



16 



10 



2 



557 



Physical Education 



8 



17 



50 



10 



15 



— 



649 



Latin 



7 



25 



45 



18 



5 



— 



323 



Germanic Languages 



7 



23 



45 



13 



9 



3 



1006 



Animal Husbandry 



7 



22 



51 



14 



4 



2 



594 



Economics 



7 



15 



43 



23 



11 



1 



369 



Agronomy 



6 



26 



57 



4 



6 



1 



321 



Horticulture 



6 



23 



47 



13 



8 



3 



495 



Music 



6 



20 



58 



4 



11 



1 



280 



Law 



5 



24 



52 



10 



2 



7 



3984 



Experimental Psychology 



5 



20 



53 



14 



7 



1 



497 



Mathematics 



5 



20 



49 



12 



11 



3 



962 



Philosophy 



5 



14 



45 



20 



12 



4 



336 



Veterinary Science 



4 



27 



59 



7 



2 



1 



292 



History 



4 



26 



49 



13 



5 



3 



1023 



Sociology 



4 



23 



51 



16 



5 



1 



594 



Education 



4 



22 



50 



16 



7 



1 



751 



Journalism 



4 



21 



59 



12 



3 



2 



342 



Political Science 



4 



21 



44 



22 



3 



6 



280 



Philosophy of Education 



4 



20 



53 



19 



3 



1 



365 



Home Economics 



4 



20 



53 



15 



2 



6 



220 



Physics 



4 



20 



43 



19 



8 



6 



1030 



Electrical Engineering 



3 



22 



49 



18 



4 



4 



491 



Mech. Draw, and Hydr. Engin. 



3 



22 



49 



12 



8 



6 



726 



Mechanical Engineering 



3 



21 



53 



16 



6 



1 



642 



Romance Languages 



3 



21 



49 



14 



10 



3 



468 



Shopwork 



3 



20 



59 



12 



3 



3 



376 



Theory and Practise of Art 



3 



19 



48 



15 



9 



6 



289 



English 



3 



18 



50 



18 



8 



3 



1583 



Chemistry 



3 



16 



46 



20 



12 



3 



1379 



Elocution 



2 



25 



50 



21 



2 



— 



232 



Civil Engineering 



2 



21 



52 



18 



5 



2 



836 



Zoology 



2 



19 



49 



20 



8 



2 



391 



Geology and Mineralogy 



2 



17 



57 



16 



6 



2 



344 



Military Education 



2 



16 



52 



6 



— 



24 



293 



Discarding the arbitrary divisions employed wherever undefined 

 symbols and numbers are used, we may divide the area of the normal 

 surface of frequency as it is always divided for other scientific purposes. 

 We may mark off a middle area equal to the sum of the two areas left 

 at the sides. Half the students of any group will be represented by this 

 middle area. We may designate this group by the symbol C, or K, or 

 75, or 13, or 289, or we may name it after the chairman of the school 

 board. Much will be gained when we rid ourselves of the notion that 

 the letters and numbers we now use so widely necessarily have any par- 

 ticular meaning. What we call this group does not matter : the signifi- 

 cant thing is that it stands for an ability above and below which half 



