New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
THE rOf 10 IDEA ~ kttNiS.
IT Is TESTED At THE SALIVA HIGH school.
WITH INTERESTING RESULTS

WITH INTERESTING RESULTS.
From The Kansas city Journal
We find In The Salina Republican" an interest
ing report - test made in the Salina High
hool with IN" purpose OF discovering the in
citations and ambitions 81 the pupils. ~ whom
nriy-four were girls and twenty eight boys
without any previous notice the pupils were re-
qurrd to answer the three following questions:
Fist hat calling In lifc would you like TO
follow. and why
second Has your preference for life work
changed II SO. What was your former choice
and Why did you change;
Third Name iiyr historical characters whom
YOU admire. and mention one trait ia each FOR
which YOU admin" the person.
The answers given 70 these questions reveal
boy and girl character ia very clear HIGHT
though perhaps not In harmony with precon-
cciyed Impressions. Fourteen girls desired TO
hccom" educators. Will" not boy sought this
vocation. Ten girls to one boy declared FOR the
business - a musician. and six girls to three
boys wanted 10 become bookkccpers -Four girls
wished 10 become sterograph"rs will" this en-
ploymcnt vas rejected by every boy IN the list
Four boys and one girl declared for the Law, ana
six boVs desired 30 become merchants only two
boys expressed preference FOR the railroad ser
vice. and none desired 10 become n policeman
Not girl wished To becom" a doctor. and only
one boy sought this profession. one boy said
he had determined to become a politician. and
just on" girl cut Of the whole number expressed
the desire 10 becom" WIFE. In passing. II may
be said that this young lady was Chtrmngly
frank In her answer She said that earlier in
life she had determined to become teacher
but observing that nearly all the teachers be
came cranky" AMI then driftcd into the condi-
ton ~ old maids she had decided To become "A
wife and have a family and home Of her own
More than half OF the boys announced that
they had changed their earlier plans Of life
and gave AZ the reason that they could not
command money enough 10 accomplish their
ambitions. In naming the historical characters
all OF the boys. save one. named Lincoln. while
all Of the girls save two named Washington
For tn most part the boys selected military
celebrities. while the girls went into the realms
or moral excellence and literature. Not a boy
named oman among his selections while all
or the girls named both men and women. Queen
Elizabeth ard Jeanne dare were the faVorite
women characters. one girl navely remarked
that she liked Elizabeth because she did not tell
everything she knew.
W. have said that this test gave "A clear in
sight 10 the desires ana ambitions of these
young people. but it is almost certain that this
statement needs little modification. II il not
10 be supposed that only one girl out Of ffty-
truth is that this girl was a little franker than
the rest There * "A delicate feeling Of modesty
in the organism Of most girls which makes them
refrain from talking Of marriage Vaguely they
feel that declaration Of matrimonial purposes
Is almos; equivalent to throwing themselves at
the heads Of the male SEX and they dislike to
confess AN ambition which nevertheless Is up
perrnOSt in the heart Of every true woman and
every true man for that matter. In ten years
the vast majority Of these girls will he willing
To admit laughingly from the safe surroundings
OF their own iircsides that they nbbed little in
placing mdtrimony behind their other yearnings.