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mately 100000 from IL to 10 years
of age. They constitute the begged
generation. 1t Is not, however, spe-
cifically restricted to this group.
The commission acting under the
auspices of the American Council on
Education consists, in addition to for
mer Secretary Of War Newton D.
Baker, the following: Will w. Alex
ander of Atlanta. outstanding leader
in the field of race relation; Ralph
Budd, president of the Burlington
Railroad; L. D. Coffman, president Of
the University Of Minnesota; Dorothy
Garfield Fisher. prominent author;
Willard E. Givens, secretary Of the
National Education Association; Henry
I. Hartman, past president OF the
United States Chamber OF Commerce;
Robert M. Hutchins, president of the
University Of Chicago; Chester H.
Rowell, editor Of the San Francisco
Chronicle; william F. Russell, dean
Of Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity; Edith B. Stern, prominent
New Orleans educator; John w. Stude-
baker, United States Commissioner Of
Education; Miriam Van Waters, su-
perintendent of the Massachusetts,
State Reformatory for Women. and
Matthew woll, vice president of the
American Federation Of Labor.
The program, still to be specifically
formulated, is projected to work
toward four objectives:
/. A comprehensive analysis Of the
characteristics Of youth and an evalu-
alton of the influences to which they
are subjected.
q A continuous study Of the COM
monty accepted goals in the care and
education Of American youth, for the
purpose Of determining the adequacy
Of these goals in relation to present
social, economic and political trends.
3. Investigation Of agencies con-
cerned with care and education OF
youth, and the eventual recommenda-
ton Of procedures which seem to in
fluence young people most effectively.
4. Systematic popularization and
promotion of desirable plans Of action
through conferences, publications and
demonstrations Of promising pro-
cedureS.
Material TO Be Studied.
The first objective is in many ways
the most essential, since 1t will seek
to determine the actual material OF
this quagmired generation. Youth, by
and large, has been taken for granted
Schools and colleges, of course. have
made fairly comprehensive studies Of
the natures Of their student bodies
but there has been no study of the
population as whole. Various under
takings have been proposed, to be de-
cided upon by the commission.
One seeks an extended analysis OF
the differences between pupils who
drop out of school at the various age
levels and pupils Of equivalent mental
ability and out-of-school environment
who continue in school. This would
include studies Of actual school
achievement. individual interests and
aptitudes, and eventual out-of school
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an inquiry into the extent of school
ing and the specific school accom-
plishment, economic status, vocational
employment and recreational, civic
and social activities of young people
between the ages of IL and rs in a
number of representative communities
Thus, these things might be studied
in a well-to-do residential suburb
foreign sections Of some large cities,
colored sections in certain Southern
cities, small towns and open country.
Still another proposal, and one of
the most far-reaching Of all, calls for
study Of the variation Of the pop
ulation Of the United States between
the ages Of is and 20 In important
measurable traits-such as intelli-
gence. At present there Is a good deal
Of fable and .misinformation about
this. The most comprehensive project