XII 
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE 
A Dialogue 
CHARACTERS 
Mr. Williams: Manager of Workers' Service Department. 
Mr. Lambert: Head of Employment Division. 
Miss Nelson: Head of Psychological Section. 
Miss Hurlbut: Psychological Examiner. 
Mr. Williams: If you were asked, Mr. Lambert, to 
name the one most important fact about an applicant, 
what would it be? I mean, if you were compelled to base 
your selection of applicants upon a single quality, which 
quality would you choose? 
Mr. Lambert: I should choose intelligence, by all 
means. 
Mr. W: Yes, I believe that I should too. And I believe 
that most employment interviewers would also look for 
intelligence first. What do you think, Miss Nelson and 
Miss Hurlbut? 
Miss Nelson: Perhaps I could answer that question 
better if Mr. Lambert would tell me just what he means 
by intelligence. 
Mr. L: Why, Miss Nelson, if you don’t know what 
intelligence is I don’t see how I or anybody else can tell 
you. Intelligence is just plain intelligence. 
Mr. W: That is a perplexing proposition, Miss Nelson; 
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