FIRST IMPRESSIONS 
ATTRIBUTES 
SECOND IMPRESSIONS 
a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
/ 
TOTAL 
a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
/ 
TOTAL 
Mental Calibre 
Intelligence, “Head" 
Maturity, Common Sense, 
Judgment, Tact 
Earnestness, Industry, 
Seriousness of Purpose 
Reliability, Dependability, 
Deportment,Oo-oporatlon 
Alertness, Resourcefulness, 
Initiative, “On the Job" 
“Push’’, Energy, 
Vigor, Vim, “Pep" 
Leadership, Executive 
.Ability, Efficiency 
Accuracy, Neatness, 
Skill, Dexterity 
Address, Manner, 
Appearance 
General Education, 
Culture, Refinement 
Capacity for Growth 
Fitness for Lino of. 
Work Chosen 
MEANING OF GRADES 
1 Exceptionally Poor 
2 Noticeably Below Averago 
3 Averago Fair, Satisfactory 
4 Noticeably Above Averago 
6 Exceptionally Good 
KEY TO INSTRUCTORS 
a Major Class Room Sabjoot 
b Laboratory Work 
C Drawing or Design 
d Mathematics 
o Shop Work 
/ Minor Class Room Subject 
structors. Each instructor makes his rating independ 
ently, and the results are then entered under a, b, c, 
d, e, /, and totaled. This record and the student’s 
marks in his class-room work, which may be called his 
record of comparative productiveness, are combined in 
a single record to which is added the history of the 
progress of that individual after he leaves college. 
There are many similar methods in use to-day in all 
kinds of industrial, educational, and other social institu 
tions. Wherever the progress of individuals is a matter 
of serious concern, some similar record is essential. No 
absolute uniformity for this procedure can be prescribed 
other than that contained in the general rules laid down 
here. In fact, one of the chief virtues of this method 
is its elasticity. 
In justice to the methods of psychology, it must be 
stated that the above analysis can hardly be classed as 
technical psychology. The psychological method, it is 
apparent by now, tries to substitute for the crude and 
biased judgments of the human mind an exact and im-