A Score of Difficult Boys

During the liulf year ending January 31, 1911, there have been two groups of boys in a special class in Girard College, one group known as the "Retarded Class," the other as the "Delinquent Class." There were twenty-four boys in the Retarded Class and twenty-eight in the Delinquent Class. Retarded boys are those who have remained unduly long in a grade without promotion, the repeating having become quite noticeable. Delinquent boys are those who have been troublesome in class; their repeating may have accumulated through many grades. To show that delinquent boys are incapacitated for work to the