A Clinical Survey of a First Grade 1This Survey was prepared by Dr. Gladys G. Ide when Executive Officer of the Psychological Clinic, University of Pennsylvania. She was assisted by two students, Miss Rebecca E. Leaming and Miss Cornelia Mann.

as a factor in retardation, in fixing the standard of grade work, in arranging a curriculum, has not been considered for himself alone. It has been taken more or less for granted until the past few years that there must be some laggards, but there has been no attempt to solve the problem of the laggard, any more than there has been an attempt to solve the problem of the extra-bright child. The sort of material that was dumped in the hopper of the first grade has not been the concern of anyone except possibly the first grade teacher who wanted to make a record for herself. The entrance of the school doctor and nurse into the domain of education showed the lamentable condition of those children who