 It may be interesting to speculate concerning the effect of mental tests upon the problem of democracy. If the present hopes and expectations are realized they will result in a caste system as rigid as that of India, but on a rational and just basis.  Measuring Intelligence - Page 123by Harlan Cameron Hines - 1923 - 146 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James McKeen Cattell, Will Carson Ryan, Raymond Walters - Education - 1923 - 834 pages
...the future, and the task of the colleges and the universities is the training of this aristocracy. It may be interesting to speculate concerning the...rational and just basis. We are now examining children in the public schools, and find all ranges of intelligence from imbecility to genius. We are told that... | |
 | Harry Lloyd Miller, Richard Theodore Hargreaves - Education - 1925 - 436 pages
...the people are mentally subnormal, and the average mentality is slightly over thirteen years." . . . "If the present hopes and expectations are realized...they will result in a caste system as rigid as that in India, but on a rational and just basis." . . . "We are now examining children in the public schools,... | |
 | Arthur Adolph Hitt, Leo Peter Schleck - 1926 - 370 pages
...this point of view ras made by President George B. Cut t en of Colgate University, when he said, (16) "It may be interesting to speculate concerning the...as that of India, but on a rational and just basis. The aristocracy must talce interest in and a share in governemtn with fine altruistic ideals, and shun... | |
 | Joseph Kinmont Hart - Adult education - 1927 - 368 pages
...years ago, he said: "If present hopes and expectations are realized they (ie the intelligence tests) will result in a caste system as rigid as that of India, but on a rational and just basis ... It must inevitably destroy universal suffrage, by cutting off at least 25 per cent of the adults,... | |
 | Walter Fenno Dearborn - Ability - 1928 - 388 pages
...recently "speculated" on the effects of mental tests on the problems of democracy. He anticipates that they will result in a caste system as rigid as that of India, but on a rational and just basis : Those of high intelligence will be directed into lines of occupation which call for leadership; those... | |
 | Labor - 1929 - 1422 pages
...mentality below the average." Dr. GB Cutten, president of Colgate University, at Hamilton, NY, says: It may be interesting to speculate concerning the...rational and just basis. We are now examining children in the public schools, and find all ranges of intelligence from imbecility to genius. We are told that... | |
 | John Carson - Business & Economics - 2007 - 430 pages
...Inevitably, Cutten concluded, "the effect of mental tests upon the problem of democracy" will be that "they will result in a caste system as rigid as that of India, but on a rational and just basis," one where even the right to vote would be limited.92 Other educational leaders, including President... | |
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