In formulating the next steps in research, eight of the fourteen leading psychologists who participated some two years ago in a symposium on "Intelligence and Its Measurement"2 referred to the necessity for undertaking the investigation or objective measurement of character traits.1

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The Upton-Chassell Scale for Measuring the Importance of Habits of Good Citizenship, described in the TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD for January, 1919, has attracted such wide attention throughout the country and has proved to be of such value in the Horace Mann School that a brief statement of its genesis and practical use may be valuable.

For a number of years the school reports of the Horace Mann Elementary School were similar to those in use in the majority of schools. The child was graded in each school subject by the teacher, the symbols I, 2, 3, and 4 being used in place of the more common A, B, C, and D.