and saw the bait
had been {taken}.

So I put the sa{me} bait on my {hook} and {threw} it over into the
{water}. But {all} was silent. The fish was an {old} one and had {grown}
very wise. I did this {day} after day with the same luck. The trout
{knew} there was a {hook} hidden in the bait.

[Illustration: FIGURE XVII--COMPLETION TEST--"THE TROUT"]

DOCTOR GOLDSMITH'S MEDICINE

This {is} a story of good medicine. Most medicine is {bad} to {take},
but this was so good {that} the sick man {wished} for more.

{One} day a poor woman {went} to Doctor Goldsmith and {asked} him to
{go} to see her {sick} husband. "He {is} very sick," she said, "and I
{can} not {get} him to eat anything."

{So} Doctor Goldsmith {went} to {see} him. The doctor {saw} at once that
the {reason} why the man {could} not eat was {because} he was {so} poor
that he had {not} been {able} to buy good food.

Then he {said} to the woman, "{Come} to my house this evening and I will
{give you} some {medicine} for your {husband}."

The woman {went} in the evening and the {doctor} gave {her} a small
paper box tied {up} tight. "{It} is very heavy," {she} said. "May I
{see} what it looks {like}?" "{No}," said the doctor, "{wait} until you
get {home}." When she {got} home, and she and {her} husband {opened} the
box so that he {could} take the first {dose} of medicine,--what do you
think they {saw}? The box was {filled} with silver {money}. {This} was
the {good} doctor's medicine.

* * * * *

=Importance of Mental Differences.= (1) _In school work._ One of the
important results that come from a knowledge of the mental differences
in children is that we are able to classify them better. When a child
enters school he should be allowed to proceed through the course as fast
as his development warrants. Some children can do an eight-year course
in six years; others require ten years; still others can never do it.
The great majority, of course, can do it in eight years.

[Illustration: FIGURE XVIII--COMPLETION TEST--"DR. GOLDSMITH'S
MEDICINE"]

Norms for adults, as obtained from university students, are:

TEST MEN WOMEN
Substitution Test 29.1 32.2
Rote Memory, Concrete 28.5 28.6
Rote Memory, Abstract 28.4 27.9
Free Association 51.5 49.3
Completion, _Dr. Goldsmith'