Differential achievement of the socio-economic male undergraduates of Indiana University classes (Differential achievement of the socio-economic classes, male undergraduates of Indiana University, 1948–1949)

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by  Hoskins, John W

DIFFERENTIAL ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE SOCXO-HCOBOMXO CLASSES ,
MALE CHDBHGHABUATES OF XMDXAHA UNIVERSITY
1948-1949
BY
JOHM-WILLAKD BOSKXKS
S ubm itted in p a r t i a l f u lf illm e n t o r
th e req u ire m e n ts fo r th e d egree
o f D o cto r o f P h ilo so p h y in
th e G raduate S chool,
Ind I&na Tin It© r s i t y ,
A ugust, I 960
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TABLE OP COMETS
CHAPTER PAGE
I* SOCIAL CLASS . . . . ................................ ......................... I
C om petition........................ l
C herseterlstice of the Occupational Classes 1?
Review of Previous Belated Studies • • • • 29
XI. PLTHOD AMD PROCEDURE..................................... . . . 37
ITT. JDT? 1 &R ‘Iff I At* BKPRESL Rl ATI'p: OF SOCIO-rCOi; PTC
CLASSES II IMDXA.MA URIYEPSITY..................... 49
IV. S0G!0-BCOMO;:.aG BACKGROUND and EXTRA-CiL PTGLLAR
ACTIVITIES........................ 64
V. SOClO-ECOHOM!C LACKGB06HO AHD SOCIAL SPCCEST. 96
VI. SOCIO-ITCON V'';IC BACKGROUND AAA AC<LXv/IC
ACBIbVEMEUT . ‘ . 115
Grade Point Average and Socio-Economic
Status . . . . • • • • * . . 116
Acedensio Honors and Socio-Economic Status • 128
VII. SUMMARY AW G0HCLUS10LS ............................... 137
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................... 144
Arfi RADIX A. Supplementary Tables . . . . . . 150
APREHOIX 0. D iffe re n tia l■Rankings of
F raternities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
APFH ADIX C. Miscellaneous Research Aids . . . 172
A b-DIX D. O fficial L ists, blank Forms, Etc, 175
*5, ISXDIX L. Code 5h/>et • • • • • • • • • • • 186
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LIST OF TABLK.S
TABLE FAHP
I. Persons in the Labor Force (excent new workers j,
C lassified into Social-Economic Grouos, for
the United States, 1940 » # . . » » ..................... 14
IX. Indices of Representation of Socio-Economic
Groups in Sneelflod Honors and A ctivities • * 24
III. Number and Per Gent of 3oclo-x:. conomic Groups
in Indiana University and the State of Indians 50
IV# Socio-Economic distribution of Senior Glass,
F a ll# 1948 . . .......................... 58
V. Number and Per Gent of Socio-Economic u roups
by Extent of Parent's Formal Education * • « • fC t>
VI# Socio-Economic Croups of Unmarried :%n by
Extra-Gurriculer A ctivities .......................................... 67
V TI * Socio-Ec onomlc G-rou r>s by G\ >iee of Curricula • • 72
VTTI# Number and Per Gent of Unmarried Men In
Specified Qrganizations by Extra-Curricular
77
A ctivities • • • • » • • • • • • • • « • * •
IX# Numbs r and Per Cent of Sod o-F con-male Gr me a
in Specified Organizations 78
X# Number end Per Cent of Hen by Socio-Economic
Status of Fraternities and by Extra-Curricular
A c t i v i t i e s ..................................................................................
\lm Fraternities Ranked by Date of Founding and
Extra-Curr1cular A c t iv it ie s .......................................... 81
I'!# "Prestige* Ranking of Fraternities and extra­
curricular /.C tivitiO B ......................................................... 32
XIII# Number and Per Cent of Unmarried <en forking a
Specified .Cumber of Hours ?> r 6. ek by xtrr-
Cui*r I cu It11" Ac fc I v .t. t l c s # # # • # * # • » * • # 86
XIV# Number end Per Cent of Sodo-Economic Croups
Engaged in nemunerfttive ■ ork......................... * . . 68
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LIST Of TABLES (continued)
TABLE P A (hi
XV. Humber end Per Cent of Unmarried Junior
and Senior Men from High School Senior
Classes of Given Size by Extra-Gurric-al ar
Activit 1©e .............................o . . . . . . . . . 91
XVI. Unmarried Juniors and Seniors from Towns of
Specified Size by Lxtre-Cux-riculer
A ctivities ......................... . . . . . . . . . . 95
XVII# Number and Per Cent of Unmarried Juniors
and Seniors by Socio-Economic Status and
Size of Home Town « • • • • . . . . . . . . 94
XVIII. Humber and Per Cent of Socio-Economic
Croups of Unmarried Men Attaining Social
Honors . • .............................. . . . . . . . . 98
XIX. Socio-Economic Status Ranking of F raternities
by Social Honors . . ...........................................• 101
XX. Date of Founding Ranking of F raternities by
Social Honors .............................. 105
XXI. nPrestige” Ranking of F ratern ities by Social
H o n o r s .......................................... ................................ • 107
XXII. Number and Per Cent of Unmarried Fen Per­
forming Specified Types of Work by Social
Honors Attained . ....................................... 109
XXIII. Unmarried. Juniors end Seniors by Extent of
Socl al Par 11 c Ip at i on an d S i i o o£ ;.i Igb
School ........................ 112
XXIV. Humber and Per Gent of hen from Towns of
Specified Size Attaining Social Honors . • 114
XXV. Humber and Per Gent of Men in Socio-Economic
Grouos with Grade Point Averages 1*5 - 3.0. 117
XXVI. Socio-Economic Groups by Aptitude Scores and
Grade Point Averages 1.5 - 3.0 . . . . . . 120
XXVII. Number and Per Gent of Men In Specified lores
of Organizations Having Grade Point- Average
of 1.5 - 5.0 . . . . ^ , .........................* . 122
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LIST OP TAbLAS (continued)
TABLE P/TX
XXVIII, Three Bankings of Fretomi ties with Corn-
peretiws Percentages of Memb rs having
Grade Point Averages 1.5 - 3 .G . . . . . . 124
AyAvit. /Vv * Number m d Per Gent of Veterans and Non-
Vo torans '!■;ork in g a Speei f i ed Nurn ber of
Hours per Week with Grade Point Averages
of 1.5 - 3 . 0 ...........................................................................127
XXX. Socio-Economic Groups by Number and Per Cent
of Juniors and Seniors Attaining Academic
H o n o r s ............................. 130
XXXI. Number and Per Cent of Unmarried ben in
Specified Types of Organizations Attaining
Academic Honors 131
XXXII. Three Rankings of F ratern ities with Com­
parative Percentages of Unmarried Gen
Attaining Academic Honors ........................................ 133
XXXIII. Humber and Per Cent of Aen A ork inc. a
Specified Number of Hours : er Week
Attaining Academic Honors 135
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Figure Pane
X. Persistence to Graduation * . . * ........................, 5 4
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OCTAL CLAHS
I. CO'rjJl, , .H'TOO
"«U of us ^re equal, but so'.ao pre -nore equal than
others* ” By this remark has some wa,: called s ite or. ion to
d basic con trad let,to?) in a widely prevalent /hncrienu ide­
ology. In the thlnkln, of man; peopl c \ © c o n c c p f o i* s o c i p
class is inapplicable to the American scene. hlne:: oil me"
are believed to be equal in the si hi of Cod an.! tefore the
lavT 5 they are there fore believed equal in th e ir c an a c 11 y to
?sreeeo the
In harmony 'with? our emphasis upon incividu«=lis :>9 coo;
p e titio n is popularly thou, ht to m ;he a II-per \ ad in. , self
adm inlsteri,< , social process wher- b*. ’* thc lit tos t '* of nil
’’ecual” men aonetow rise o the too in out- socle • r . tor
there cer he n Liorrrehxeal niuwuip e.oent w! on «11 ere "born
equal is not pen era 11; reco- nized as o prntlG:..,
Popular relief in th is American enybi. Is f of. to red It
newspapers, ma* ezines» and radio. Our fic tio n w riters ’..eve
tir e of rone a tin ; the rs; -s-to-X'lci e a ■:> <* r , how-, v^r, h e
f a c : tin at so re have foup b t th e ir we; fro,} lor chi in a to if" e
."Lite bouse merely indicates how w ceml j O: ,rl if. rhjis path^r
I Lloyd tam er, larchi a ■■ e Ke n n e 11 c 11 s
hoclrl Class in America (Chics; o: balance iv;s(. arch esc u " •
w: . /, p. «>
and by jo means proves the rule* w© x norm tee i‘r.,stra. eu
hordes who never arrive at the top. I meim. as In, .ly, stuberts
of our society are quasi ionmp our hi inf. "c-i to iheo-
ref leal compel, it ion. Is it not ros t: 1! 1 ■■■ bhr ■ Beo’ t.er mo-- ive
can be found wbic.> would aino evi euleu.- r.u^c us: e product io'
of roods rou services and yet .not yield n by~pro.;ueJ of dis-
illuslotted individualsV
The ?ny 5'h that we are all created equal is not borne
out by empirical observat ion. In Uu; scramble to react the
top wo te* in with dif .O rentinl povanta wa. ‘j\.c eeior: of a
wealthy family has by no Vie a nr- to far to climb as has the
lea? or I vile ad -vputh from "across “ e tra c k s.” however, it
is a eociolo,; leal tru is a chat, allheal' r. certain belief does
not coincide with scien tifically e&tablisr-ed faces con corn In,;
the owjective world, never the Xu a s, if » Imp o x rjnr er u n c riti­
cally accent it as accurate, thv.n sue1 a belief makes an c —
nor to us difference in one f s habits, o 1 t1 t ud b a , and actions.
bor this reason many define the various situations in
which we find ourselves as competitive ones. Our whole edu­
cational system lends to perpetuate snob an o opine i s « •.-;**) n i­
ne lions , rea s :ix eoen I , nmdi/w , and eirlvln;. tor presti. o with
the teacher are competitive.
As individuals, we compete for status, mates, mm jobs
V-c compete for a variety of other ; onls as me 1 ers of differ--
ent social classes, or as schools , as c itie s , or as nn ilon?.
Of course, it is recognized that the competition vvkici occur?
in our society is not competition s.c;on ocu*?lc; nor .is it