Dartmouth alumni magazine . rmy tests in cantonments, inspecial groups in service, in vocational groups and in other units. In drawingcomparisons with these figures the sig-nificance of the results obtained at Dart-mouth is best shown. The comparisonsmade are demonstrated in the series ofcharts which follow. Figure I is a copy of the governmentscurve for a typical cantonment extent of the grades is indicated inlight and dark rectangles below thecurve, and the grades are marked pro-gressively from D minus to A. In itsrelative position the unsmoothed curveof the grades of the Dartmouth
Dartmouth alumni magazine . rmy tests in cantonments, inspecial groups in service, in vocational groups and in other units. In drawingcomparisons with these figures the sig-nificance of the results obtained at Dart-mouth is best shown. The comparisonsmade are demonstrated in the series ofcharts which follow. Figure I is a copy of the governmentscurve for a typical cantonment extent of the grades is indicated inlight and dark rectangles below thecurve, and the grades are marked pro-gressively from D minus to A. In itsrelative position the unsmoothed curveof the grades of the Dartmouth groupis shown. The figures along the top in-dicate the number of points secured(from 45 to 202), the figures at the rightindicate the number of men receivingsuch grades (from 1 to 55). A mereglance reveals the fact that in a typicalArmy curve the bulk of the men—thelargest number, or mode—scores 55points, while in the Dartmouth group themode is 145 points. Dartmouths mean,or average being 10 points higher of Fig. ICOMPARISON OF DARTMOUTH WITH REGULAR ARMY GROUP. 342 The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine Figure II shows a comparison, notwith a cantonment group as a whole, butwith picked men in the officer trainingdetachments of 5 of the largest canton- ments. In this figure Dartmouth standsfirst with A, 24% B and 5% Cphis. Camp Devens stands second A, B, 12% C plus, and in Dartmouth Lewis Sheridan Devens Funston Taylor Sherman llliiil I Zl C+ b-^ A-d] Fig. IIDARTMOUTH COMPARED WITH SIX HIGHEST-SCORED OFFICER TRAINING GROUPS. Mortar. |,Personnel Adjts. (Ambulance. I Be\owC+H Ct Fig. IllDARTMOUTH COMPARED WITH THE HIGHEST OFFICER GROUPS. The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine 343 addition, nearly 4% below C plus. CampLewis is shown second on the chart, notbecause it ranks next to Dartmouth butbecause it has the smallest percentagebelow C plus. Figure III affords a comparison froma different angle, not in this case a g
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