A Survey of Mentally Defective Children in the Schools of San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a town of about five thousand inhabitants in the south central part of California. Its people differ little from those of other well-to-do cities of similar size in this state. With the exception of a small Spanish element they (or their parents) have migrated here from various eastern states. The population includes progressive farmers, trades-people, a sprinkling of professional men, and the families of several hundred skilled laborers on the slopes of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The children enrolled in the grades below the high school number somewhat more than six hundred. The newly-elected superintendent of schools, Mr. Charles R.