study of pupil population and some factors concerning the reasons for failure and withdrawal of the junior high pupils of the McIntyre Park Junior High School, Thomasville, Georgia

"The desire to live, to love, to be with people, to excel or achieve, and to believe in something lasting leads to problems, each of which requires a struggle of some type, either slight or great. It is during the period of life called adolescence that many human beings either successfully or unsuccessfully solve some of these problems. A teacher or parent will be more capable of helping the adolescent through this phrase of life if he understands the mental, motor, social, and emotional development of the adolescent. Therefore, the teacher and parents must not only be interested in the adolescent during school time, but must also have a knowledge of the activities in which the adolescent participates and of the facilities offered by the community which affect his out-of-school life"--Introduction.