"This experimental study is an effort to determine whether or not purposive effort on the part of the school and parents to develop desirable democratic attitudes and attributes in the first grade will result in more progress along these lines than allowing the development of these characteristics to be an un-sought-for by-product of the school program"--Introduction. / "August, 1953." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76).