"This study was undertaken to gain a comprehensive knowledge of matters affecting the personnel teaching the social studies in the secondary schools for white children in the State of Florida. It attempted to ascertain the number of teachers being utilized for the teaching of the social studies and amount of teachers accredited in other disciplines who were conducting social studies classes"--Introduction. / "May 19, 1953." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Richard E. Gross, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).