The purpose of this study is to determine factors which are contributing to the educational retardation of each child in a primary group in the Bloutstown Elementary School and to evaluate the results of a program inaugurated for the purpose of correcting these factors with recommendations for improvement. / Typescript. / "June, 1949." / "Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for a Master of Arts Degree." / Advisor: R. L. Eyman, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [78]).