In order to establish a connection between Sch results of HSch students & their professional careers in later life, the records were studied of some 900 boys & girls who had been admitted to the 1st yr of the Lorentz Lyceum in Eindhoven between 1930 & 1949. Complete data were assembled as to age, N of classes repeated, & courses completed. The SL's of fam's were determined by fathers' profession & ranged into 4 groups: lower, middle, high & very high. It was possible to trace the whereabouts of all but 8 of these former students &to send out a questionaire to all living alumni; response was 87%. It was found that the N of children attending this type of Sch increased with SS: in the Ls group 73% had no brothers or sisters in the Sch; in the Hs group 18% had siblings at the Sch. Practically all of the dropouts attended other HSch's. 80% of the total/sum group obtained a degree in 1 of the 4 courses offered, which enabled them to enter a U. Those who were admitted at the ages of 11 or 12 (some were only 10) did much better than those who entered at the ages of 13 or 14. There was a small diff in Schleaving between soc groups, due to a tendency in the Ls groups to leave Sch after 3 or 4 yrs. U attendance increased since 1945, esp for boys. Girls have tended more towards professional Sch's, which provide training for non U-level professions (teachers, nursing & secretarial Coll's). Only 63% of the boys & 49% of the girls who had entered U's completed the 1st course in which they enrolled. Those who attended professional schools (technical & naval Coll for boys) had much better results: only 10% failed to obtain a degree. All U-educated alumni secured high-level jobs, but those who did not possess a U degree were not excluded from high-level jobs. 33.3% of those without a U degree were working in high-level jobs, 3% in very high. For those who did not complete the lyceum the same %'s were found: 33.3% in high-& 66.6% in middle-level jobs. Only 6 men held jobs that could be classified as lowerlevel. Among those who had been asked to leave the Sch because of insufficient progress, 33.3% held high-level jobs, & 3 were in top-managerial functions. Alumni living abroad (20%) had slightly better records than those who had remained in the Netherlands. AA.
