On August 2, 1937, there is a record of height and weight at the age of 14 years 2 months, as follows: G NORMS Height (stocking feet) 63.7 inches 61.0 Sitting height 33 inches Weight (no coat or shoes) 121.5 pounds 94.9 HIGH SCHOOL RECORD By February, 1937, G was finishing his sixth term in Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn. In the first five terms his work had averaged 90-95. Regents' marks to that date were: French, two years 95 Plane Geometry 100 Intermediate Algebra 98 European History 91 In June of 1935 he had won first prize in "an algebra contest for the entire grade of his school." During the first four terms he had ranked fifth in scholarship and in the fifth term he tied for second place. A letter from his father records that: In June, 1934, he scored 174 on the Terman Group Intelligence test which was given to 27,573 boys and girls, graduates of the elementary schools, public and parochial, who applied for admission to the high schools in New York City, this score being the highest reached, and was referred to, though of course not by name, in John L. Tildsley's "The Mounting Waste of the American Secondary School," at page 3 thereof. A letter from G dated July 5, 1938, records his graduation from high school at the age of 15 years. He there says: At present my interest lies along abstract lines; mathematics, chemistry, and physics are my favorite subjects. The occupation I would like most to enter when my schooling shall be finished would be mathematics. However, I see no chance for a job in this field for research work as there is in, say, chemistry. Hence I feel uncertain as to whether I shall make mathematics my life work or whether I should specialize in one field or another of chemistry, my second love. There is a copy of the principal's statement "In Re Qualifications of G, Candidate for Scholarship," at the close of his high school career. It is worth quoting here as a record of the judged characteristics of this 15-year-old boy whose thoughtful letter, just quoted from, shows his serious concern over the theoretical and practical possibilities of the various fields of his interest. PRINCIPAL'S STATEMENT IN RE QUALIFICATIONS OF G, CANDIDATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP _Native ability_. Intelligence Quotient 174 on Terman Test given at Erasmus Hall, the highest ever reached here; ranks fourth in a grade of 712 in scholarship. _Personality_. Pleasant and helpful; well liked and respected by students and faculty; always agreeable, willing, eager to help others. _Loyalty_. Loyalty is unquestioned; fine home background contributes to high ideals; his good example has inspired loyalty in others.