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OCCUPATIONSthe methods by which she is endeavoring in her own school to meet the problems on the secondary level.The speakers brought out the necessity for planning toward a permanent adjustment program for youth.One of the most thought-provoking contributions to the deans' program was made by Herbert R. Stolz, Assistant Superintendent of Schools in charge of Individual Guidance, Oakland. After reviewing the various aspects of guidance which have at one time or another been the focus of attention and sometimes mistakenly considered as the whole field, he carefully synthesized them. The result was a unified picture of guidance wherein the separate focal points were placed in their proper relation to each other and to the whole. His address, "The Integration of All Guidance Work," appears elsewhere in the present issue of OCCUPATIONS.The experiment of having NADW sectional chairmen entirely responsible for their section programs met with universal approval. Without conscious direction by the program committee, the sectional programs integrated perfectly with the general program, and, at the same time, met specific sectional needs. This natural gearing-in would indicate the paramount importance of the issues involved in the guidance and adjustment of youth. served to indicate three definite developments: first, the increased interest of personnel officers at the college level to identify themselves with our association; second, the persistent and determined attack of research workers on problems related to records and research, personal counseling, and general and teacher placement; third, the definite attempt to articulate the several placement and personnel services to make for a more unified approach to the needs of the college and university community. In this report we shall attempt to summarize in brief the five major discussion periods of the conference.Helen G. Fisk, Associate Director of the Western Personnel Service, described four types of research which are of special interest to personnel workers at the col-