The alliteration "defectives, dependents, delinquents" has become a scrapbasket title. We need first a general title which will convey a clear-cut meaning, second a subsidiary list for the subclasses. Giddings' satirical suggestion of "The Seven Devils" to be known by the fourth letter "D." List of subclass titles proposed to the Census Bureau. The phrase "socially inadequate." Opinions of sociologists upon proposed designations. Present usage of state institutions. Summary.
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