Mr. Tavenner. In fact, there are several as young as 15 years of age, are there not?
Mr. Dennett. 21, 20, 15, 17, 17. Yes; 18, 17, 17.
Mr. Tavenner. Am I correct in stating that this is in the form of a questionnaire to determine the success of the training at this camp?
Mr. Dennett. Well it must be remembered that I was just fresh from teaching, and one of the things that a teacher has to learn is whether or not their teaching is successful. The way you determine that is to devise a test. So I devised a test to determine whether or not my efforts had been successful. So this is in the form of a test.
Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee, please, what reaction you get from reading the test papers of some of the younger of the group? Say, 15, 16, and 17 years of age.
Mr. Dennett. I have picked out those 2 that were 15 years of age.
I had something here in which I asked this kind of question: What organizations they belonged to. I asked them to list them. And this one said: “YPA,” which was the Young Pioneers of America. And a workers’ youth club.
And I asked also what kind of work they did in the organization, and one of them says that he was the secretary of the club. And I asked what his occupation was, and he said a student in school. And I asked if he had any special abilities, and he says “Sing, act, sports, football and track.” Hobby: “music, sports, reading.” Main shortcoming: “To learn more about organization.” Received most benefit from camp: “Art and music.” Most benefit from class: “What Marxism is based on.”
Mr. Moulder. Are you reading the answers to the questions?
Mr. Dennett. These are the answers to the questions.