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by William H Whyte


  Educational Testing Service, 83

  Effective Presentation course, 122 egalitarianism, suburbanites, 312

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., vote in Levittown and Park Forest, 300

  Eliot, Charles William, free-elective system, 94, 96

  employers, resistance to unionization, 42

  employment preferences, college seniors, 68–69, 74–75

  “Employment Trends in 1955, 1956” (Endicott), 103 fn

  Endicott, Frank S., 103;

  “Employment Trends in 1955, 1956,” 103 fn

  Engberg, Edward, 282 fn

  Engelhard, Al, 293

  Engelmann, Dr. Gerson, 370, 371; quoted, 355

  engineering, influence of, 88

  Engineering Education, Society for the Promotion of, 91

  engineering schools, 90, 91

  engineers, 89, 91, 104

  England: class segregation in new towns, 308 fn; workers’ emancipation, 309 fn

  English: communication skills, 93–94; vocationalizing, 99

  English Thought and Literature from Bacon to Pope (Jones et al), 24 fn–25 fn

  entertaining, executives’ attitude to, 154

  entrepreneurship, aversion to, 68- 69

  equilibrium, concept, 28–29

  Erasmus, Desiderius, Praise of Folly, 25

  “Ethical Calculus, The Invention of (Bredvold), 24 fn

  ethics, scientifically determining, 28

  ethics-of-equilibrium, 29

  Evans, M. Catherine, 406 fn

  executive: category, 143 fn; civic work, 148–149; culture, 149; ego, 150–156; hobbies, 149–150; leisure, 148; professionalization of, 75–76; qualities, 133–136; work load, 142–147

  Executive, What Makes an (Ginzberg), 190 fn

  Executive Suite (motion picture), 76

  F

  face-value technique, 40

  “Fair Trade” laws, 19

  Fairless Hills, Philadelphia, united church, 379

  family living, school course, 390

  Festinger, Leon, Social Pressures in Informal Groups, 346 fn

  fiction: corporation wives, 259; shift from Protestant to Social Ethic, 243–263

  Fifty Years in Wall Street (Clews), 16 fn

  File, Quentin W., 409 fn

  financial habits, suburbanites, 321–329

  “Fireworks for Michelle,” quoted, 260

  Florida State University, general-education program, 95

  Flynn, Rev. Vernon, 371

  Folly, Praise of (Erasmus), 25

  Foote, Nelson N., “Social Mobility and Economic Advancement,” 278 fn

  Ford Foundation: grants to scholars, 233; large-scale grants, 231; self-study groups, grants to, 224

  Ford Motor Company, field training program, 126–127

  foundations, projeetism, 230–240

  Fourier communities, 7, 282

  Fowler, N. C., The Boy, How to Help Him Succeed, quoted, 253 fn

  Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, on spending, 17–18

  free research, virtues of, 209

  Freud, Sigmund, 22

  friendship, web of, 330–349

  From Here to Eternity (Jones), 257

  Fromm, Erich, The Sane Society, 362

  Fugger houses, Augsburg, 332

  fundamental discovery, inevitable, 229

  G

  Gaither, Rowan, Jr., quoted, 231

  Gamow, George, quoted, 228 fn–229 fn

  Gans, Herbert, “The Origin and Growth of a Jewish Community in the Suburbs,” quoted, 375, 376

  Gardner, Burleigh, quoted, 216

  General Education in a Free Society (Harvard report), 94, 95

  general-education movement, 94–95

  General Electric Company: encouragement of individualism, 403; executives, moving frequency, 275; periodic transfers, 276; personality tests, 173; scientists, 208–211, 215; training program, 119–125

  General Motors Corporation, employees’ attitude toward work, 127

  Gengerelli, J. A.., quoted, 239

  genius, the fight against, 205–217

  geographic mobility, 269–270

  Georgia, University of, 86

  Gimbel Brothers, ad, quoted, 313 fn

  Ginsburg, Dr. Sol W., quoted, 190 fn

  Ginzberg, Eli, What Makes an Executive, 190 fn

  Glazer, Nathan, quoted, 376

  God and Man at Yale (Buckley), 65

  good life, expression of idealism,

  good-life standard, upgrading, 316, 317, 319

  Goodrich, H. B., Origins of American Scientists, quoted, 92

  Green Belt Cities (Osborn), 308 fn

  group: authorship, 219–221; behavior regularities, 330; creative vehicle, 7, 47, 51–52; disciplining vehicle, 384; dynamics, 48, 57, 58; expediters, 55; leaderless, 54–55; responsiveness, 353

  group averages, fitting outstanding man, 198

  group contagion, exploiting, 316

  Group Development, National Training Laboratory in, 54, 56

  group leader, resource person, 54

  group life, big corporation, 131

  Group-Thinkometer, 56

  group way, executives’ attitude, 152–154

  group work, preoccupation with, 46–47

  grouping, functional and incidental, 50

  Guggenheim Foundation, grants to individual research, 232

  H

  Harrington, John Walker, “Otten-

  hausen’s Coup,” 249

  Harvard Business School, 85, 162–163, 401

  Harvard University, free-elective system, 94–95

  Harwald Group-Thinkometer, 56

  Hathaway, Starke R., 407 fn

  Hatt, Paul K., “Social Mobility and Economic Advancement,” 278 fn

  Hattery, Lowell H., Teamwork in Research, 227

  Hawthorne, Illinois, Western Electric plant study, 33–35

  Hayek, F. A., The Counter-Revolution of Science, 23 fn

  Herberg, Will, 375

  hierarchy of skills, 40

  High Noon (motion picture), 257, 257 fn

  Hobbes, Thomas, 25

  Hodgins, Eric, 240; Blandings’ Way, 161

  Holton, Gerald, “On the Duality and Growth of Physical Science,” quoted, 226

  homogeneous environment, differences, 312–313

  Horgan, Paul, “Unexpected Hero,” 256

  How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling (Bettger), 253

  How Our Business System Operates (HOBSO), 121 fn

  How Supervise? (File), 409 fn

  Hoyt, G. C., “The Life of the Retired in a Trailer Camp,” 319

  Hughes, Everett, 364

  Hughes, Rev. Joseph, 371

  human relations: doctrine, 44; problem, 400–401; science of, 24

  Human Resources and Advanced Training, Commission on, 83, 84 fn

  humanities: bias against, 104; decline of, 79–81, 84 fn, 92; engineering schools, 90

  Hutchins, Robert, 90 Hutchison, Francis, 25

  I

  ideology, organization man, 4

  inanimate, false personalization of, 399 fn

  income level, suburbia, living up to, 317–318

  income tax, effect on work, 144–145

  Independent School Bulletin, 98

  individual and society, conflict between, 400

  individualism: American worship, 5; central issue, 11, 14; distrust of, 131–137; encouragement of, 403; extreme, 396; philosophical, 12–13; Protestant and Social Ethics, 9; Suburban constraints, 330–365

  Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota, 133 fn

  Industrial Revolution, 16, 33, 35, 39, 41; Second, 25–26

  industrial scientists, study of outstanding, 207–208

  industrial worker, rootlessness, 33

  Industry, Work and Authority in (Bendix), 253 fn

  industry-college conferences, 106–108

  Industry Psychology, Inc., 174

  insurance jobs, lack of interest in, 75

  intelli
gence tests, 172

  intellectual revolt, 20

  interest rates, suburbanites, 325

  International Business Machines: industrial scientists, 208; interchangeable executives, 276

  “International Problems, On Methods of the Social Sciences in Their Approach to” (Borberg), 30 fn

  involvement with others, executives’ attitude to, 154–155

  J

  Jahoda, Dr. Marie, 274 fn

  James, William, 20, 21, 23

  Jamie, Wallace, quoted, 111

  jet engine, development, 216, 223

  Jewish community, Park Forest, 374–376

  “Jewish Community in the Suburbs, The Origin and Growth of a” (Gans), 375 fn

  job change surveys, 162–165

  Johns Hopkins University, professional-school movement, 96

  Jones, Richard F., 24 fn–25 fn

  Junge Arbeiter von Heute, Der (Bednarik), 67 fn

  Jungk, Robert, 31; Tomorrow Is Already Here, 399 fn

  K

  keeping down with the Joneses, 313

  Kelley, Prof. William T., 88

  Kelly, Dan, Drexelbrook social activities, 290–291

  Keppel, Frederick, 238

  Kerr, Clark, quoted, 46

  Kerr, Walter, quoted, 246 fn

  Kibbutz, Life in a (Weingarten), 293

  kindergarten applicants, screening tests, 385 fn–386 fn

  Klein Institute for Aptitude Testing, 175

  Klutznick, Philip, Park Forest community, 282, 291–293, 321, 366

  Knapp, R. H., Origins of American

  Scientists, quoted, 92

  Kodachrome, invention, 216

  Kubie, Lawrence, quoted, 183–184

  L

  Labor, A Philosophy of (Tannenbaum), 41

  labor leaders, work load, 145–146

  Lamb, Charles, 99

  Landon, Robert C., quoted, 128

  Langmuir, Irving, 207, 209

  lawns, influence on friendships, 344–345

  leadership training, 295–296

  Lederle Laboratories, industrial scientists, 208

  Leinberger, Chaplain Hugo, Park Forest United Protestant Church, 366–370, 371, 378

  leisure, creating more, 18

  “Leisure Class, The New” (Michelon), 319 fn

  Lentz, Theodore F., 408 fn

  Lepley, William M., 406 fn

  Lerner, Max, quoted, 279

  Levin, Arnold, quoted, 363, 364

  Levittown, Long Island, New York: Republican votes, 300; resident turnover, 319

  Levittown, Pennsylvania: age distribution, 342 fn; denominational backgrounds (table), 368; Episcopal Church seats, 377; income differences, 317; modifications of house design, 312; package suburb, 280; political unification, 291 fn; shopping center, 316–317; tastes, changes in, 301; united church, 378–379;

  liberal arts: business bias against, 102–105; current estate, 90, 96–98

  life, outgoing, 350–365 life-adjustment curriculum, high school, 387–388

  “life cycle” community, 318–319

  life insurance, suburbanites, 321

  “Life of the Retired in a Trailer Camp, The” (Hoyt), 319 fn

  Likert, Rensis, quoted, 57, 401

  Lindzey, Gardner, 410 fn

  loneliness, fear of, 348

  Lost Lady, A (Cather), 271 fn

  loyalties, divided, 45–46

  loyalty, company, 131, 161–162, 165

  luxury, becoming a necessity, 314

  Lynd, Robert and Helen, Middletown, 68; quoted, 306

  M

  Man, science of, 23–25, 28, 31

  Man Called Peter, A (motion picture), 254

  Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 131, 251; quoted, 132, 132 fn

  Management and the Worker (Roethlisberger and Dickson), 33 fn

  managerial ideology, new, 44

  manipulation, people, 29–30

  Mankind, The Proper Study of (Chase), 33 fn

  Marquand, J. P.: Melville Goodwin USA, 258; Point of No Return, 39 fn, 271 fn

  Martin, Jean, 282 fn

  mass communication, scientism, 32

  mass testing, personality, 171, 175, 178

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, curriculum, 91, 99–100

  Mastery of Fate, 253

  mathematics, solving problem of society, 25

  Maurer, Herrymon, 278 fn

  Mayo, Elton, 45; group cohesiveness, 43; Hawthorne experiment, 33–34, 36–38, quoted, 35, 36; union as a social group, 41

  McCarthy issue, 65

  McClure’s magazine, 249, 250

  McConnell, T. R., 406 fn

  McDade, Thomas, 303 fn

  McKinley, J. Charnley, 407 fn

  McMurry, Robert N., quoted, 199 fn–200 fn

  Mediocre, League of the, 200

  melting pot, suburbia, 300, 310

  Melville Goodwin USA (Marquand), 258

  Men in Business (Miller), 277 fn

  Mental Measurements Yearbook, The Fourth (Buros), 189 fn

  Merck & Company, Inc., industrial scientists, 208

  metropolitan centers, process of replacement, 274

  Miami University, business school, 87

  Michelon, L. C, “The New Leisure Class,” 319 fn

  Michigan State University, English courses, 93

  Middle Ages: belongingness, 32–33, 41; discipline by social codes, 35

  middle-class line, suburbia, 306

  Middletown (Lynd), 68; quoted, 306

  migrants, interstate, 269–270

  Miller, James G., quoted, 28

  Miller, William, Men in Business, 277 fn

  minister, primary importance of, 379–380

  Minnesota, taconite communities chaplaincy program, 371 fn

  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Hathaway and McKinley), 407 fn

  Minnesota T-S-E Inventory (Evans and McConnell), 406 fn

  mixed marriages, Park Forest, 310

  mobility, self-perpetuating, 275

  modernism and traditionalism, opposition between, 97

  Moe, Henry Allen, 232

  Monsanto Chemical Company, research workers, 214, 215

  morale and productivity, relationship, 57, 401

  motivation research, 17 fn

  Musser Forests’ Catalogue, quoted, 289

  Myrdal, Gunnar, An American Dilemma, 29

  N

  National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), vocational education, 107

  National Education Association, 98

  Naval Personnel, Bureau of, “Conference Sense,” handbook, quoted, 54

  Naval Research, Office of, research contracts, 218, 219

  neighborliness, conflict between types, 335

  New Thought movement, 252, 253, 253 fn

  New York University, public relations major, 86

  Newburyport, Massachusetts: population mobility, 272–273; study, 38–40; upper class, 311

  Newcomer, Mabel, The Big Business Executive, 279 fn

  1984 (Orwell), 262–263

  nondirective counseling, 36–37

  non-well-rounded man, 141–150

  normalcy, quest for, 397–398

  norms, based on group scores, 197

  O

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS), testing program, World War II, 186–187

  Ohio State University, psychology courses, 93

  “Olympian Cowboy, The” (Schein), 257 fn

  Oneida community, 282

  Oregon, University of, degree in advertising, 87

  Organization, deifying, 13

  Organization transients, 267–280, 295

  Orlans, Harold, Utopia, Ltd., 308, 348 fn; quoted, 349 fn

  Orwell, George, 1984, 262–263

  Osborn, F. J., Green Belt Cities, quoted, 308 fn

  “Ottenhausen’s Coup” (Harrington), 249–250

  overwork, attitude toward, 131–133

  Owen communities, 7

  Owens, W. A., “A Valida
tion Study of the Worthington Personality History Blank,” 189 fn

  Oxtoby, Toby, “Distribution of Ability of Students Specializing in Different Fields,” 84 fn

  P

  Paducah, Kentucky, chaplaincy program, 371

  parenthood, suburban groups, 355

  Paris, École Polytechnique, 25

  Park Forest, Illinois: behavior patterns, 332; Catholic church, 373; class structure, 310; community study, 281–297; criteria of status, 299; denominational backgrounds (table), 368; home-selling advertisements, 284, 285 fn–286 fn; income, rate of increase, 307 fn; Jewish community, 374–376; Negroes, admission of, 311; party patterns, 337–342; pioneer settlers, 310–311; privacy, lack of, 351; religious preference survey, 367, 379; rents, 299; Republican votes, 300; residents, 283 fn; school system, 382–392; shopping center, 316; turnover of residents, 303; Unitarian church, 372; United Protestant Church, 366–372, 379

  “Park Forest, Birth of a Jewish Community” (Gans), 376 fn

  Park Forest Reporter:headlines, quoted, 294; meeting report, quoted, 386 fn; social notes, 337

  Park Merced, San Francisco: children’s influence on family friendships, 342; package suburb, 280; social activity, 290

  participation, suburbanites, 359–361

  Pascal, Blaise, 151

  Patterns (Serling), 251

  Patterson, Cecil, quoted, 190

  Peale, Norman Vincent, 253; quoted, 254

  Peck, R. F., “Personnel Assessment, New Technique for,” 189 fn

  Pennsylvania, University of, business school, effect of, 85

  Pennsylvanian, The Daily, quoted, 85

  Personal Audit, The (Adams and Lepley), 406 fn

  personal counseling, demand among suburbanites, 379

  personal morals, suburbanites, 356

  personal-social development, 95

  Personality Inventory (Bernreuter), 405 fn

  personality test, composite, 180–181

  personality tests, 8, 9, 13, 38, 171, 173–179, 182, 184; how to cheat on, 405–410

  Personnel, quoted, 211

  Personnel Assessment, New Technique for (Peck and Worthington), 189 fn

  personnel changes, surveys, 162–163

  personnel people, ratio to other employees, 133 fn

  “Personnel Practices in Industrial Laboratories” (Steele), 211

  personnel testing, 171

  personnel work, seniors’ preferences, 74–75

  Ph.D. degrees, trend, 81, 82

  Philadelphia: air-conditioner ownership, 315; replacement process, 274, 274 fn; row-house neighborhoods, study, 305

  “Physical Science, On the Duality and Growth of” (Holton), 226

  Piore, E. N., 219

  Pittenger, Norman, quoted, 66

  play areas, influence on community life, 343

  Point of No Return (Marquand), 39 fn, 271 fn

 

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