The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-13
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE.
y~veI and Valuable Scientific Work Nov
Being Carried on In Washington.

ycve1 and Valuable Scientific Work Now
Being Carried on In Washington.
A new kind of scientific work is be.
ing carried on in Washington, in which
the testing of 20, 900 school children
11ektally, morally and physically is the
preliminary step. DIR. Arthur Mcdonald
is conducting the work under the aus
pices of the Quilted States bureau of ed.
ucation, and the results whep arranged
and tabulated are expected to throw
valuable light upon number of mooteT
questions concerning the race.
For example, it is desired to know
whether boys of the laboring class are
less bright than the sons of the well to
do Are they as well nourished? In
London not long ago investigation
proved that the children of laboring
people in that metropolis were bette
nourished-that is to say, weighed more
at the same age-than those belonging
to higher social strata, the latter being
fed on too much candy and cake.
The work here being unfinished, con-
illusions cannot be stated. To begin
with, the height and sitting height of
each child were taken. Long bodied
races, generally speaking, are inferior.
1t is desired to know if long bodied
individuals are less clever or less strong
than the short bodied of the same race
Are long bodied boys and girls apt to be
stupid? Long headed children are usu-
ally tall. Tall people are most often
long headed Tall races are superior.
The question naturally follows, Are long
headed children superior mentally?
When it is said that man has long
head, is there not significance in the re-
mark?
Are tall children, then, superior? No
body knows as yet. These are among the
things which DR.. Mcdonald is trying
to find out. In the classification the
5000 negro children in Washington
schools have been kept separate, so as to
compare them with white children.
How do they compare in respect III
brightness. weight, physical measure
ments, etc. +? The colored child surpasses
the white child up to Years of age in
mental development, then the white
child goes ahead Comparisons of girls
with boys naturally follow. At the
age of entering womanhood girls weigh
more than boys That age with city girls
arrives year earlier than with country
girls-Roston Transcript.
To brine butter take pound of gran
ulated sugar, tablespoonful of salt
peter and 8 gallons of brine strong
enough to bear an egg. Boil the brine
and strain when cool. The butter should
be wrapped in cloth before placing in
the brine.
STATISTICS have been computes, sv -
emma of the quantity Of beer drank III
1898 in the entire world. Germany
heads the list with 1909, 1872, OLA gall
Ions, an increase of "a, 600, 900 over
1892, the consumption being 33 gallons
per head, ranging from so gallons in
Bavaria to 10 gallons in Lothringen;
Great Britain second, 1,165, 752, 600
gallons, or 80 per head; America in
Guiding the whole of the western hemis,
phere, is third, with more than billion
gallons, or Is per head The total for
the world, not including Asia and Afri-
ca, is 4,5O0, 600, 900 gallons, requiring
1870, 600 tons of malt and SO. 900 tons
Of hops