The sun., 1899-12-28
COLLEGE GIRLS MEASURED.
THOSE or THE EAST HAVE "CUTTER"
HEADS, "SCHOONERS" OUT WEST.

JHOSE OF IHE ia nav n 'tt fIEH'
HEADS; "SCHOONERS" OUT WEST
Dr. Srayer's Conclusions Told Mt u Science
Meeting 49, Eastern Girls Are Taller and
Western Girls Have Greater Lung Power
Ten Societies Meet at Yale and
Consider various Remarkable Things.
New HAVEN. Dec. pa comparison in an-
thropometry between the types OF three
women's colleges. by DIR. jay ". Seaver OF the
Yale gymnasium was the subject which In
tcrcstcd the anthropology branch OF the
American Association for the Advancement OF
Science in session here this afternoon.
Between scven hundred and eight hundred
scientific men from all parts OF the country and
representing practically all tho universities and
colleges OF note. met here to-day for tho open
ing sessions OF the ten different conventions
which are meeting thls week at Yale. The Or
ganigations assembled are: The American
Society OF Naturalists. the American Chem
ical Society. the Archaeological Institute OF
America, THO American Morphologicul Society.
the Association OF American Anatomists. tho
American Physiological Society. the American
Psychological Association. the American Folk
lore Society. the Society for Plant Morphology
and Physiology. and section II. Anthropology
of the American Association for the Advance
ment OF Science.
In his talk on college girls measurements.
Or. Seaver announced that there are two dis
tinct types OF the American college girl. that o'
the East having the greater height and
cutter" build of head. and that OF the West
having much tho greater girth of chest
and larger lung capacity with SCHOONER"
build OF Uranium. In attempting to
account for tho differences. DR.. Seaver
said that he could only offer theory. that the
schooner" heads were due to tho predomin-
encc OF Teuton blood in the West. Hls theory
aroused an active defense from the Western
professors who took part In the discussion.
They insisted that the real Teuton head was to
be found In Boston and that the Western was
what they preferred to call an Alpine type.
DIR. Seaver's subject was Three American
Types Dedrced from Physical Measurements"
There are no measurements from mems cole
leges "a yet, Dr. Seaver said. which form
proper bases for the calculation OF diverse
types. Yale and Amherst have satisfactory
records. but Harvard's are vitiated by
| the fact that they arc more cosmo-
potan than localized. In Wellesley. Oberlln
| ami the University OF Nebraska the Doctor
found the records Of sufficient completeness
| and localizafion to make a fairly sats-
| factory study. His comparison OF tho records
| OF the women students at these colleges
was made with the object OF determining
whether the differences in type. II any. con-
formed to tho showing OF Goulds types OF men
ssSVS service toward raj the s close Of tho Civil War.
Goud's charts showed u tendency TO distin-
t6ose those soidlers who came from the Northern and
| agricultural states like Vermont aud Mime.
sa swSrtHy t build than the average Of the states in
| which the grban population pre- redominated.
In regard to the women ot the colleges con con
He considers the Wellesley girl as represents;
ing fairly ioeSLized section about aSSST,
type. type The record shows her to. be gen
orally. taller than the girls ot o6eriin
| isthe larger. but has also the greater antern;
! postero diameter, giving tho hat head
shsS p hesd %sa' The spe
more rotund having tho greater LATERAL di-
ameter, and therefore eoonforns TO the deserip-
| Both Of tho Western types have larger sirth
| OF chest than the Boston girls. and the Nebras-
capacity What the relation may be between
the size and shape OF the head and IN ths. brain
power OF the su ubJectS com paratively. Dr. SeaNer
said he had not vet been able to determine.
The matter has been one to which much stuny ~,
has been given wen ns ont 10 Jar no SATISFACTORY re-
The SESSIONS q az the societies began smTI. hn,Id
nss aSoy. 'nls The Iais Campus M @ ani We're held
Throughout the day and evening :, until
$50 o'clock when a reception to all the
at the art school. Tho chemical society dur
ing the morninG session Listened T.. =, d, 70 & Prot
tion OF his calormeter. in which expetments
have beer, conducted Tor some time with refer
to SS BODY Thers we're S
soat ssrefb the shs np%s4 mssfne maas aas
she TRIP 2t'Ses 10 Made,oWn % @ to eSamine the wort
evening they listened 10 the closing address Of
Morley. OF kdelbeIt College. Cleveland. on the
question. Are new processes needed for the,
| The new President OF the chemical society Is
Prof. viii lam Mcdurtris OF New YORK.
The society Of naturaiists and afiillated soei-
Geology and Natural History Of he Ber.
one hundrei original lantern slides; The
| green moray. giant eel maturinG at length
ers Wh W.T. the S,sSs
Romans. When used as diet Il was kept in In
caItiyi'y tor many days and fa'ten"d upo" the
The psychologists were Interested in the
report by Proisssors Lndlsv and Bran ,ooi Of
prodigy in whom the wonderful power OF
gsSp talent. 1TSe subject subj il M MI; ::
5qla "id who has has been able from eares, years to
solve probems that have puzzled the most t,t, e1-
in which correct results involving the use OF
| nine figures. and including tho use OF the bi-
nomInI theorem were deduced without tho
usual intermediate processes. -
%9s o9Sas P2C 6ssS SGeFs a seS '9Ss
sy Of Wisconsin, 10 succeed Prof. John Dewey
OF Chicago as President; and as members 81
was also, voted 70 send Prof Ladd g! o!
%Hh pfG Sa%GS 81
| Paris next year Hs delegates from the SOCIETY.
was also decided to me Ssw YSTE
next June with the. American Association for
the Advancement OF Science.