Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

to every teacher. The same is true in
regard to unruly children. AS we
might expect, the boys are much
more unruly than the girls. The
highest per cent. of unruliness is
shown by the dull boys. Dull colored
girls, however, show the highest per
cent. of unruliness in colored child.
ren."
Girls have a higher average for
brightness in school than have boys.
Nine per cent. more bright girls than
bright boys were found among these
1900. There were found to be Is
per cent. more bright colored girls
than bright colored boys. Among
children of strictly American parent
age, boys are inferior to girls in alge-
bra, drawing, language, music, pen.
manship, reading. spelling, and
strange to say" manual labor"
Boys are equal to girls in only four
| studies, and excel them in but two.
Sociological conditions are found to
affect the girls more than the boys,
poor conditions having a tendency to
lower their relative ability more. But
as between lazy and nervous girls and
boys OF the same category the girls are
much ahead of the boys in mental
ability. Colorsd girls are found su-
perior to colored boys in six studies,
equal in three, and inferior in two.
Girls can remember more than boys.
This was proven by reading story
for three minutes to several thousand
children and by requiring them to
write all which they afterward recol-
lected. 1t was found that growth Of
memory power is more rapid in girls
than in boys, probably because girls
mature faster than do their brothers.
Boys are found to be more sensitive
to heat than girls. This was deter.
mined by aid of queer instrument
consisting of two thermometers
fastened together. One was heated
until it registered ten degrees higher
than the other. The two were placed
against the surface of the wrist in a
line at right angles to its length. The
child subject was asked which was the
warmer, and on replying correctly the
thermometers we're retained against
the skin while they approached each
other in temperature and until he
could not determine which was the
warmer. Then the difference 10 de.
grees indicated the sensitiveness of the
subject in discriminating degrees OF
heat.
Boys are more accurate than girls
in estimating distance. By drawing
long line and asking boys and girls to
estimate its length by sight the aver.
age for accuracy was greater among
the boys, except at two ages. 6 and IA.
A peculiar discovery brought out by
this test is that at the age of 6 the av-
erage child thus estimated a line at
about one-fifth its real length. It
does not appear to have proper con-
ception of length until its ninth or
tenth year. Girls attain accurate
judgment two years later than boys.
Up to the age of Is in children dis
tance is judged to be shorter than it
actually is. Boys and girls between 7
and Is are equally accurate in discrim.
mating differences in weights, but
above the latter age boys are the more
accurate. Girls can distinguish more
shades Of the Same color than can
boys. But boys are found to be more
quick than girls in responding to a
given signal.
Our sisters are properly known as
"the weaker sex" in the physical &C.
ceptance OF the word. This is known
to every one who keeps his eyes open,
but it has not been proven hitherto
by aid OF instruments OF precision ap-
piled systematically TO large numbers.
Often it is interesting to have an old
fact proven to us by a new method.
In such case the obvious nature of
the TACT guarantees the accuracy Of the
means Of proving it. The instrument
used in this case was known as the er.
gograph, and consisted of q clasp,
which held the hand, while the index
finger-which seems to be the index
to ones power Of endurance-was at
tached to sling bearing weight.
The finger continued to wiggle and
beat seconds as long as it could, mov-
ing the weight the while. At this ex-
ercise the boys attained higher aver
age, as might be expected. Boys were
found to have greater muscular
strength than girls ct all ages, but the
difference is slight until IA. At 10 a
man can lift twice as much as wo-
man.
There is one time in her life when
the average girl can glory in being
taller and heavier than the average
boy Of equal age. This period comes
between the ages of IL and IA. But
boys grow more regularly than do
girls. City boys and girls grow less
aud are smaller than country boys
and girls Of the same age. Girls are
more sickly than boys about the age
when they are taller and heavier. At
this age the heads of the two sexes are