Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23


newspaper have. already excited keen interest
among readers throughout the country and
evident desire to assist in carrying out the plans
of science.
The Medical Review of Reviews of New York. act.
ing behalf of committee of wellknown scientists
and social workers. has offered prizes to the eugeni
caly perfect and woman who will marry after
they have been approved by the committee.
prize of $500 will be given to the ideal man and
woman when they marry and further prize of $500
when their first baby is born.
This newspaper will gladly receive photographs
of all young and who desire to compete for
these prizes. Photographs should be accompanied
by names, addresses, physical measurements weight,
condition of health health Of ancestors on both Sides
and any other information the parties may desire to
give. Photographs and information will be turned
over to the committee of scents.
The commte regrets that it is quite unable to re-
turn photographs account of the great number
in.
Those who expect to win the prizes should be in
perfect health, of attractive appearance and good
physical proportions. They should be prepared to
show that all their ancestors for at least two genera
lions past have been similarly blessed by nature.
They must be willing to all questions put to
them by the committee
The committee can only give the prizes to
and woman who are perfectly willing to marry one
another
Already we have received large numbers of letters
from handsome young and women who wish to
aid in this scientific plan to improve the race Inc
photographs of several of them are reproduced on
this page The names of the young women are with
held for the present in order that they may not be
subjected to inconvenient publicity Communications
intended for them will be received ana turned over
to the committee.
Eugenic science is engaging the attention or
the in the medical and other scientific fields
who are impressed by the widespread evidences OF
degeneracy among the population, by the growth OF
feebe-nindedness paupersm and crime and by the
alarming decrease of vitality shown among the most
useful members of the community after middle age
1t is asserted that by wisely regulated eugene mar
riages could eliminate many of these defects IN
future generations, remedy the greatest mserles OF
society and create better race. A large mass OF
fqcts has already been accumulated by eugene
science showing how certain defects perpetuated
by unwise marriages and how fine qualities are trans
mited to children by eugenic marriages.
Most of know in vague way that certain
family characteristics are inherited. We know Tor
instance, that one family is remarkable for tall men
and that many members of another family die IN
early middle age of apoplexy. But few people kno"
anything about the laws by which these characters
tics handed down.
The science of heredity which is bound up with
eugenics has worked out the exact manner IN
which of most important characteristics
such as color of hair, eyes, etc, are handed down
Every man is made up of what are called unit cnar
acters inherited from his ancestors These characters
independent of one another, and are combined III
a sort of mosaic. man may inherit many char-
acters from one ancestor or only one character ne
is not strictly speaking made up from his parents Out
from the ancestral germ cells from which those
parents were created. Hence he may be very unlike
his parents but he must be like OF his ancestors
In every germ cell there elements called de
ter1niners" which determine the subsequent develop
ment of all the organs and characteristics of the
offspring. These determners are contained in mi
mute granues in the centre of the cell called
chromosomes" The male and female cells play an
equal part in carrying determners.
But if determiners from the male were ADDED TO