The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
euoENics AND RURAL HEALTH

DR.. Titus very ably and interest.
ingly discussed this timely topic on
Saturday, Jan. II, for the benefit Of
the students of the Agricultural Col
lege who are taking sanitation 6.
"Eugenics includes any or all fac.
tors which improve the Unborn quail.
tiles OF the race" declared the speak
er, and went on to quote David
Star Jordan's character study work
to more clearly impress his listen.
ers with the great scope covered by
and the importance of this new field
of research-eugenics.
Since good and also poor health
are inherited conditions, it is of
prime Importance first of all to look
to the proper selection of husband or
wife when the mating instinct comes
upon you, thought the doctor.
He showed table of statistics
from Germany, based upon the exam.
atoms there made to determine those
mt for army service. Summed up
briefly, it revealed this: only 62 to
60 out of each hundred examined in
city classic high schools were phys
ically fit; while "a to SO per cent of
those examined in agricultural school
were acceptable for such service. OF
all men in cities of one.half million
and over, % to 80 per cent were fit;
in the country districts So to 81 per
cent-nearly double the number
found in the large cities-showed suf-
ficient physical soundness to be de-
sirable for army service.
so if the hope of eugenics is to
be realized, we must look to the
country for the development. And
since the mental and moral capabil-
ity and success depends very largely
upon physical fitness. you may read
,'y see why | base 81 much ON these
conclusions. OF on family OF fine
generations studied, The speaker
showed the following remarkable re.
cord;
1922 people born from 1898 to 1911.
725 still living and only 80 dead
Most of the people-516 of them
are in the fourth and fifth genera.
ton the third generation the family
was almost entirely agricultural.
Environment has much to do with
maintaining this physical stamina
and health. In the home and in the
school, physiology should be taught
very early-right from the first. Be
fore a child is five or six years old
he should know simple things about
the care of his eyes, teeth, stomach,
ears, etc.
More students leave college
through defective and abused eye
sight than through lack of means"
asserted DR.. Titus. And more fail
ures in life are caused through i'm.
paired stomachs and imperfect diges.
tive systems than any other one
cause"
Clearly then, We must learn more
about ourselves and not destroy or
weaken those physical and mental
powers which come to rs from birth.
Rather can We improve and build
these up.
The social side of country life
should also be developed and uplift.
ed. Lectures, religious meetings,
dances, parties and such things
should be numerous and of the high.
est order obtainable. Sanitation and
good roads are also mighty factors.
Students of eugenics are con ornel
in al these varied problem Iucy
have an immense bearing upon any
attempt at lettering the race of hui
mans in any community.
DR.. Titus appealed to the y.ung
college men and women to lend
their influence in their several com.
iollnities to correct and blot out the
unfavorable BLACK spots" and evils
which in any way retard human de-
velopment.