Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
fHy Dean A. Worcester. Department
" Psychology. University Of
New Mexicol

Professor Ellsworth Huntington
says IN the January number Of Har-
pers Magazine:
We are an Interested in the, wealth
or and probably all II us realize more
or less vaguely that we can do bet
ter and more work on some days than
on others
Why q ~ I was asked the other
day by one of my pupils. that every
body l. 20 grauchy on a vet. windy
day2 The very name dismal implies
Distinct state 81 mind Can it be
thai We may charge the atmospheric
conditions with the responsibility for
our ili-tcmper2 And Is there. again,
direct relation between sunshine.
temperature aud the amount Of eff
cieBt work Of which We are cspahiee"
This is indeed. an attractive theme
for discussion and the curiosity Of
one man. a. least. has taken the form
OF some real work on the subject
IN Harners Dr. Huntington. assist
ant professor Of geography AZ Yale,
has told OF hia researches concerning
the efficiency Of various classes Of
workers az related to conditions OF
the weather
Professor Huntington's observations
are based en- the four years records ~
three Connecticut factories where
pieeework Is done aud the wages are
consequently in direct proportion 90
the efficiency OF the worker. and
upon the average daily and weekly
marks Of nearly zoe students
Of West Point and Annapolis
for period OF six wears.
Going TO BE Married; Works Fast k.s
While any one of a hundred causes
may influence the individual, tempo
rarlly nevertheless. when one works
slowly because of "a sore hand another
works rapidly because he is 70 be
married and So. large numbers being
considered, the individual differences
tend to nentraize each other and do
not materially affect results
Records were chosen from factories
manufacturing staple products such
as hinges, etc, aud which, therefore,
work steadily the year around The
results show i remarkable uniformity.
Tho deficiency of the workers, as
shown hy the wages received, WAS the
lowest about the latter part Of Janu-
ary, There WAS then a steady in
crease until about the middle
OF Juno. after which came a de-
crease until the first Of August. AZ
no time, however. did this decrease
reach as low point as IN january
BEGINNING with the first Of August,
there was a steady increase until the
early part Of November az which time
the greatest efficiency Of the year VA .
reached From this point there WAS
a rapid fall again L. the lowest point
In January
Temperature Big Factor.
The periods OF maximum ana mini
mum mental activity as evidenced bg
the examination Of the records of the
students ~ West Point and Of Annap-
oils correspond in remarkable de-
gree 70 those OF physical activity as
outlined above II is noteworthy
also, that the experiments upon the
strength az school children of Copen-
hagen as performed by the psycholo-
gisss, lehman and Petersen. give
almost precisely the same results.
4 careful study Of the data shows
temperature 70 bo apparently the
determining factor IN both mental and
physical activities. That the amount
az sunlight, though probably a factor.
Is Of less influence than is commonly
supposed Is evidenced hy the increas-
Ing efficiency at the time when the
DAYS are growing shorter Il Is dem
oastrated that cold has a much more
depressing effect On human activities
thhn has heat, only extremely hot
weather continuing for some time
having marked ~ effect curionsly
enough, even though one's work be
Indoors and he be outside but
short time, II is The outside temrsra-
ture which gives tone to the whole