The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-27

I.statme, head, face, chest, {oger cloth
|;mEl ear, hand and foot Tests are.
|iimade Of mnscuar.streng by the.
The Temperance, res
|fpHation and pulse are recorded with
la description oEcomp1eHon, including
|[the coiorihg OF the hair eyes and skin KIN
|, The examtnatfon onty requires about
a QUARTER OF an hour It<requres no
|L9posure of the peuQn except the re-
.moyaI OF the shoes while the he1She
LOT the body IS measHed Ladies are
|lreQuested to loosen their hair for the
|ImeaSurement of the head No names
Twill be published IN the final analysis
which will be made public, but ire
|IorgmaI data viii be preserved. in she
available to those who have been
measured, and to their children.
In connection with the examdna-
ton, the muSeum is securing COL
llecti0n OF human hair which will En-
Id1cabe thesco7oring OF the present. gen
|teranon It IS being Placed ina Dig
lease in the anthrop biological division.
when he is lconfronted by natr1Iat
lof various other nationaiities dating
!ttrary to popular belief, this last was;
bright red, at least in some instances
|fDr. Hrdlicka does not preserve Jocks
lifron1 all the persons examined, ouL
|}wehn he Is confronted by natural
|1hair of an unusual shade, he requests
a small sample for his collection, and
this has never yet been refused
4 Those. interested In this research
have been surprised to find how few
lean meet the qualifications as to an:
Icestry. several Daughters OF the
American Revolution, who have pr1d-
led themselves upon their American
[Edescent, have been found unavailable
because a graudparent a1pon one side
ior the other had not. been born IN ems
|lco1ntry In canvass made OF one
tof the departments, not a single De
Esirabfe candidate was found among
HUNDRED and fifty Americans IN the
employ OF the United States govern
iment-
It is generally accepted that pure
Americans are not to be found IN any
|llarse city In New York, Irish and
Hebrew types prevail and the Ger
mans are strong in Chicago Mner
ever an industrial center has been
Horned, the Immigrant has made h1s
has become an integral part OF the ma
ttion of his adoption. The purest
| American stock Is now found In the
remote mountain regionss of Vdrg1naa-
Tennessee, Kentucky and the Caro-
|Elanas. These old families have a
| straight line Of descent going back az
\ least to the Revo1utionaIE WAT. IN
| which most OF the male ancestors
4 fought. The isolation IN which these
neonle have lived for century and
. a quarter has cften kept chem from
4 making adequate progress Whetnet
or not these ~Old Americans nave
4 dormant possibilities superior 10
those of the children removed ou9
lone generation from the lower ciass
LOT European peasantry IS qnestion
for education and sociology to solve
The generally accepted tneory snst
blondes now constitute the strongest
i+vne in the2world. and therefore are
4 4he ruling race, is being contrad1cteo
Inv modern science It is now develop
Ing that the darker types are IncreaS-
i ing IN numbers. and that strong col
4 orinS is becoming more Vp1cal
mental and physical strength- AZ
l least one noted anthropo1oSls CLAIMS
tnroof that the greatest progress IN
! seientific and phvsical development IS
] he;Dr achieved by persons OF dark
| colorins. The pure blonde IS SAID 70;
he decreasing. or being d1eplaced ps
the red head. which. anthropotoSlsts
cav. is separate and distinct type
from the pure blonde.
i Contrary to these claims, the scud
lies IN experimental evolution. recenc-i
" made by Gertrude crotty basen-
tnor4 ander the auspices OF the Car
! neeie Institution. indicate that the
! nronortion OF dark children IN any
I family still rests upon hereditary IN
4 f1nence. Blonde parents cannot trans
4 milf dark coloring to their chudren,i
according to the old Nfende1fan law,
4 unless they themselves have some M
/ herited color tendency. Color may
i skin one generation and appear IN the
I or hIft
each has ancestry with red 'naar, tnal
1; color NAV be expected IN three-six-i
teenths OF their offspring
The influence OF environment IN
4 changing racial tendency has been
clearly established by some nyestisa-
tons recently completed by Profes
sor Franz Boaz of Columbia Unlver-
sity. New York. at the request OF the
immTcration commission. for the pur-i
l nose OF determining the changes IN
/ bodily form of descendants OF immi-
4 rranfs Professor Boas's study was
made Of children OF foreign parent
dare in attendance upon the New YORK
4 nnfdic schools. followed up by some
4 comparison with the characteristics
LOT their parents. The ages ranged
from five to twenty years. and the
iof the length, width and; shape OF the
head. the stature. weight and color
The results proved that note
i worthy change IN the shape of the
head took place in single generation
/ The changed environment was re-
I fected in the. different skull forms OF
1 children born of the same parents
4 within ten years, the elder having
.lbeen born in Europe and the younger
In this country SO noticeable was
i tIa d;herence that diagrams have