The Washington times., 1915-09-19
RACE DIFFERENCES
! EXH|B|TEDAT FAIR
Casts Of Smithsonian Researc
Workers Show Different
Stages Of Development.


Seine Of the results Of exploration ana
fieid work Of the Smithsonian Institu.
tion among various races Of mankind
are shown in connection with the AM
thropolosicai exhibits Of the Panama
California Exposition at San Diego.
These exhibits are original. and much
more comprehensive than any previous
ly undertaken In this line, either here
or abroad. Their preparation. under the
direction Of DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, curator
Of physical anthropology Of the United
States National Museum, required over
three years.
The exhibits nll five large connecting
rooms, In the building Of the Science OF
Man at the exposition. Four Of these
rooms are devoted to the natural his.
tory Of man. while the NTH 10 fitted UP
as modern anthropoiogicai laboratory.
library, and lecture room. OF the four
rooms Of exhibits proper, the nrst 10
given to mans phylogeny, or evolution;
the second. to his ontogeny, or life cycle
at the present time: the third, to his
variation. sexual. individual. and racial;
ana the fourth to his pathology of dis.
eases, and death.
Room !. illustrating human evolution,
includes a large series OF accurate casts
Of all the more important skeletal re-
main, n. ns,, Of .n,u Su.hentc antiquity; photo
sketches showing the localities where
the specimens were discovered; charts
nSiTlIns poSitl11s tse elct!on Of the srcheoIoSss
relation to the extinct fauna and 10
:tsssSss BY various scenthc mem nss1s: show.
Ing their conceptions Of early man, with
st.tustte.. and bss-reliefs, showing
early man a. drawn or sculptured by
ancient man himself: and a remarkable
series ts. .,1.n, Of ten larfe bust; prepared by
ere. under the direction Of Prof. Rutot.
representing early man at different Ie.
riods Of his physical Advancement.
Three Races Of u. s. Shown.
The main part Of the exhibits ir. room
.. devoted to mans development at tho
present time from the ovum. or initial
form. onward are three series Of true
to-nature busts. showing by definite
age-staRes from birth onward and in
both sexes. The three principal races
OF this country are shown, namely, the
thoroughbred" white American diving
FOR at least three generations In this
continent on each parental side). the
Indian. and the full.blood American
negro. These series. which required
two and one-half years Of strenuous
work In preparation. form an unique
exhibit. for nothing similar has ever
been attempted before. Each set con-
sists Of thirty busts. fifteen males and
nfteen females. and proceeds from in
fants at or within q few days after
birth to the oldest persons that could be
found. The oldest negro woman was
~ years OF age. After, the newborn.
ths stages ,,, are nine months, three years
thirty.five. forty-nye. nfty-five. sixty
most care Was exercised in s,certsin!ns H
hs na id.DD sRoss hs as
Of the subjects beyond that due to the
requirements Of pedigree. age. and good
health: The whites and neEroe. were
WIN ana risinty sM sS''Bsen' as theis
places Of birth range over a large part
States. For the Indian. the Sioux was
very large measure, still pure blood
tribe. and one In which the determine
ton Of the ages OF the subjects was
feasible. Specia! trips were made to
| to get Just what was wanted.
Show Brain Development.
Otuet e1nlOltS III room = snow tne
| development Of the human brain. the
skull. and other parts OF the body Of
| various stages. A large series Of origi-
| nal specimens shows the animal forms
most closely related to man at the
present time. particularly the anthro-
poid apes. series OF charts on the
walls deal with the phenomena OF
senility (old aRe). and ten Photographic
eniargements show living individuals OF
| various races who are 100 years OF age.
| Human variation is shown in room
| by ten sets Of large busts representing
ten Of the more important races Of man:
by 100 original transparencies giving
racial portraits: by over 100 bronxsd
facial casts. showing individual varia-
| tions within some Of the more irnpor-
| tant branches Of humanity. and by nu-
nerous charts and other exhibits.
In room 1. a series of charts and maps
relates to the death rate in several
countries; to the principal causes OF
death In the different parts OF the
world. and to the distribution Of the
more, common diseases over, the earth.
| In addition. this room contains a series
Of sixty skulls which show many va
rleties OF Columbian surgical opera
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