The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04

eral conclusion Is shown mere. although
the result in this case is somewhat
more clear cut than In the table show
ing heights. The executives predomi-
nate in the upper ranks. the six groups
Of intellectuals being confined to the
lower quarter OF the groups.
THE above conclusions seem to I'M
ply. perhaps. that greatness depends
merely upon size. In fact, some who
have seen these tables prior 70 pub
ilication In more than half seriousness
have declared that their chances for
fame were such and such. because
were not their weights this and heights
that Further thought. however, Will
|dispel many OF these hasty conclu-
sions.
a. has been pointed out, leaders
may he termed either intellectual or
Executive. the latter here being the
TYPE chosen for study. The PROFESSOR
of philosophy in one Of our leading
universities. height Ave feet nine and
lsiN -tenths inches and weight los
mounds. IL certainly. when Judged ny
broad social effectiveness, not INFERIOR
Ito the average chief ~ police. though
1.-The latter exceeds him in. height by an
inch and a half and in weight by forty
four pounds.
1T is Gear. In consequence that the
lconclusion to he drawn from the above
tables IL not that eminence In general
lis necessarily correlated with size. but
that superiority in weight and height
tend TO favor one In the contest for
cxecutiye positions. II the tables are
lexamined. then. not from the stand
poin, OF eminerce but with such ques-
tons as these in mind. Does TINS mans
daily work require him to NEE others
in an intimate. give ana take way
how many people must he deal with.
land what kind OF people are theS:
II IL believed the favorable re.atlon-
shin between size and executive capac-
l,ty will not fail TO impress the reaoer'
"The above comparison had to 90
with executives and intellectua1s. nut
IL would also be interesting 10 kho"
how compare with the
average man, the so-called man on the
street. Unfortunately. so far as the
author "a aware, no satisfactory data
concernlng the average man have yer
been collected in this country. bu'
the life insurance records OF tnei'
nollcyholders furnish n fairy COCO
substitute, at least the best that IL al
present available.
1.-The Association Of Life Insurance
" Medical Directors and the Actuaria
n. Society OF America have recently CO
ed opcrated in preparing and punhsh'
ps Ing a Medico-Ac,uarial investigator
>s' from which source have he"n drawn
the data which indicate that the ex'
W. ecutiyes considerably exceed tint
nd p~olicyholders In height.
ne 'In noting the favorable relation
Fir shin between these important execu'
tiyes and their size one II led to IN
uuire IL there might not possibly N
some connection etwee the execu
rk tive's physique al measured by heigh
n and weight and the Importance OF TN
ne position he holds Upon this question
RS some interesting data have been co!
n lected, and though the results are no
las conclusive as one might desire the!
= are still well worth consideration.
statistics have been received from
preachers in small towns and village
where the total amount raised 10
church support was under 81 900 an
nually, presidents Of small college
? whose enrolment was under 2o0 an
" annual puuktt uluVT A-'oo b
! pals of small public school who's
he monthly salary did not exceed W.
st. county attorneys from six dineren
States, statesmen OF typewriters an
n, station agents in towns not exceed
pet ing 500 inhabitants.
I'm no way is II to be Implied tina
he stigma attaches to n Of these mer
rs They are merely flling less importan
.t-~ shA Itchnna tNntVorcif
nd presidents. city school superintendent
de- and Others with whom they are com
m pared. Their respective heights an
u weights are given In tabular form u
Of zach case the larger position Is hel
cir By the larger man."
hit In the following chapter. howeveI
Prof. Gowin says:
nal The statistics presented ndica
of that physically the executive IL an ex
I'm ceptional man. The problem Of con
I'm trolling others may seem thereby t
Ia assume a fatalistic aspect; for who b
re- being anxious can add a cubit to hi
ne stature: Yet certain men OF sma
ne stature have proved themselves mas
Or terful; the founder of Methodism
little man barely S feet 6 inches l
ed height, Henry ". Of Frace scarcel
ad- larger, Alexander and Lord Nelso
Gu possessing no towering frames an
rs Napoleon 80 diminutive that In show
OF ing himself to his soldiers he chose I
appear on horseback.
But of these same men bioEra
~. piers have used the terms always 20
- Ing somewhere power dehed fatigue
energy incarnate.' Small OF stature
he Is true, yet they were human dyna
RIM mos. Energy IL the true basis Of lead
NJ ership. and though In general relate
oh to size 1t IL not at all definitely lin
he tied by It, Large men may he lethal
per Iic and small men dynamic. Phys
oil cal and metal energy Is not static l
amount. hut subjsos - coAsiderabI
he fluctuations"