The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-03
MANHOOD OF U. S.
PHYSICALLY WEAK
Army General Says We
Must Elevate Standard
or Lose Our Rating
MENTALITY MEDIOCRE
Facts Revealed When War
Forced an Examination
Upon Millions
-. cuARLEs 70. SAWYER, ,

Ev CHARLES ~. SAWYER
! tr1,tor's Note--General Charles
i SAWYER Is not only great physi-
r. and surgeon. He is in addition
areat student OF manhood and his
30 as one OF the ranking officers
r. ,he army medical corps hos
E.ced him In n position to know the
r,,o condition OF the nations physi-
t.i manhood. That he is unafraid
declare the condition verging on
H. tragic is a fortunate thing for
Ihose Americans who are not blind
IA NV a false pride In birth and ma
t~xs esotism and who hail with
Measure any step taken to right the
tondltIon)
| Americas physical manhood is
Materially deficient.
| lis mental capacity is OF mediocre
Type. -.
lents NAV sound they are only the
Erlm findings OF the records made
Ehen the world war forced examin-
k,Ions of Americas manhood.
The knife OF "a surgeon may seem
lrnel I'm its relentless cutting but
lhe results obtained more than jus
XIV the method II we are brought
lo n realization of our needs through
\ frank II smartlng application of
Truth then we have taken the first
Fen toward n national health and
higher grade OF mentality.
| such "A realization Is growing and
Ina nation today is moving toward
knAe system that VIII change us
trnm body of men shot through
Ehh physical weakness to a physi-
kal perfection that will make MS not
bnly strong as individuals but will
make US strong as nation. a need
treatly to be desired in the troubled
fines that have fallen upon the
world
| Survival as expressed in God Al
hIghtys plan Of human perpetulty
hepends upon fitness. This is quite
Ia true Of nations as of individuals.
"A nation 10 be most fit must have
men and women OF physical
Erength and mental capacity. To
have physical strength and mental
tapacity as a nation II IL quite i'm
bortant that there should exist n
keneral national plan offphysical de.
kelopment. All countries that have
developed power as the history OF
khe world relates accomplishment,
have done so through strength and
flgor.
Strength both OF body and char
bcter comes from contact and the
practice of systematized policies OF
Development are necessary for both.
Our Health Record.
| The records of the world war re-
heal the fact that Americas physical
manhood is materially deficient and
is mental capacity OF a very medi-
bcre type. The findings OF the draf;
boards as applied to men training
kor soldiers shows only 67h per
rent OF the flower OF the country's
manhood In physical condition 70
ktand wars viclssitudes. These same
Ear records show another distress
tng and surprising situation as re-
cards the mentality Of our people.
pf all the men who went into service
bnly AZ per cent showed very SUI
Iperlor Intelligence, . per cent su-
iperior intelligence, 1914 per cent
thlgh average intelligence, 25 per
.cent average intelligence. 20 per
Eent low intelligence, 10 per cent In
terior Intelligence. 10 per cent very
Inferior intelligence. In other words
10 per cent OF our young American
manhood registers below the aver
bge Of normal mentality. represent.
png really only the mental ability OF
the age Of IA years and less. These
Iare really startling statistics and
lceVtainly Indicate great need ol
tnuch special attention TO the indi-
iFldual citizen II America is 10 keer
E,ep with the march OF progress rs
4 nation. Had we put the physica
Pests by which we measure to all tho
people of the United States we
ENld have found ourselves les'
~ so per cent competent.
Welfare Sacrificed.
In the hurry OF development, ir
the necessities of production anc
Put Of the consequences of competi'
Five existence, ~ d. rule In America
Ihas been to sacrifice not only nat
laral endowments but also physica
welfare.
America in the strength of IL
youth has been improvident ant
without due consideration for thu
consequences of extravagant draii
upon our greatest resources. I. e.
Ihealth II in trtta TINT ma haVp an1,