born males. The Irish females showed any reputable physician licensed to excessive tuberculosis, heart disease, practice medicine and surgery in the pneumonia and Bright's disease death state and who resides within the rates. Cancer and accidents also county in which the license to marry caused significantly more deaths is applied for, or such certificate may among Irish born females than among be supplied by the county health ofnative born females. ficer of such county, whose duty it shall be to examine such applicants and issue such certificates without ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND WElsh. The tuberculosis death rate among both males and females born in England, Scotland and Wales was less than among males and females of native birth. For cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, and accidents, there were, however, higher death rates among the British born than among the native born. For Bright's disease, the death rates of British born males were lower, and for females, higher than in the corresponding groups of the native born population. 66 charge." A fine of not less than two hundred dollars, or an imprisonment of not more than six months, is provided upon conviction of knowing or willful misstatement in such certificates. NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT. The Bureau of Educational Experiments undertook to supply extra meals to a number of undernourished school children in New York in order to learn what improvement, of a physThe death rate data in these charts, ical and mental sort, would result. and in the tables which accompany Some of the children came from poor the formal paper offered before the homes, others from those distinctly Congress, were prepared from crude | above the average. At the end of the population and mortality compila- first year little improvement was tions made by the Census Bureau. found in the nutrition class, chiefly They are practically the only material conveniently in form for study by eugenists of racial mortality for recent years in the United States. MARRIAGE REGULATION IN NORTH CAROLINA. Chapter 129 of the Public Laws of 1921 for North Carolina provides that no license to marry shall be issued to any applicant except upon the presentation of a certificate "showing the nonexistence of any venereal disease, the nonexistence of tuberculosis in because the experiment was tried in the late winter when weights are falling off for physiological reasons. Another year, more improvement was secured by experimenting during the autumn months when there is a general physiological increase of weight. The conclusion is gained that further research is necessary to determine: seasonal norms, geographic (climatic) variation of seasonal norms, relation of period of minimal weight to vitality and nutritive condition, relation of nutritional stand We are only at the beginning of a knowledge of human development, physical as well as mental. the infectious states, and that the ap-ards to age period, race variation. plicant has not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, an idiot, imbecile, or of unsound mind." The law applies with equal force to both males and females. The certificate required may be executed by J. L. Hunt, B. F. Johnson, E. M. Lincoln. 1921. Health Education and the Nutrition Class. N. Y.: Dutton. XV -281 pp. AN AMERICAN GENETICIST IN JAVA. Mr. Carl Hartley of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington, and who is temporarily on the island of Java under contract with the Dutch Government, engaged in an investigation of the hereditary differences in resistance of peanut strains to bacterial wilt, is also greatly interested in racial and eugenical matters, and in the course of correspondence, states the following: has one able, and they attempt to cover very few points. Raffles' old census when compared with the most recent Dutch enumeration indicates to me, at least, a surprising failure of the Chinese element to maintain itself proportionally despite the continuous immigration from China. One gets the impression that the Chinese, or the numerous Chinese half-casts if the pure Chinese prove unable to maintain themselves, are the people who will ultimately make history in the Archipelago. But however interesting things may be out here, the more contact I have with browns and yellows, the more I feel that the maintenance of civilization depends primarily on the whites, and that the important field for work is in maintaining the quality and integrity of the whites." NOTES AND NEWS. On July 14, Dr. A. H. Estabrook, '10, spoke on "State and County Organizations for Social Welfare and Their Work in Indiana" before the School of Education, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana. On July 31, he lectured before the 1922 Training Corps of the Eugenics Record Office on "Eugenical Field Work." "There is, of course, a lot of interesting material here in Java for the study of race problems, with whites, Arabs, Chinese and various types of Malays all represented in considerable quantities. I have found it rather interesting to check up roughly the mental limitations of our Sundanese and Javanese laboratory assistants. But a white man has, of course, little chance to really learn much about the natives unless he lives for years in the kampoeng and or two native wives. The Malay idea that the plain unvarnished truth is a crude and inartistic thing makes conversation a poor way of getting information. The Malay language in use between natives and whites is a 'pidgin' hodgepodge, few Dr. Margaret W. Koenig, formerly whites being proficient in the very in charge of Vocational Guidance of different native languages. Birth the Bureau of Child Welfare at rate limitation certainly exists in Lincoln, Nebr., has been appointed by many families; among the more in- the U. S. Children's Bureau to a positelligent I believe there is some tion in which she will have charge of voluntary limitation, but most of the the development of rural hygiene limitations must be simply the result throughout the United States. This of the prevalent venereal infections. is one of the first appointments made The head of the American hospital under the Sheppard-Towner Act. Her here has begun to make family rec- first work will consist of collaboraords, as far as he can get them, tion with baby health activities in regular parts of his case histories. the state of Tennessee. Dr. Koenig Vital statistics, except perhaps the plans soon to conclude her Indian mortality figures of the public health pedigree studies, to which she has service, are probably not very reli- devoted much time and study. VOL. VII. OCTOBER, 1922 NO. 10 SENSORIUM OF A PSYCHOLOGIST. was perhaps primarily a verbalist, Hugo Münsterberg was born at Dan- and at 15 years compiled a lexicon of foreign words used in German, and their etymology. He studied Arabic and Sanskrit. At 19 he studied began lessons on the 'cello; and for years he played on this instrument. His brother Otto's principal avocation was music. Moreover, Hugo had a strong visual sense that led him to visit art collections and to collect art. Possibly it was because he derived so much pleasure from his own senses that he became a student of experimental psychology, especially in the field of the senses. Münster zig, Germany, June 1, 1863, into a wellto-do family, which lived, during the summer, in the country. He studied, wrote poetry and fiction, enjoyed the French and translated various poems drama and outings. He attended the from the French into German. At 7 University of Leipzig and specialized he wrote his first poem and at 14 he in psychology in Wundt's laboratory. was writing ballads and epic poems. He became a privatdocent at Frei- He was, for a time, doubtful whether to burg, 1887, lecturing in philosophy go into literature or psychology. He had also a keen auditory, especially and maintaining a laboratory in experimental psychology. In 1892 he musical, interest. At 9 years he was called to Harvard University as Professor of Psychology for three years. Here he organized a laboratory, lectured extensively, and made trips to various parts of the United States. After two years in Freiburg again Münsterberg returned to Harvard for good in 1897. Here he worked hard and effectively for a new departmental building-realized in Emerson Hall. He drew up the plan for lectures at the World Fair in St. Louis which was eventually adopted, and helped organize the series of lectures. He now entered upon a period of intense activity,-traveling, lecturing, writing and interesting himself in applied psychology. He spent the year 1910-11 in Berlin organizing the Amerika-Institute there. From 1911 on, Münsterberg's principal activity was in applied psychology. Then the war came on and Münsterberg did what he could to diminish the feelings aroused in America against Germany, following the rape of Belgium. He died suddenly, December 16, 1916. Münsterberg was a man of large physique, who matured early. He berg had a strong social instinct No which led him to teach and made him It was He possessed a buoyant temperament and preserved, into middle life his youthfulness of spirit. "Eternal values" is the best expression of his philosophy. Margaret Münsterberg. 1922. Hugo Münsterberg; His Life and Work. N. Y., Appleton, $3.50. as THE INDIANA COMMITTEE ON minded naturally gather, such river and creek bottoms and houseboats, and the rugged, unproductive MENTAL DEFECTIVES. The Indiana Committee on Mental Defectives has been carrying on sur-areas, were carefully gone over. In November of that year, 1916, a report on those two counties was published and submitted to the Governor of the state, and a copy sent to each member of the state legislature for 1917. The legislature met and at this time, by resolution, the committee was continued and $10,000 appropriated from state funds for its use. Since 1917, nine counties have been surveyed and other studies have been made in courts, schools and orphans' homes. Since the preliminary survey of the committee in 1916, the Eugenics Record Office has had no field workers associated directly with the survey, although it has assisted in the planning of the work and in certain special investigations. veys since 1916. Investigators from the Eugenics Record Office have been active in the work of this committee. The first survey, in 1916, which consisted of finding and listing the epileptic, feeble-minded, and insane in two counties of Indiana, was conducted by three field workers of this office. Two of these were, at that time, attached to State Institutions in Indiana, while the third was on a special assignment, that of the Tribe of Ishmael. The Indiana survey was carried out for the purpose of finding out the number of defectives, the location, environment, the kind and degree of deficiency, the family history, and something of the causes responsible for the abnormal condition. The survey was carried out, in The more recent work of the comthese counties, by visits to physicians, mittee has been that of a survey of township trustees, boards of chilthe cases in the three courts of dren's guardians, social agencies and Indianapolis-the Marion County Juveschools, and, most important, by mak-nile Court, the Marion County Criming contact with the people in their homes. Each person referred, from any source, to the field workers was seen personally by the workers, and thereby all information of a casual nature checked. Mental examinations were given in many cases, often in the homes of the people, many in the schools. After careful study, some cases referred previously by informants were decided as not defective or another classification given. Many defectives were found who had not been referred by anyone. In some areas a house to house canvass was made, the entrée being easily secured because the investigators were interested in school children. All places that looked as if inhabited by the feeble-minded, especially in the very rural districts, were visited. Places where the feeble inal Court and the City Court of Indianapolis, to determine the mental condition of the defendants and make family history studies where possible; also a mental survey of the schools in two cities of the state, where all the children were given group tests. Later individual tests were made of all children of superior or very inferior ability as found by the group tests. The committee has also been gathering family histories of the mentally defective criminals, where it has been known that such criminals were defective previous to the commission of the crime. (Abstract of paper presented by Arthur H. Estabrook at the meeting of the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-Minded at St. Louis, May To be published in full in the Proceedings of that Society.) 1922. HUMAN STOCK AT THE KANSAS children up to 6 years of age. 3681 Single Adults; 17 years and above. 3682 Pair; man, wife, no children. 3683 Small Family; man, wife, one child. 3684 Average Family; man, wife, two to four children. 3685 Large Family; man, wife, five or more children. The following notes of explanation were issued by "Department S" in a circular prepared by the Free Fair: "OBJECT: To apply the well-known (2) School children, including children from 6 years to 17 years. (3) Adults, including those 17 and above. 66 CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES: Young adults of marriageable age will be given a eugenic examination to determine their fitness to marry. Childless married couples will also be examined. These individuals will receive medals and certificates according to merits. Competing families will be classified as small, average or large, as described below. Individual children will not be examined without the other members of the family. "ADVICE: No medical advice or treatment will be given and no one obviously ill will be admitted. This is in no sense a clinic. However, each individual will be informed as to his condition and advised as to how to improve his health. "REGULATIONS: The members of the competing families will be given individual examinations and scored separately. The family score will be made by averaging the individual scores. Examinations will be private and winning scores only will be an principles of heredity and scientific nounced. The examinations will be care which have revolutionized agri-held in the Eugenics Building from culture and stock breeding to the 9 to 12 A.M., and 2 to 5 P.M. daily, next higher order of creation-the Entries will be received up to and human family. including September 13. Entrants must be punctual or lose their turn. "AWARDS: All entrants will be scored A, B, C or below. "METHOD: An examination form has been worked out by a group of experts. This covers inheritance; individual health history; mental, "There is no entry fee for this exnervous and psychological examinaamination. This service is being tion; structural examination including offered as a demonstration of its posture, development and strength; value to the families themselves. The general physical examination; special examinations will be made in a series examination of eyes, ears, nose, of booths in the Eugenics Building. throat and teeth; laboratory ex"It is the intention to make this amination of urine and blood. an annual affair. . . . Every county in "CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS: Kansas should send its best families Pre-school children, including to try for the Trophy." (1) ... |