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 No. 3] 



CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 



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gent within the Academy in general is identical with the more cultured old American stock at 

 large. The second is that the old American members and those of European birth or more 

 recent derivation in this country, are remarkably similar in most of their characteristics, which 

 can only mean that both represent similar endowments and were developed on the whole in closely 

 related conditions. The third and perhaps the most important realization is that where the 

 academicians differ somewhat from the outsiders the significant differences are all in favor of the 

 academicians. The latter show appreciably taller stature, both absolutely and relatively larger 

 and particularly broader head, deeper chest, good strength of arms and shoulders. They obvi- 

 ously present, in general, an above-the-average selection of men both as to nature and nurture. 

 They are furthermore a remarkably normal group, of evidently good heredity and good onto- 

 genetic history. There were found no physically abnormal geniuses in the lot, just a selection 

 of gifted brains supported by above-medium health and physique. 



It will be useful to give here the total of the comparative data on the members of the Acad- 

 emy and on the old Americans at large. 



General comparison — Observations 



Skin color: 



Light (distinctly lighter than medium) 



Medium 



Dark (perceptibly darker than medium) 



Hair color: 



True light 



Light brown 



Medium 



Dark brown to near black 



Black 



Red 



Eye color: 



Pure blue: 



Light 



Medium 



Dark 



Grayish 



Greenish 



Pure brown: 



Light 



Medium 



Dark 



Mixed (blue, grayish or greenish with more or less brown) . 

 Forehead: 



Apparent height: 



Slightly to somewhat low 



Medium 



High 



Slope: 



Medium well arched 



Slight to moderate 



Marked 



Supraorbital ridges: 



Near none to submedium 



About medium 



Above medium 



Pronounced 



Members of the Academy 



Old Americans 

 (100) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1.0 



93.0 



6.0 



6.0 

 45.0 

 46.0 



2.0 

 2 1.0 



1.0 



18.0 

 4.0 

 6.0 



1.0 



7.0 



3.0 



60.0 



3.0 



94.0 



3.0 



93.0 

 7.0 



39.0 



49.0 



8.0 



4.0 



Not old Amer- 

 icans (50) 



88. 

 12. 



6.0 

 34.0 

 56.0 



2.0 

 2 2.0 



4.0 



20. 

 2.0 

 40 



10.0 



4.0 



56.0 



4.0 



92.0 



4.0 



94.0 

 4.0 

 2.0 



36. 



56. 



4.0 



4.0 



Old Americans at 

 large, laboratory 

 series (260) 



0.8 

 84. 8 

 14. 4 



1 5.3 



1 16.0 



» 50.0 



' 25.0 



' 1. 1 



' 2.6 



'7. 9 

 « 14. 8 

 i 1. 1 

 ' 2. 2 

 « 5.0 



» 4 5 



■ 9. 3 



» 2.7 



»52. 5 



8.7 



88.0 



3.3 



97.3 

 2.7 



23.4 



65.4 



8.0 



3.3 



^^ 



