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forty months, but we found defects ranging from asymmetrical 

 heads and broken noses to adenoids and cleft palates. In 

 almost every case the parents were unconscious of these defects. 

 We were impressed all the time with the lack of standards as 

 to what constitutes a normal, healthy baby. 



Camilla Collins. 



Vivian Long. 



These babies averaged higher than Holt's standards and 

 a little lower than the Colorado babies as reported in the news- 

 papers. 



The babies were entered in three classes: In the first class, 

 which included babies between the ages of 6 months and 18 

 months, Donald Meyer of Columbia was given first place. In 



