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becoming more troublesome and harder 

 to control as she grows older. vShe was 

 sent to the Newark State School in 

 1921. 



Walter P. (IV, 21), born in New 

 York State in 1901, was admitted to 

 the Rome school in 1921 and later died. 

 He was also a pronounced microcephalic 

 Hke his three brothers at this institu- 

 tion. He was of a much better disposi- 

 tion then his sister (IV, 20) and much 

 easier to manage for that reason. He 

 was very tractable until crossed or 

 thwarted in any desire; had a little 

 understanding of language and could 

 talk a little. 



Gertrude P. (IV, 22), born in New 

 York State in 1904, has a grade school 

 education, is studious, bright and 

 pretty. 



Earl P. (IV, 23), born in 1907, is an 

 unusually bright and attractive boy, 

 but skips grades at school. 



patients' father 



August P. (Ill, 13) was born in New 

 York State in 1862; has lived most of 

 his life in New York State. He has 

 unusually good health, has had no 

 operations and the only diseases he has 

 had are the ordinary infectious diseases 

 of childhood. He is a large, fine looking 

 man, erect and intelligent, appears to 

 have fairly good sense but has been 

 very intemperate, though his brother, 

 William P., says that he is doing much 

 better now. He is not related to his 

 wife. His occupation at all times has 

 been that of a carpenter. Although 

 Dr. L. did not notice anything peculiar 

 about his head I have heard from two 

 sources that it slopes back quite abrupt- 

 ly from his eyebrows. They say that 

 he is a fine looking man until he takes 

 ofif his hat. Some of their friends think 

 that this is a curse put upon the 

 family because Mr. P. was engaged to 

 marry another young woman and then 

 fell in love with and married Mary S. 



father's fraternity 



Fred P. (HI, 2), born in Germany, is 

 described by his relatives as being all 

 right physically and mentally. He is 

 married and lives in Canada. A letter 



from his daughter shows her to be 

 intelligent and fairly well educated. 



William P. (Ill, 1), born in Germany, 

 is a very pleasant and courteous man, 

 has a common school education, kept a 

 saloon in the foreign section of a city, 

 but has no appearance of intemperance, 

 and is an intelligent man. Like the rest 

 of the Pin family he has heard that far 

 back in the history of the mother's 

 family there have been reports of 

 peculiar children. This rumor, how- 

 ever, seems to be unfounded ; nothing 

 definite is known about it, and it seems 

 to be something invented by the Pins 

 to account for the children of August P. 



Christina P. (HI, 5), born in New 

 York State, has no education to speak 

 of, and talks with a decided German 

 accent. She lives with her husband, 

 Mr. S., in a well built and comfortable 

 house in section of the city where the 

 more prosperous of the working class 

 live. She is about as intelligent as the 

 average uneducated German women. 

 Like the rest of the Pins she thinks 

 that if there is a heredity cause for the 

 children of August P. it is on the moth- 

 er's side. 



children of III, 5 & 4 



Ada S. (IV, 4) is a neat, clean, indus- 

 trious and bright young woman. She 

 went through the ninth grade at school 

 and intended to finish school but failed 

 in one subject and became discouraged 

 and quit. She married Mr. G. (IV, 3) 

 and they have an eight month old baby, 

 seemingly normal. They live in a house 

 of average size which looks well kept. 



Bertha S. (IV, 2) has a grade school 

 education, is married and lives near her 

 mother. She has two very attractive 

 children, a boy of five and a girl 

 younger. 



John S. (IV, 5), finished the ninth 

 grade at school. He is now working for 

 an insurance company and is self sup- 

 porting. He is unmarried and in ap- 

 pearance is tall and slim. 



Fred S. (IV, 6) is still in school, now 

 about the first year of high school. 



Katie P. (HI, 6) married Mr. K. 

 She is described by her sisters and the 

 relative of Mrs. P. as being all right 

 mentally and physically. 



