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In closing I wish to express my in- wife, Katharine D. Little, for her 



debtedncss to my father, James L. assistance in collecting the data and 



Little, for the chance to use the Ameri- in j^rcparing the paper for press, 

 can Kennel Club stud books, and to my 



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Eugenics Program in Utah 



Dr. Frank M. Driggs, superintendent of the Utah School for Deaf and Blind, 

 was elected president of the Utah Eugenics Society, at its annual meeting in Salt 

 Lake City during April. The following papers were read: Eugenics and the 

 Nation, by Mathonihah Thomas; Eugenics and the Profession, by Dr. J. Edward 

 Day; Popular Misconceptions of Eugenics, by Dr. Joseph Peterson; Menace of 

 Social Diseases, by Dr. W. R. Tyndale; Reforms Eugenics Can Not Accomplish, 

 by Dr. E. G. Peterson; Eugenics and Legislation, by J. C. Wheelon; Education for 

 Parenthood, by Dr. Ada E. Faust. The secretary, br. E. G. Titus, of the Uni- 

 versity of Utah, writes: 



"The general trend of the discussions was all to the effect that we are not ready 

 for manv of the odd and peculiar bills which have created enthsiasm in several 

 of the states. That is, it is much better at the present time to devote our energies 

 to education along eugenics lines, endeavoring to reach all the people possible and 

 give them an idea of what we consider a proper trend of eugenics; to have all the 

 lectures possible delivered before schools, church organizations and other general 

 assembHcs; to endeavor to secure cooperation of libraries in order that they may 

 introduce eugenics books; to secure the cooperation of the various woman's clubs 

 especially those belonging to the Utah Federation of Woman's Clubs, and if 

 possible," to secure at least one place on the program of each club for the coming 

 year; to endeavor to secure better care and protection for the classes of people 

 who are unable to properly care for themselves." 



Benefits of Eugenics 



The effects of eugenic reform, if successful, would be to lower taxation, to 

 raise real wages, to facilitate commercial competition, and to increase the security 

 of the country in time of war. In things wholly immaterial, great benefits would 

 moreover be felt; for a diminution in the number of the insane, the feebleminded, 

 the criminal, and the wastrels annually brought into the world wotild mean the 

 removal of a terrible burden of unmerited misery; whilst an increase in the output 

 of men and women of character and ability would not only add to the reputation 

 of our country, but would also add to its happiness in many ways. These are the 

 benefits we hold to be in the power of this generation to bestow on our country 

 in the future In' now resolutely grapi^ling with the jjroblem of human heredity. — 

 Extract horn presidential address (1913) of Major Leonard Darwin before the 

 Eugenics Education Society, London. 



