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matter to experimental test in children and adults 

 of both sexes. The result might serve to remind us 

 that beneath our civilisation lie the more enduring 

 factors upon which our existence ultimately depends. 

 It would answer for us the extremely important and 

 interesting question as to whether the more or less 

 apparent equality with men which is seemingly 

 attained by women under the refined conditions of 

 civilisation would manifest itself as a reality under 

 sterner circumstances and under tests of endurance 

 more severe than civilisation applies. 



There are some facts which enable us to reach 

 some idea as to the nature of the ultimate answer. I 

 am indebted to a colleague, Miss Winifred Cullis, who 

 kindly called my attention to the following data from 

 Professor Thomas' book on " Sex and Society." At 

 Vassar, a Woman's college in New York, there is held 

 an annual field day. The results of the first field day 

 of the Vassar College Athletic Association, held on 

 November 9th, 1895, were compared with those 

 of Yale, a Man's college, in the same year. They 

 came out as follows :— 



This gives the results very much in favour of 

 the men. But since 1895 the women seem to have 

 improved, or more strictly speaking, the women who 

 took part in the sports of 1904 were superior to those 



