100 RECORDS 



Dr. D. R. Major, Physical and Mental Tests of School 

 Children. 



A. E. Spitzka, The Brains of two Distinguished Physicians, 

 Dr. Edouard Seguin and his son Dr. Edward Seguin. 



Summary of Papers. 



The first paper reported the results of physical and mental tests 

 on school children of high and low class standing, the aim of these 

 tests being to discover what relation, if any, exists between class 

 standing and the ability shown in the particular tests used. The 

 tests were as follows : visual and auditory memory for figures 

 and words, striking out of A's, naming lOO words, copying 

 columns of figures, weight discrimination, perception of size, 

 sensation -area test as used in the Columbia laboratory, eyesight, 

 age and talkativeness. The tests were made on 150 New York 

 City school children, 68 having high class standing, 82 low. 

 The results of the tests tend to show that the class standing 

 bears a close relation to the ability to pronounce words, to care- 

 fulness or accuracy in striking out A's, to memory for words, to 

 eyesight, to age (the average of the good pupils being less than 

 the average age of the class) and to talkativeness (the good 

 pupils being as a rule talkative). There is apparently little, if 

 any, relation between class standing and the ability shown in the 

 other tests mentioned. The study, however, is not completed 

 and the opinions expressed here are subject to change. In 

 addition to the use made of the standard psychological tests, an 

 attempt is being made to devise tests to determine the presence, 

 nature and quality or worth of apperception activities. 



The second paper described with special reference to their 

 similarities, the brains of two distinguished physicians. Dr. 

 Edouard Seguin and his son Dr. Edward C. Seguin. The most 

 striking similarity discoverable in these brains is the unusual 

 development in the left insula. This similarity was attributed by 

 the author to heredity, and was held to be the physical basis 

 for the high type of ability shown by both the Seguins in the 

 use of language. 



Charles H. Judd, 



Secretary. 



