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splendid two-story fireproof building now 

 houses tlie most valuable material in exist- 

 ence for the guidance of those seeking in- 

 formation concerning family histories. I 

 refer to the Eugenics Record Office at Cold 

 Spring Harbor, New York. In building up 

 this institution, Mrs. E. H. Harriman is 

 enabling the genius, C. B. Davenport, its 

 Director, to collect and preserve the 

 records that will, in a few years, be one of 

 our most valuable possessions. Already, 

 much of this accumulated material has been 

 tabulated, studied and conclusions bearing 

 on eugenics published. The day will come 

 when the good this noble woman is doing 

 for our country by establishing the Eugenic 

 Record Office will be appreciated and a 

 monument will be raised to a woman who 

 has saved a nation. 



PRESENT SYSTEM OF MARRIAGE 

 WRONG IN THEORY AND 

 PRACTICE. 

 I cannot conceive of the continuance of 

 present-day social customs governing the 

 institution of marriage. Today the inno- 

 cent woman, her father or her mother, have 



