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attention was diverted by every sound and movement in the 
room. 
Dewey Allen, the second child of Harry and Esther, was 
born in November, 1907. He is 10 years old with a mental 
age of 6 years and 4 months. His I.Q. is 62. He is in the 
third grade. During his test he seemed to be afraid to try 
and would hesitate before the simplest tasks. Like his sister 
he is subject to insane outbreaks of rage. He has a V-shaped 
arch, notched teeth, and is a mouth-breather. He steals every- 
thing he can. 
Katie Allen, the third child of Harry and Esther, was born 
October 21, 1910. She is 8 years old with a mental age of 6. 
Her I.Q. is 72. This is her second year in school, and she is 
still in the primer. She has not yet learned her alphabet. 
Her teacher says that she is one of the most vicious chil- 
dren he has seen in his 37 years of teaching experience. 
Whenever she eatches another child off guard, she will slip 
up from behind and hit her over the head as hard as she can. 
About 2 weeks before the visit of the field worker, she hit a 
smaller child so hard that she suffered from a severe head- 
ache for several days. Katie said that she was only playing 
with her. When crossed in any way or corrected by the 
teacher, her face looks like that of a demon. She is under- 
sized, has a saddle nose and notched teeth. 
Laurence, Sarah, and the baby are not yet of school age. 
Sallie, the second child of Robert and Goldie Allen, died 
in infancy of croup. 
Andy, the third child of Robert and Goldie Allen, is 35 
years old. He married Margaret Field, by whom he has 3 
small children. He is an unambitious, friendly, but quarrel- 
some man who can neither read nor write. He is afflicted 
with epilepsy which he thinks is heart trouble. He says that 
he has spells when his tongue gets stiff, his eyes glimmer, 
and in a few seconds he cannot see and his muscles stiffen. 
These symptoms are followed by a headache and a dazed 
feeling. 
Fannie, the fourth child of Robert and Goldie Allen, mar- 
ried Walter Fultz, by whom she has 2 children, Carl and 
Cynthia. Fannie is neat and clean in person and surround- 
ings. She works hard and is fairly intelligent. Her husband 
is a shiftless German who cuts wood for a living. 
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