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Indiana University Studies 
Carl, the first child of Fannie, is 13 years old with a men- 
tal age of 9-4. His I.Q. is 68. He is large for his age and 
very bashful. 
Cynthia is very backward in her school work but has an 
I.Q. somewhere between 70 and 80. She plays normally. At 
best she is a low-grade normal. The other children are dead. 
Alma, the fifth child of Robert and Goldie Allen, married 
her second cousin, Sam Allen. She was not visited. 
Laura, the sixth child of Robert and Goldie Allen, died in 
infancy of scarlet fever. 
Hettie, the seventh child of Robert and Goldie Allen, is a 
high-grade moron. She lives in a two-room shack, a room of 
which has fallen off the foundation. There was no furniture 
except a bed, stove, table, and 1 chair. A few turnips were 
piled up in one corner of the room with an open sack contain- 
ing meal nearby. Hettie first married a DeLap by whom she 
had 1 child, Mary. Her present husband is Elmer Allen, a 
brother of Sam. His mental condition is not known. Mary 
is 8 years old and has not yet started to school. 
Ray, the eighth child of Robert and Goldie Allen, is an 
epileptic. For this reason he was turned down by the selective 
draft board for army service. He lives at home with his 
mother. He is not married but is the father of the illegiti- 
mate child belonging to Martha Bell. He will not marry her 
because she is afflicted with chorea. However, she spends 
much of her time at his mother's home with him where they 
live together as man and wife. 
Maud, the ninth child of Robert and Goldie Allen, is a low- 
grade normal. She lives at home with her mother. Julia, 
the tenth, is of normal intelligence. 
Ellen, the third child of John and Bertha Keen Allen, 
married John Bird, by whom she had 5 children: James, 
Harvey, Josie, Homer, and Catherine. Both Ellen and her 
husband are now dead. 
James, the first child of Ellen Bird, married a woman re- 
ported to be dull-witted, by whom he has 3 children: Ray, 
John, and Catherine. James is a slow, plodding day laborer. 
He keeps his family fairly well provided for. He is a low 
normal. He owns his home and 40 acres. 
John, the first child of James Bird, is about 17 years old 
and very small for his age. He is not in school at the present 
