Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-25 | Page 26 | Big Head No Proof That One is Learned

I BIG HEAD NO PROOF THAT ONE IS LEARNED The question of ot the tho relation between the size of onos ono's head and the quality of oC ones ono's brain has hns aroused not a little discussion at nt various RIlous times The general general general gen gen- eral opinion seems to bo be that unusual development of oC the cranium means a bigger ger brain which leads pads to greater greatel clev cleverness According to experts however It does docs not nece necessarily necessarily ily 11 follow that a big head and big ln brain Indicate intellectual endowment Providing Pro all other con conditions ire are equal the bo boy with tho the largest head has the greatest greate t Intellectual capacity but If one of the conditions be ba lacking lack lack- ing for Ing-for for Instance If It a boy has a rela rala- relatively tI greater posterior than anterior brain development then development then ho wi with th tho the smaller brain stay may be the tho more Intellectual Intellectual of oC the two says Tit BIts Tho The intellectual organs from Crom the size and culture of which intelligence Is derived Ho lie In tho the anterior or frontal part of tho brain the consequence te beIn being be be- ing In that the boy with the smaller r an sn- anterior and much la larger er posterior or er- er gans I I. I c. c those which lie He at It the back lack backof of the tho head r resulting in lal larger cr development development devel devel- of or tho the cranium will have havo less appetite for Intellectual work worl than the thebo bo boy with less posterior an and tl larger er antenor anterior an nn- tenor organs That Is to sn say a n boy mo may have havo but a a comparatively small smail head and yet bemore be bo more moro Intelligent than other boys with larger heads and bl bigger ger brain brilin develop develop- ment Intellectuality Indeed may be bo said to var vary in power and activity according ac according lC- lC cording not so much to tho the size of the head as tho the relative sizes of ot Its various parts by parts by far tho the most Important factor In estimating c a n boys boy's cleverness Those These interesting facts are given by James Jamos Webb a R schoolmaster at Layton Leyton who has been for tor a number of ot years examining and measuring boys boya heads with a view to ni riving arriving at some conclusive conclusive conclusive con con- proof of or their intelligence and cleverness Ho He refers to tho the Interesting interesting Interest Interest- ing taCt fact that contrary to the belief bellot of oC people a boys boy's he head d and brain do tIo not stop growing at the ago of 13 13 for he points out that boys boY between 7 and 13 years of or a age e wear hats from 6 61 6 to 8 81 64 sizes while generally men wear 61 60 to 71 n sizes a few requiring requIring- one ono c of 01 two sizes larger A boys boy's average is 63 a mans man's average n size sizo 61 64 Mens Men's heads heath according to Webb ara ar art arta a n quarter of oC an nn n Inch wider all roun roune than boys' boys heads and he arrives es at th conclusion that from 7 i to 15 years cago c o oage ago age tho the head hend grows s one Inch In circum terence