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Show EUGENICS AND RURAL HEALTH Dr. Titus very ably nnd Interestingly Interest-ingly discussed this timely topic on Saturday, Jan. 17, for the benefit of th0 students of the Agricultural College Col-lege who are taking sanitation C. "Eugenics Includes any or all factors fac-tors which Improve the Inborn qualities qual-ities of the race," declared tho speak er, and went on to quote David Star Jordan's character study work to moro clearly Impress his listeners listen-ers with tho great scope covered by' and the Importance of this new field of research eugenics. Since good and also poor health are Inherited conditions, It Is of prime Importance first of all to look to the proper selection of husband or wife when tho mating Instinct comes upon you, thought the doctor. He showed a table of statistics from Germnny, based upon the exam-atlons exam-atlons there made to determine those lit for army service. Summed up briefly, It revealed this: only 02 to C5 out of each hundred examined In city classic high schools were physically phys-ically lit; whllo 84 to 95 per cent of thoso examined in agricultural school wero acceptable for such service. Of all men In cities of one-half million and over, 28 to 35 per cent wero fit; In tho country districts 58 to CI per cent nearly double tho number found In tho largo cities showed sufficient suf-ficient physical soundness to bo desirable de-sirable for army service "So If the hopo of eugenics is to bo realized, wo must look to tho country for tho devc'opinent. And since the mental and moral capability capabil-ity and success depends very largo!-upon largo!-upon physical fitness, you may read-i'y read-i'y see why I base sn much on thcto cuncluslons." Of on, family ot line generations studied, iho speaker showed the following remarkable record: re-cord: 822 people born from 179S to 1911. 723 still living ami only 92 dead. Most of tho people 316 of them aro In tho fourth nnd fifth generation genera-tion tho third generation, tho family was almost entirely agricultural. Environment has much to do with maintaining this physical stamina and health. Tn tho homo and In tho school, physiology should bo tnught very early right from tho first. Be-foro Be-foro a child is flvo or six years old he should know simple, things nbout tho car0 of his eyes, teeth, stomach, ears, etc. .Moro students leave collego through defective and abused eyo sight than through lack of means," assorted Dr. Titus. "And moro failures fail-ures In Ufo aro caused through Impaired Im-paired stomachs and imperfect dlgca-tlvo dlgca-tlvo systems than any othor one cause." Clearly then, wo must learn moro about ourselves and not destroy or weaken thoso physical nnd mental powers which como to us from birth. Rather can wo lmprovo and bulM theso up, Tho social side of tountry life should nlso bo developed nnd uplifted. uplift-ed. Lectures, religious meetings, dances, parties ' and such things should bo numerous and of tho highest high-est order obtainable. Sanitation and good roads aro also might factors. Students of eugenics aro con '"ned In ull theso vnrled problen 'i u hnio an m.mense bearing upon any attempt at bettering tho race of hu-rang hu-rang in nnv community. Dr. Titus appealed to the j'.ang college men nnd women to lend thoir Influenco In their several communities com-munities to correct and bbl out the unfavorable "black spots" and evils which In any way retard human development. |