Show the american race rac e the im migration immigration co coin in in of congress some time ago submitted a preliminary report on race devela development p me nt in the un united cited states slates the most interesting in feature of lt it is that the type of th the e descend cen dents en ts of europeans in this country cou seem to be changing chan cring and developing or involving into a new nev and distinct race which we may call the american Aine rican race children of foreigners in this country are distinctly chan changing in form from their otheir ancestors in many cases this is very vely vel y llotd able in the first generation rp their L heir bodies are not only different but their heads take new forms the question of assimilation of f foreigners oreian m ers under american influences and conditions and conditions have often been discuss dis cust but never under the guidance gui dence of special data until this commatee comm itee began a series of elpe experiments and upon the bodies and heads of immigrants migran ts under the char charge q of a t kaj i 11 W t 01 r t cittee an accomplished expert P prof of prans frans boas of columbia university began begaii the work W with ith the first result it became evident that might 0 b be A JI much value in such a study and it hasteen has been steadily c continued the measurements thus fill i ai have been made upon sicilians and east european cebre hebrews ws ms M material has been gathered f from roin several other rices of foreigners but is not yet worked out the report indicates that material changes take place in the first generation the I 1 children differing essentially from thur parents the changes develop in early childhood and continue through life even the head changes Charac teri stis considered most 0 under the social find and clima climatic tid conditions of the united states loolen looking forward one sees a 0 1 new and distinct type of men and women emer emering emerging ing f from i om tile the multiplied types that land on our shores r I 1 it is the opinion of the committee that thero is s to involve it a new and distinct A merican american raca 1 t cel caused by the influence of clit matic economic conditions condition 4 and environments then there will be several types 1 jf of th shenew anew race die important question is what condition will his insure i ure the highest type |