A Decade in the Progress of Eugenics

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Sandycroft Publications

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491_9781646065530

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The Third International Congress of Eugenics, held at New York’s American Museum of Natural History in August 1932, was the single largest gathering of eugenicists—academics, researchers, medical specialists, and politicians—ever to have convened.A total of sixty-nine papers were presented at the two day conference, covering topics as widespread as birth selection versus birth control; immigration control; eugenics and education; heredity and environment; the dysgenic effects of war; heredity and disease; and, remarkable for the time, an advanced study of the science of genetics and inheritance.Among the many fascinating and ground-breaking specific studies were:– The Unification of the Anthropological Type of Italians and Its Eugenical Effects, presented by Dr. Marcello Boldrini, Professor of Statistics, Catholic University, Milan, Italy.– Blood Groups in Relation to Race in the Dutch East Indies, presented by Dr. H. J. T. Bijlmer, Ambon, Dutch East Indies.– The Handwriting of Introverts and Extraverts, presented by Dr. June E. Downey, University of Wyoming.– Racial Distribution and Its Causes, presented by Dr. Wilhelm Pessler, Hannover, Germany.– Harmonic Types among Western European Crania, presented by Ruth S. Wallis, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.– Virginia’s Effort to Preserve Racial Integrity, presented by Dr. W. A. Plecker, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia.– The American People of Polish Origin in Texas, presented by Dr. Boleslaw Rosinski, Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology, Lwow, Poland.– The Effect of Migration on the Natural Increase of the Negro, presented by Dr. S. J. Holmes, University of California, Berkeley, California.– Heredity and Environment—Their Relative Roles in the Development of East Tennessee Mountain Children, presented by Lester R. Wheeler, State Teacher’s College, Johnson City, Tennessee.– Selective

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