New Types of Old Americans at Harvard and at Eastern Women's Colleges.

Abstract

It has become apparent through studies made in various universities that the members of the present generation are on the average taller and weigh more than did their parents and grandparents who entered those same institutions in previous years. The author is convinced that the causes for increased stature in the student group are as follows: Increased medical attention in preserving those children who have outgrown their strength until they have reached maturity and a normal state of resistance to disease. Cultural modernization and a general speeding up process. Better food, in more abundance and in great variety. More exercise. Possible assortive and selective mating on the part of parents. Occupational change of parents. The nonascertainable element of climatological and meteorological effect.