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SCIENCE OF EUGENICS
Improving Human Stock
A plea for greater interest in the science of eugenics was made in a paper prepared by Mr. A. Netzer and read by Mr. A. Ferguson at the Millions Club yesterday. It was stated that eugenists claimed to offer the only alternative to anarchy and the inherent disorders of Communism.
Mr. Netzer pointed out that intelligence tests made on 1,700,000 physically fit men in the United States Army showed that only 13½ percent possessed superior intelligence. This small proportion represented a class which was failing to reproduce itself, while the others, of whom 45 percent would never develop mental capacity beyond a stage represented by a child of 12, were increasing alarmingly. Without an application of eugenic principles, persons of superior intell
