Monday, Jun. 08, 1931

Aristogents

Ten "best" men of the U. S., their identities carefully guarded, this week became specimens for genetic study. At instance of the Aristogenic Association photographers started after these ten men, in company with phonographers, artists, anatomists, physicians, psychologists, anthropologists, interviewers. When the specialists get through, society will have their detailed records. For each there will be still and moving pictures; talkies and phonograph records; sculptures of hands, face, bust and other body parts; finger prints; medical history; family case cards; minutiae of every sort which Dr. Charles Benedict Davenport has been accumulating in the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.

Collection of the data on the Ten Best will probably be completed by autumn, when the ten identities will be revealed as the first "Aristogents" of a "biological hall of fame."

Current purpose of the Aristogenic Association is to stimulate good biological breeding by example. Bright healthy young men in colleges (Phi Beta Kappa) and high schools (Arista, honor society) will be recorded and watched for future nomination as Aristogents. Remote purpose is to provide scholars 100 years hence with a detailed image of what will then be Old American.

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