ISRAEL EHRENBERG, WHO WROTE UNDER THE NAME ASHLEY MONTEGU, PRESENTS IN THIS BOOK AN EXTENDED ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF INTERRACIAL BREEDING. I READ THIS BOOK MANY YEARS AGO WHILE STUDYING GENETICS AND OTHER SCIENCES. I EXPECTED TO FIND MEANINGFUL ARGUMENT; HOWEVER HIS ARGUMENT CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF HYBRID VITALITY. I WAS OF COURSE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE SUBJECT, BUT ONLY APPLIED TO PLANTS. I AM STILL NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT HE INTENDED TO TALK ABOUT. THE BREEDS OF DOGS ARE OFTEN LESS HEALTHY THAN A WELL-MIXED MONGREL, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE HUMANS HAVE SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS FOR HUMAN PURPOSES, NOT FOR THE ABILITY OF THE ANIMAL TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD. FIGURING HE COULD NOT BE… Read more
IN TERMANN'S LOGITUDINAL STUDY BEGUN IN THE 1920s, "ONE HUNDRED STUDIES OF GENIUS" HIS GROUP STUDIED THE NON-ASIAN (EXCLUDED BECAUSE MOST SPOKE POOR ENGLISH AND WOULD DISTORT RESULTS) POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA AND CAME TO A CONCLUSION THAT JEWS HAVE TWICE THE RATE OF GENIUS OF THE GROUP AS A WHOLE AND BLACKS HAVE THE LOWEST IQ LEVEL OF ALL GROUPS STUDIED. THE HIGH SCORES FOR JEWS ARE WITHOUT DOUBT EXPLAINED BY CULTURAL-RELIGIOUS FACTORS. THE LOW SCORES FOR BLACKS ARE NOT SO OBVIOUS.
ABOUT 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO A HARVARD MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR NAMED MCCLELLAN WROTE A PAPER ON WHAT HE CALLED "N-ACHIEVEMENT" (NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT)IN WHICH AS PART OF HIS STUDY HE HAD PRE-TEEN… Read more
This is a most enjoyable book to read. I loved the story of how a woman named Smith used her woman-hating, miserly brother's money to found Smith College, one of the Seven Sisters. It is not a work of great scholarship and does not pretend to be. It is a delightful read. It was a bit like visiting Phi Mu house at William and Mary; my daughter pledged to Phi Mu. There is a lot of girl stuff. Actually, reading this book is why I suggested my daughter attend Bryn Mawr, which we did visit, but she refused to consider a woman's college.
None of the colleges has a particularly interesting institutional history. If you are interested in that sort of thing I suggest you read the history… Read more
