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Show 126 Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters had enough education of the right sort, they would be healthy, wealthy, and wise, living in peace and amity, free from vulganty "12 and meanness, busy with noble Rather he thought and deeds. declares, "Education and welfare seem to trace back in large measto something beneath, behind or beside education."13 That ure ral In La : something seems to be in large measure the native stock. It is quite fitting then that another of Thorndike's studies" or establishes Utah as the state with the superior birth quotient. After studying the states of nativity of a representative sampling of eminent men included in Who's Who In America, American Men of Science, and Leaders in Education, born between 1870 and 1900, he places Utah'at the head of the list. His tabulation fol lows: TABLE II SUPERIOR BIRTH-RATE OR QUOTIENT, SBQ, AND RANK FOR EACH STATE* STATE. Rate SBQ Rank 41 72 37 103 141 148 93 38 36 142 97 104 116 42 33 44 22 5 3 29 43 46 A.labama Arizona _ _ Arkansas California Colorado Connecticu t _ _ _ _ Dela ware _ Florida -- Georgia _ Idaho Illinois Indiana _ _ _ Iowa _ Kansas _ fi Maine _ Maryland _ Massachusetts Michigan _ _ Minnesota _ t::s __ Montana _ 115 50 32 130 95 164 99 108 36 78 114 STATE Rate SBQ Nebraska Nevada 115 ._ New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota 35 98 51 118 110 71 102 83 Ohio Oklahoma 4 27 Oregon Pennsylvania 21 13 14 39 48 10 28 2 25 Virginia 20 Washington 45 31 17 West Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah ,_________ Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 113 140 77 ---_______________ -----_____________ Rank 16 18 6 32 47 26 38 ·12 19 34 24 30 128 11 51 139 37 7 41 40 1 9 35 15 46 49 1 70 132 70 115 67 102 136 *E. L. Thorndike, "The Origin of Superior Men," The Scientific Vol. LVI, May, 1943, page 429. 36 23 8 Monthly, XI Others, including the present writer, will be more inclined to give space environment ,the nod over eredity. In seculating on an explanation for this state of affairs, the preemmence of Utahns, another plausible explanation comes readily to mind. j[ |
