The Physical Status of the Special Class for Bright Children at the University of Pennsylvania, Summer Session of 1912

After a selection of bright children from the schools of the district in which the University is located had been made by the Social Service Department of the Laboratory of Psychology, the children reported to the Psychological Clinic for physical and mental tests and measurements. The weight, height, head and body dimensions were taken at this time, and certain other data were secured, such as general physical condition, stigmata, abnormalities, and mental age as determined by the Binet tests, all of which were entered upon the clinical records of the department. The first interesting comparison is that of weight at the time of the first examination, made between April 26th and May 24th, and weight on July 1st. Of the children examined two did not increase in weight; one increased one-half pound (1.08 per cent); one, one pound (1.75 per cent); while one lost two and one-half