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...Hooton, associate professor of Anthropology, will deal with the relationship between anthropology and crime. The extent of this relation is soon to be shown in the results of a general survey in conjunction with the State Department of the physical characteristics of criminals in several states. Among the aspects of crime with which Professor Hooton will deal are the questions of the existence of criminal types, the relationship between physical and mental characteristics, the importance of racial factors, and the influence of heredity...
...material of the course is officially listed as "Human Evolution", and covers the descent of man and his distribution over the earth's surface. There is no doubt that Professor Hooton is a very eminent anthropologist, but when taking the course one cannot help having the feeling that he is not particularly interested in the work in question. With this attitude in evidence on the professorial side, a show of wild enthusiasm on the part of the members of the course is hardly to be expected. In short, it is a half course covering what could be a distinctly interesting...
...secondly, if you want to ease your program for the second half year it will turn the trick very nicely. Lest there be any misunderstanding let it be made clear that it is not an out and out snap course. It probably used to be; but Professor Hooton found that out, and it has been so stiffened that it is only a very simple course...
...these will cover the ground of the others. The lectures strike a certain percentage of the class as amusing. At the opening sessions there are considerable guffaws, but this soon wears off and you find yourself confronted by the awful reality of having to listen to Professor Hooton read from his little cards in a low monotone...
Professor K. D. Blackfan, Professor R. P. Blake A. M. '9, W. J. Crozier A. M. '14, Professor Philip Drinkwater, W. Cameron Forbes '92, G. M. Fair '16, J. L. Gamble M. D. '10, Professor A. N. Holcombe '06, Professor E. A. Hooton, Professor P. R. Howe, I. M. Johnston Ph. D. '25, A. V. Kidder '08, D. H. McLaughlin...