138 Heredity or Environment father and mother have given him about all the potentialities he may ever hope to have - so far as mental capacity and physical prowess are concerned. So, on this matter of heredity versus environment there is a wide and relatively uncompromising diversity of opinion. One side will vehemently contend that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. What Do You Think? The other side will argue that so long as the child isn't blasted from birth by some hereditary blood disorder or mental defect, all you have to do to give him the advantages and potentialities for accomplishment that any other child will have is to feed him correctly, see that he is adequately clothed and sheltered, and then properly educated. However, we must all admit that, in animals, heredity is accepted as a matter of obvious fact. Race horses, well-bred dogs, and other animals are valued quite as much as their pedigree as for their accomplishments. Among humans, however, heredity, so far as mental ability is concerned, is something rare. Very few famous fathers have famous sons. On the other hand environment must have a great deal to do with crime. The gunman and the gunmoll, as the court cases daily prove, are pure products of environment. Born in the slums, sent to a so-called reformatory in youth, then a year or so of post-graduate work in jail, and you have the finished hoodlum products. It is all very confusing. However, it is my opinion that the solution of the question lies neither in heredity nor environment, but in heredity and environment. Will the Negro Disappear? One phase of Eugenics, which has been the subject of much discussion, has to do with the possible amalgamation of the Negro with the white race.