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WH1TBY MREPRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGWP319, 1992, PAGE 7 "PAGE, SEVEN 'Brain'stor ming. Once,a wise. king of a ch' country h'eld an anniual contest to findîpeoplewith unique sis For one- week each year., the ý nàonarceýh sat through hours of presentations: -bowýlers, jugleèrs, musicîans, mathematicians, scientiste. The rewards, attracted hundr-eda Untold riches. Fame. The kjn#'s eldest in marriage ýto the wmnner. Ontyao & eâay nddys ýof unrewarding trifles into*tekig" out steps the juggler supreme. Mýý,e borrows the ,^king",s crown,'places iton te floor, steps back ten paces, pulls -a. deck of carde from bhis pocket. Each càrd he tosses into,,thecrown. N.,ot a minss in fifty-two. 'There's' more," he says, gathering up the carda. He retreats twenty-five paces, shufiles the deck One by one, he fiicks the carde with a wrist-flicking -)Motion. One by ýone, the carda againfal into the crownm. 'Tihere's ýmore," he sa ys, gathering up the carde. This time, he retereats to the farthest corner of the throne roomn. He flicks the carda toward the tiny target. * With nary a miss, the cards drop into the crown. The performer strides to the centre of the room,' faces the monarchand bows deeply fromn the waist., "Stupendous," cries the king, standing to applaud. "This man, has skIlls the likes, of which I have not seen before. Therefore,, he shall be appropriately rewarded. "Let it, therefore, be known that he be awarded ten packets of playing cards a day, that he may practise this uncanny skill into his old age." The king retrieved bis crown and prepared to meet the next presentation. The juggler was led spluttering fromn the -royal presence. .The story came to mind earlier this week when I read news reports of the latest findinga ýofPhillippe ]Rushton. Rushton, a social scientist from the University of Westrn ntaiocausedsome controversy a few years He claimed then ta Ointi -hv higher intelligence'quüotien't scores than w vhites, whoin turn, haehigher, scores than Negroes. The racist implications made Rushton into a media star. It- did flot help his case, though, that signifcant amounts of bis funding came from racist sources. But now, Rushton ba oeoe step eiirther. Women, he says, hav malrbrama than men. 'That is, ýpropotionately, women have less brain than ien. Even if one supected as much, it-takes someý daring to express this thought. Think what this means. Funded by we don't know who, Rushton -has. spent a couple'of years measuring people's hat sizes. From hat sizes, he has calculated brain sizes, not, it is hoped, by scooping out the relevant material and subjecting it'to a scientific weighing. How Many brama were measured, over what period of time, Who. did the measuring, how were subjects selected, were these new measurements or rehashing of data from bis earier race-related' measurements? News reports answered none of these questions. But even Rushton admitted that the difference in brain sizes didý not correlate with intelligence or any other factor that could be found. .Like the ancient monarch, we are left te ask, "So what?" There may be other physical vestiges of sexual and racial differences still unmeasured., Belly buttons 'or gra left tees. ýBeards and breastssurely have been, de but might be good for another round. Rushten still han a lot' of ground to cover. so go to it, Phiflippe. The halls* of higher science SUi for more detailed -knowledge for which ^no. use can evrer be found. You camet help it if your work ends up as swill for theignorant. i iL CONSTRUCTION 0P, UNITED CHUROR SUNDAY. SOHËOOL HALL, AUGUIST 1955 This new hall at St. Mark's Unitéd Church was opened in 1956 and replaoeéd aamallr hall." demlished-,early'in 1955. The wooden structure at centre surrounda tho hurch organ and protects it from the weather during construction. Whftly ArebftSv ho 10 YEABtS AGO from the Wednesday, Auguet 18,1982 edition of the" WHITBY FREE PRESS * Swirnmer Anne Ottenbrite won bronze and, silver medals at the World Aquatic Championships in Ecuador. e The tykes of the Whitby-Gaýrrard Road Minor Lacrosse Assoiation are OÙntarlo champions in their division. e Two men were arrested for an armed robbeiy of the Swiss Chalet restaurant. e It is still possible to catch rainbow trout i Lynde Creek near Broolin. 35 YEARS AGO from the Th;urcIa Aeust 22, 1957 edition of the EEY NEWS *A boer warehouse may lie built on Ash Street between Dundas and Mary Streets. *Nutri-Producte Ltd.lihas opened a food processing- plant in the building north of the Royal M-otel. eNorth Axuerican Steel 'nd Ralston Purina, Whitby's newest industries,- will, be, in production this fal. a *Whitby Township is settixig up a water area to'service Brooklin. e e e e 100 YEABS AGO» fom the Friday, August 19, 192 edition of the WHITBY CHRONICLE A newv furnace is being installed in the Almonds public school., About 4,000 te 5,000 tons of col at Whitby.H-arbour bas been purchased by HB Taylor. Whitbhy Collegiate Institut. will e-open on August 29 mi th a staff of five teachers An excurson by boat fr-om Wlitbytqrimnsb yyrk and Niazra-ù ~ jL