Word: healthiest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...judge of human animals, Judge Biggar had no hand in the selection of Healthiest Boy and Healthiest Girl. A committee of physicians & nurses gave first honors to Dorothy Eiler, 16, of Aitkin County, Minn., who likes to dance, keeps her nails trimmed, has fillings in her teeth (score: 98.6); Ross Allen, 20. of Salem, W. Va., who weighs 184 lb., expects to be a doctor, milks cows every day, plays baseball (score...
...preoccupied by their studies, and ever less interested in extra-curricular activities. Under intelligent and responsible direction which fully realizes the magnitude of the task which it is undertaking, there is, however, a good chance that the magazine will make itself a lasting part of the Harvard scene. The healthiest growths are those which thrive under adverse conditions, and if the Harvard Critic make a permanent place for itself it will be a welcome and valuable addition to the flocks on Harvard's Parnassus, and a credit to those who are sponsoring...
...President Martin polished things off with a bow to his predecessor and the news that the Association's finances were in the healthiest condition ever...
Elsewhere in the stockyards other animals were competing for titles. Adjudged healthiest of their kind were Gertrude Heikes, 16, of Dakota County, Neb., and William Saunders, 18, of Johnson County, Ind., winners of the health contest of the 4-H Clubs. Champion Heikes scored 99.9%, only her teeth counting against her. Pink-cheeked Miss Heikes eats three big meals a day, drinks water and milk, wears broad-toed, low-heeled shoes. Champion Saunders, who scored 99.1%, not only had imperfect teeth but a pimple. He shuns tobacco and stimulants, eats all he wants...
...reorganization of the Hygienic Laboratory as the National Institute of Health and its authorization to establish fellowships, to accept gifts for the study of fundamental problems relating to human diseases. Adjunct of the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago last week (see p. 14) was a contest of the healthiest boys & girls in the U. S. Champions : Marian E. Syndergaard, 15, of Grundy County, Iowa. One tooth slightly out of line and a slightly infected eyelid reduced her perfection to 99.7%. William Ross Bodenhamer,* 20, of Johnson County, Mo. He scored only 98.7% because he has slightly defective teeth, slightly...