SHAPES OF HEADS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 September 1924, Page 7

SHAPES OF HEADS

INDEX TO CHARACTER.

Are the shapes of heads any index to character? Controversy on this timeworn question has been briefly revived in Melbourne by the cabled declaration of Dr. Todd at the Toronto Conference of the British Association for the Advancement of Science scouting the theory. Dr. Todd’s views find corroboration in the mind of Professor Osborne, of Melbourne University, who says \that there is no evidence of any correlation between the shape of the head’and the mentality of the possessor of the head, except that it was admitted that a receding chin usually indicated indecision of character. Sir Walter. Scott had a receding forehead, and there was nothing, the professor laughingly pointed out, to show that he had a particularly weak intellect.

A contrary view is taken by a wellknown Collins Street (Melbourne) Vocational Adviser, Mr. W. S. Binksi He has made a special study of phrenology, and says that after making many thousands of measurements and careful observation, he has reached the conclusion that there was invariably a uniform correspondence between head shape and character. “By head shape,” he said, “I do not mean bumps, as a bump may be merely a thickening of the bony structure,of the skull. It is the general tion of each part of the head to other parts that I refer to. Head shape may be accounted for by racial theory, or possibly the strange story of phrenology has something to do with it. However the vexed question may be decided, the result of measurement and study gives eight classes of wide, narrow, long, short, high, low, square, and round. The high forehead and head, according to the science of Character Analysis, indicates that person soars to higher things. The person is imaginative and idealistic. The low forehead and head indicates the person who is animalistic, ■ materialistic, and self-seek-ing. The high-headed men are the ones who really accomplish great things for humanity. The low-headed men are more concerned in pushing their own. personal ends. In a longheaded man the head is long from the front to back. .He is far seeing. This man plans for the future, and will be easily influenced along the lines of future advantage, but the short-headed man thinks mainly of temporary gain. Narrow-headed men are found to be mild, easy going, and rather narrow in mental outlook. Broad-headed men, like broad-headed animals, the lion, the bear, and tiger, are inclined to be destructive, forceful, aggressive, and combative. a Square-headed men are prudent and careful. Round-headed men are impulsive and cunning, but it is the shape of the face as seen in pro-' file that is most significant.