NEW STUDY OF MAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20930, 21 July 1931, Page 9

NEW STUDY OF MAN.

AUSTRALIAN TYP£S. . UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. [l'Eost OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] SYDNEY. July 10. As a preliminary to research work, on® effect of which should be to determine whether there is a distinctive Australian type, Professor Harvey Sutton, of tha School of Public Health and . Tropical Medicine, Sydney University, is making an investigation into the health arid physique of university students. The professor has selected the Medical School for his initial examinations, arid every medical student has been asked to signify his willingness to undergo a complete overhaul, supplying full details of health, place of birth, '' birthplaces of parents, and other particulars. Ifc is understood that the scheme will- bo extended to embrace the entire undergraduate body next year. As an interesting outcome of the investigation, those students, who in the past have concentrated too much on their text books, to the detriment of their physical health, will probably be advised to take up suitable exercises, and the many affiliated clubs of the University Sports Union expect to benefit in membership. Professor Harvey Sutton was a _ Victorian Rhodes Scholar, and played in the English Rugby Union football combination. He is president of the Australian Universities' Sports Association.