Ivy League nude posture photos: Phantoms of American Eugenics

Although it is more of a historical note, it is often forgotten how far the eugenics dogma had penetrated American academia. Up until the 1970's several studies were conducted at participating Ivy league schools which sought to explain social structure in racial terms. Most famous of these studies, was a project run by William Herbert Sheldon in which freshmen students were photographed naked and measured. This study lasted up into the mid 1970's when it was subsequently terminated. The following schools participated in the project: Harvard Universit, Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Swarthmore College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, and Yale University. Below is a link to The New York Time's article on the exposure of the study, but please feel free to post any other articles or links to the actual study.

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html?pagewanted=1