Monday, Nov. 30, 1953
Popular Science
In Manhattan's rambling American Museum of Natural History, a dozen TV men each week pore over thousands of feet of scientific film. The result: Adventure (Sun. 4:30 p.m., CBS-TV) one of the best popular-science shows on the air, put together from film clips, exhibits and commentaries by outstanding scientists. Last week, after looking into the lives of tarantulas, garden toads, dinosaurs and grass snakes. Adventure got around to a new species: the American woman.
The star of the show was Norma, a statue by Sculptor Abram Belskie, whose measurements approximate those of the average U.S. woman age 20-24. Specifications: height, 5 ft. 6 in.; weight, 123 Ibs.; bust, 33.9 in.; waist, 26.4; hips, 37.4. As described by Anthropologist Harry Shapiro, Norma, following the general U.S. trend, has greater height, a heavier waistline and narrower hips than the women of previous generations. But, though taller than her grandmother was, Norma is still dwarfed by the present-day fashion ideal. Dr. Shapiro doubted that Norma would get much taller in the future, since the U.S. process of growth seems to be slowing down.
Future TV journeys of Adventure: to Brazil's Mato Grosso, to the Hopi Indians.
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