User:KropotkinsBakery/Dudley Allen Sargent

Relationship to Race Science
Although Sargent was instrumental in creating physical training programs at both Yale and Harvard, his reasons for doing so included not only his desire for a greater standard of physical health for the general public, but also for what he called "the advancement of the race."

This idea of saving "the race" was something Sargent consistently mentioned throughout his career, even going so far as to give a speech at the First National Race Betterment Conference, a conference put on by the Race Betterment Foundation, entitled "Physical Education in Relation to Race Improvement," where he discussed the idea of "race suicide" (due to declining birth rates).

Sargent also frequently mentioned his concern for "the race" in his written works, where he stated "the race...soon deteriorat[ing]," "the progressive evolution of the race" being threatened by convergences of the sexes, and "the race [being]...enabled to maintain its existence."