(Original Caption) 10/2/1945-Bloomington, IN- Derby Skinner, 13-month-old daughter of Prof. and Mrs. B.F. Skinner of the Indiana Univ. Psychology Dept., is an ultra-scientifically reared young lady. Since birth, she's lived in an enclosed and glassed-in, bed-like playpen in which temperature and humidity are controlled electrically. What's more, the pen is dust-proof so that Derby needs only one bath a week. A roller-towel arrangement stores a 10-yard-long sheet stretched across the bottom of the pen. As new sections are needed it's a simple matter to roll it into place. The Skinners are gradually reducing the time Derby spends in her pen so that eventually she'll only sleep in it.
