The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-04-17
THE FORUM FOR APRIL.

| The Forum one of the ablest, Il
not the very ablest magazine in The
United States, in its April number
contains a notable posthumous ar,i
Gle by the late President Barnard, Of
Columbia College, on the degrade
! ton of our politics, in which he
shows that the substitution Of per.
sOnal reward for public duty as the
prime motive of political activity
has changed the whole character of
government to 80 great a degree that
it is no longer republic but an
Oligarchy Of machine politics; and
the popular conception of the func-
tons of government has itself I'M
iergCne change This is perhaps
the most notable OF all President
Barnard's writings. President Tim
othy Dwight, of Yale University,
lays out a proper course of study
for boy up to his 18th year, and
COMPARES the advantages and disad-
van.ages of the old-time system of
education and the present system.
He makes ali Interesting showing of
the time wasted by the old system,
but lays cspeci Il stress upon the
modern production of specialists
rather than Of men. Fran ,es Power
Ccbbe makes review of the chan
ges in human nature thai have been
developed by modern civilization to
show wherein we are better, and
we are worse than the
ancients. The Rev. DIR. Lyman
Abbott, the successor of Henry
Ward Beecher in Plymouth pulpit,
points out the difference between
the thew theology" and the "no
Or between liberal ortho-
1oxy and agnosticism. He explains
the idea that advanced orthodox
thinkers hold Of the Teity, of per-
sonal immortality, and of the in
of the Scriptures; and
he shows how these ideas differ
more widely from the position of
than from the Ortho-
doxy Of the past. Chas. Dudley
Warner, in all article, The News
papes and the Public, undertakes to |
show where the blame rests for
ultra-sensatiOnal papers. He under
takes to explain why it is that those
that have the widest !
are those that meet the |
severest criticism. He finds an in
teresting answer in an analysis Of
the American character. Mr.. c..
Wood Davis, who has given long
study TO the subject, constructs an
argument to show that the prime
reason for agricultural depression is
he overproduction of farm products.
He presents statistics showing that
The increase of the production of
arm products has been greater than
The increase Of population. There
8 much fallacy in this article but it
will serve to put the farmer to Think
ng. DIR. j M .Charcot contributes an
'ther article about his experiments
IN hypnotic persons-this time to
show that crimes can be committed
upon hypnotized people, and how
hey can be induced by hypnstizers
% commit crime. There is an arti-
lie by Francis Minor, advocating
woman suffrage, in which he points
'ut how every experiment hitherto
made in this direction has been sue
,essful. The Rev. DR.. William Barry
writes on the Rights of Public Pro-
'erty to show that monopoly is but
he appropriation by individuals Of
Kings that properly belong to socie-
y; and Richard Hodgson, secretary
If the Society for Psychical Research
ellis where trickery in spiritualism
ends, and where really interesting
phenomena begins.
Every article is ably written and
we'll worthy of careful reading and
tudy.