Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-09
.RE COMING MAN.
,r DISCUSSES TH} POSSIBILITIES AND
'p-gsBuITIES OF THE FUTURE.
Ia VIII Be an Amalamaaaa Of all Races
Evil Auan PhYloal Pariscd0l-His
hlecual al Mora Nature.

E.l Aaan Phyiosl Pascdon-His
halecual al Mora Nature
} rgs, ,aRd ybpreciative audience
Y -,.si at ~. C. A. hall last even
. ,r,.el to a lecture by Hon. Henry
mon The Ccluing Man" A bet
,ssssd audiepce never left the
rs M. Ball not only has a good
.r sa. be handled his theme in a
.sn manner and his rhetorical
/, \. were interspersed with happy
4 .ssva.ch kept his audience alter
81, spg.auding and laughing, and
nav; To- good humOr.
.hs introduction the speaker told
sdt6e qualities which he would
nre in connection with the coming
Looking down the ages he would
.y5r t0 picture times nobleSt off,
=, the crown of Gods creation,
u rs-'sct man. It is the life which
n now living, the conditions which
-rrd gs, and the influence of CARTS
S,o .y. which will evolve for the future
ig'. nan.
4. highest and most per
viii be an American. II there
sry people, il there are any condi-
81 which are destined TO produce
coming man, they are TO be found
!, We have swept away the &C
cated rubbish of the ages. Man
20 longer regarded as a piece OF
7 90 be moved about on the chess
ri OF lie, at the will and caprice Of
ersd.tary despOt. We have taken
abe al strides forward. The muscle Of
hundred years ago has been sup
-.sl oy machinery. Then men had
learned TO dominate the forces Of
e Now, the mind OF man Crap
a sE.th these forces, and makes them
> ,srV.eut % his will. II is amid such
i..5us that the coming man will be
3 ud.
BON what races shall be come? The
a tsci immigration is toward the set
suD Assume that all people born
Yyare Americans, possessing all the
Jtial elements OF American citizen
rfp. In every man or woman there
one thousand drops Of blood. When
seething mass OF humanity, coming
severy corner of the globe, shall
Ten fused together, amalgamated,
sS.ulated, and the coming man
II. 7a5 what shall be the proportions
s blood? There will be s4O drops
Il ueln. and 200 divided among all
f nations. II is said that the Eng
ben 1sl Do the upper circles in the
H % -s. tyDe OF civilized manhood. II
90. how small are the component
Is from which he drew his being,
!. -l-aj t0 those of the coming Amer
i-l. win the coming man look like?
be- be- handsome? He will. PeO-
~ o. TEMPERATE countries are always
osa 70 than those OF tOrrid climes. He
be- taI. In complexion be will
= lark, rather tEan fair. His physi-
az ayeOpment will DO perfect "A
li body in a sound mind" will be
SIR clX.u OF education. He will be
,Tr -,lau0u OF mind and muscle, brain
tbuWu. He will be increaSedin
. .5 lre, as we'll as wisdom. Millions
~ annually spent for education, but
Cd i,er.lu extent, the entire system is
allure Most pupils attend school
b Warag5 Of years. WHAT does it tit
9 Pa i1-? il FITS . per cent. Of them 70
,- others the same thing over.
~ s1iaths must earn live
+ by manual labor, For
trade do our schools tit boys
Pgirls? The fault Of the system is
Al 10 leads directly from shat which is
tactical, to that which is abstract.
Pupils are placed I'm an intellec1al
Straight-jacket, without their individu-
aNty being taken into consideration.
Our system is too much like brick
machine, which makes the same
kind of brick cut OF every
child. No two minds are alike
and yOu cannot make them alike. The
educational system of the coming man
VII deal with each child, more as an
yidual, as a separate entity.
Bing willing to work, what will the
Ing man do? His primal, his first
greatest need is food. The produc-
of food is the most important occu-
on Of man. T4highest type OF the
ng man is a "A ner.
nsider our lrces. If our land
titled asst nina, we could sup
apoDulat 10000, 600. 1t will
be long N erica is as thickly
llated as There is danger
eQlectiuf re. The accumu-
Dn OF 4 to one-sided
lopB urces, and agri-
uress I'D. IL one-hali