The herald., 1895-07-12
neurology. 1t was not read, but ordered
printed in the proceedings OF the conven-

PiihtCN III tHC pIOCcCQ.hEo VI VIC SOiAfCh-
tion.
Professor Joseph lie Conte of the Uni
versity of California read paper on The
Effect OF the Theory of Evolution on Ed
ucation. Evolution. he said, has been
recognized vaguely from the earliest
times, but only recently applied to life:
1t has revolutionized ou- whole view OF
nature and man. and modified philoso-
phy and the theory and methods of edu-
cation. 1t has changed the naturalist OF
the past, who merely collected the Won
de-s of nature, to the biologist, who ana
lyzes. Search is studied by three meth.
DDS: By sym bols or the mathema atical
ison or the evolution method. The latter
is the most widely efficient. By tracing
the gradations OF life down from the
hig hest vertebrates to the invert rtebrates:
from the fully developed man back to the
originating germ cell; from the fauna OF
by com mparing the results, We gain all our
knowledge of biology. This method may
be applied to all phenomena OF human
life. Psychology can no longer be stud
led as science disconnected from other
knowled ges. There is now no doubt that
process of evolution from some lower
form of animal. Evolution teaches
that nothing originates all at once
bv fat. but that all things come by
growth; new forms come. not by de-
struction and recreation but by modifica-
tion of the old. The ancient idea was
that the individual should always be sac
rificed to the good Of society as the
greater and more important organism;
the new idea is that the individual i'm
mortal soul is more important than all
the temporal social institutions; evolu-
tion recognizes the importance Of the
individual but sees in society the means
Of raising it to the ssideal humanity and
that only by subordinating individual in
tests can this be achieved. Evolution re-.
flutes the theory that man has fallen from
a state Of perfection which can only be
rcgained through miraculous agency but
places the golden age in the future. The
ascetic believe, man is dual nature.
pure spirit which must for its own ele.
vation trample upon the impure body.
Hedonistic philosophy makes man but "a
kind of animal, whose pleasures are pure
ly physical. Evolution combines the two
| theories, and while not surprising the
| physical subordinates it to the spiritual.
the one giving strength and vigor and
The lower animal has only the present ;
man has through memory and magma
ton the past and future. The animal has
only self; man through sympathy and
love has many selves. Through evolution
selfhood in man is revealed and at once
lost again in love.
Wv. L. Bryan, University of Indiana,
Bloomington, read paper on Science and
| Education. He said It was hard to gel
science or any other good thing wholly
into the schools but there was hope
so long as such men as the one who pre-
coded him was working in the cause.
:The Colorado Educational association
| gave a reception to the visiting teachers
| at the Brown Palace hotel after the con.
vention adjourned.
| Publishers and representatives of.1lead
ing educational papers in the United
! States who are attending the National
| Educational association con vention have
organized the Educational Press Associa
ton of America. The purpose OF The as
sociation is fraternal fellowship and &C
quaintance, mutual protection and unitet
strength to advance educational princi
| pies,