Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-14
II n NOTIONS.

Professor Loeb. of the University Of Chi
cago. says in the Monist that there is no
reason 10 suppose that the egg contains
other mysterious complicated structures
than such as might possibly be expressed
in the formula of the chemist But
President Jordan says in the Arena that
"the germ cell is made up Of protoplasm, a
jelly-like substance. less simple than 1t
appears. not a substance at all. in fact,
but n structure as complex as any in ma
ture." This is an illustration of the fun
the scientists are having in these days
over the matter of heredity. That a the
DRY once almost universally accepted by
scientists can now be seriously doubted by
a body OF equally good scientists does not
at all demonstrate the bankruptcy of sci
ence. 1t demonstrates. on the other hand.
that scientists also are capable of dogma--
Using. and. on the other hand. thai the
scientific spirit Of skepticism is still in
hellthy operation. But. gentlemen, a word
from a layman: Would it not be well to
get together before popularizing?
A petition to abolish military drill is be-
AOAV II dulHOlllltS u ADpleNOH college,,
Wisconsin. the ground being that this ex-
ercise is un-Christian. Doesn't a good deal
depend on the spirit in. which things are
done? Is II un-Christian for the young
people to learn to stand straight. look men
in the face and obey orders? And If the
young men thus drilled could have gotten
a chance to show the effects OF their dis
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the petitioners nave objected? How do
these petitioners feel about singing ON
ward. Christian Soldiers?
A recent dispatch reporting the confer
ence OF advanced degrees upon Kansas
men at Harvard credits one of them 10 the
state university. implying that the others
are all from elsewhere. In fact. six out
OF the eight men are graduates of the
University Of Kansas. Mr.. Neill Brooks. |
who took his masters degree last year,
also a graduate of Kansas. has been APP |
pointed to an instructorship in German.
Mr.. Brooks is n Kansas City man. and a
graduate OF our high school. George o.
Virtue, John G. Hall. J. G. Hamaker and
one or two others. all Kansas men. are in
structors for the coming year. Thornton
Cooke. son of Sidney C. Cooke. of Her
ington. was appointed TO a Henry Lee
memorial fellowship. and one or two other
boys received scholarships. Kansas uni
versity seems to stand we'll at Harvard.
Mrs. Besant's brief experience in observ-
ing astral bodies. backed by some expe-
rience with human nature. enables her 10
discern the nebulosity of Mr.. Debs' Utopia. !
Now, IL Mr.. Debs will only return the
compliment and disillusionize the follow
ers OF Mrs. Bessnt. and other dreamers
Will pursue the same reciprocal method.
the world may grow n hit more rational.
But, after all, why grudge them their fun?
4 double standard Of morality makes
mischief elsewhere than between the sexes.
Dean Briggs. OF Harvard college. SAYS that
the desire to be treated as men and at
the same time act as irresponsible boys
may be regarded as the cause Of crib
bling" and similar o~ffenses. And Harvard
has at last determined that the double
shall be abolished. Hereafter a
man convicted of cribbing will not only he
separated from the college" Cwhat A deli
cate expression. but his name will be post
ed on tho public bulletin, just as an Of
fender in a club is treated for conduct un-
becoming a gentleman. Dean Briggs re-
marks in his report on the subject that.
despite all excuses and apologies. the man
bands in as his own what he has