The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-24
HARVARD AND Observation-Disclosures
GRADUATES OF THE OLD NEW ENGLAND INST1TU-
TON FAILING TO OBEY THE SCRlPTURAL IN
JUNCTION TO INCREASE AND MULTIPLY AND
REPLENISH THE EARTH"

From the Springfield Republican.
In securing data concerning the number OF children born to
Harvard graduates of the six classes between 1872 and 1877 in
elusive President Eliot has done something Of value in
logical although he the material in special way
support his argument in of shortening college
and placing college year earlier in the work of life
The statistics obtained show that of those graduates who now
between and years age 20 per still
RED while the married have EACH the average only
children Thus appears that the Harvard men Of 1S27 have
not reproduced the equal of their number
That this fact would stand just the had those been
graduated year two earlier is altogether probable The
causes of small families among the educated and the fairly we'll
TODD people OF this country are far deeper and broader than any
thing connected with the time of graduation from college 1t is
alone college graduates that sir marriage, when
RED have few no children This tendency may be observed
clerks secretaries bOokeep
and all who live comparatively small incomes while the
time endeavorng maintain social status fairly high
The fact to be clear from personal observation
that the old native stock failing reproduce itself
writer IN an English magazine asserted that the bhrate among
the so-caed native Americans low that in France and
that only immigration the United States from actual
decline population This writer's statements applied to the
whole country may be exaggerated but they ap
piled New England and the East at the present time In New
England wears 20 wears socaed native families
five children but the children of those am
lies having hathat number Of offspring themselves
is very doubtful tendencies of this character be check
ed much modified under present conditions President Roose
welt is being quoted just railing condemnation of those
who have small families but the question arises what he
else going do about Forces which affect whole popu
aons which appear potency when of
social development reached in almost every country and
which may have far beyond the reach of legislators
mode OF public OPINION cannot be easily guided even by the
collective will of society," assuming that such collective will
planned of will disappear while civilization present
economic and social FORM Give married men and $780,
and ambitions $1,000 $1,000 salaries and they
not likely fill their households with children That there
much be said against the personal selshness
avoiding these responsibilities very But after all
has been said that the problem the
fact of Importance is that people naturally selfish When
young they do desire children their coming makes
nroads upon the family income. That sehsness. When old
they begin desire children because the prospect of child
less old unatractve And that again selfish
Nature however does adjust herself the selfish de-
different ages OF and and the result
evitaby conditions of modern the marked
decline in the natural increase noted by staiscan and socoo
gists.
Coming back President Eliot and his Harvard graduates
be sadnOt solution of the question: but merely
obvious suggestion that would any onehat they rep
general tendency the highly socaized classes
that has in economic conditions and also in widespread
falling away from the idea that it is mans dutyhs religious
duty increase his kind The economic need be
amped They apparent The idea of duty however
less emphasized usually in discussions of hs character.
Whether the immense decline in the authority of the Bible and
the Christian religion the past so years has anything do
with the changed attitude of educated people may afford OPP
pOrtmity for thought.