The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-12

to be used in the worship Of God" was ia
the mind OF the elder Johnstone .the ex.
treme Of eacrilege.' This, to be sure
we can hardly think to have been quite
the case. for certainly the mention OF an
organ could not have seemed to him 80
bad as the organ itself; at the pame time
we feel that it was sufficiently hazardous
undertaking even to say Organ to old
Andra. To the envoy who finally did 90
to him about the organ Mr.. tombstone
said: mark ma word. the day yon thing
raises Its noise an pollutes the holy place
Anil list wait Till tho Sabbath's over an
Anil get ma ak an by the help O. the
ALMIGHTY Ahll smash the abomination
Into a thousand splinters!' Duncan
Polite, a gentle, forbearing soul, grieved
at the violence Of hi, friend but he, too,
was greatly disturbed by the differences
| that tore the Glenoro Presbyterian Church.
The story describes feelingly the death
! Of Mr.. Cameron, the venerable pastor Of
the Presbyterian flock, in whose lifetime
the dissensions In the church had no oppor-
| tunity to become acute. 1t seemed as
though he were to have no worthy sue
cessor Old Duncan was deeply hurt by
the young practitioners who presented
themselves when Mr.. Cameron was gone.
He was hurt particularly by one Of them.
who stood up in Mr.. Cameron's sacred
pulpit and delivered a twenty minute
address on the Beauties OF Nature!' Mr..
Cameron's sermons were frequently an
hour and half long. and when he had
delivered them in English he preached
them all over again in Gaelic. Duncan
went to the extremity OF seeking comfort
in the Methodist church. Mr.. Ansdell,
the minister there, was a most benign and
satisfying man, but he had two charges
and was often absent, and those who took
! his place were not always edifying. Dun
can was disturbed by one Of them, "the
! big college student with the long, fair
hair who raved and foamed and battered
all the fringe of the pulpit cushion in a
gallant attempt to prove that the Bible
Is true, fact which until then no Glen
orian would have dreamed OF calling In
question: Duncan was also disturbed
by giant from the Irish Flats, who
roared out long prayer in manner that
terrified his hearers and set all the babies
crying, and then ended his bellowings with
Lord, hear our feeble breathings.'=
The story tells much about Genoro.
1t is our opinion that that place has found
a very observing and efficient historian.
Sociology.
In an age when the first requirement
for academic advancement Is not learning
but specialization. 1t IA not to be wondered
at that the amiable @science" OF sociology
should have progressed rapidly. that every
self-respecting college should have It's
chair and i.s professor Of sociology and
that their lectures should be attended by
youth studious and otherwise. No other
so-called science can generalize so delight
fully from slender basis Of fact, no other
requires less arduous preparation or
smaller capital Of sense. no other supplies
a larger contribution to the pavement Of
good intentions. It's variety Is infinite;
the student may stay at home at ease and
translate the common things OF life into
scientific jargon accompanied by mild
philosophy, or he may examine with in
quisitive eyes from superior ground how
-the other side" lives, or he may be CON-
Quoted personally to view the shady streaks
in his own side, the "vice question" the
drink question" and 80 on. Young women
will go for Psychological Investigation into
places that their mothers would shudder
even to think Of And every one who
touches sociology seems bound to write
about It,
Several books on sociological themes
have accumulated OF late. We begin with
the beginning, -The Foundations OF So
ciology,' by DR.. Edward Alsworth Ross,
professor In the University OF Nebraska
(Macmillans). The preface opens with
an unconscious confession 'To the stu
dent Of society present themselves tho
questions, What ia? What has been? What
tends to be, What may Der The first calls
for descriptive sociology; the second evokes
historical sociology; the third ca lis into
being theoretical sociology; the fourth
Is demand for practical sociology. In a
way, however, the first two are tributary
to the third. Laws and generalizations are
the coveted treasures Of those who know,
and therefore the inquiry which, establishes
vhdt tends to be yields the sociology that
ranks With biology and psychology This
Is unfair to the other two sciences which try
hard at least to get to bottom facts. Prof
Ross presents the divisions and subdivi-
sions OF his so-called science with de-
lightful wealth Of technical terms and
some rhetorical effort. We presume that
his book Is as satisfactory for classroom
purposes as others; We can imagine none
better as an exposition Of the emptiness and
pretensions OF the science"
Drier but more satisfactory in great
many ways il "A Textbook Of Sociology
by DR.. James Quayle Dealey, professor in
Brown University. and DR.. Lester Frank
Ward Of the Smithsonian Institution Mac
millans). 1t is a synopsis Of the subject on
something like scientific lines, limiting itself
generally to definitions and direct state
ments. From 1t the reader can make out
what some sociologists are driving at
There IL pretty tough technical vocabulary
to be faced. but, at any rate, the libels on
unknown peoples, used as awful examples,
are comparatively few. The book Is based
on a larger work by DR.. Ward and each
chapter Is accompanied by long lists Of
references to his works, 30 that the unwary
may imagine that he Ii sociology.
Twenty years ago DR.. Richard T. Ely,
then a professor at the Johns Hopkins
University. but now and for some years
past at the University Of Wisconsin.
wrote a book on The Labor Movement