New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
SCOUTS SEX CONTROL.
NOT FACTOR.
Professor Morgan -4rgues Against
Tkeory at Columbia.

were read discussing hundreds Of different topics
The most interest was excited by discussion be-
fore tho American Society Of Nsturalists on The
Biological Significance and Control of Sex" The
room in soherTnerhorn Hail in which the dis
cussion was held was packed with men and women
sad others were az the doors trying 20 get I'm.
Finally janitors had 20 be stationed there TO pro
vent annoyance 10 the speakers.
Professor 7. II. Morgan gave an interesting talk
r. which he exploded the LaIdsis theory that The
amount OF nutrition IS responsible for the deter
Tnnstion OF sex Statistics. lie said taken from the
Tseh and the poor. the Well fed and the poorly Jed
oi6 not bear this out lie said IN part:
There are few biological questions rbs, s,,asI
more c!recty % the human race than whether the
- - & =, - MIC Csh ee determined by the external
Soaalt-ons 4iLer which the parents live. whether
TIE conoito1s are internal. and therefore beyond
discussed b the nsfursIjsts ~ % eyi, ~ @ lst , :
S4aok heories Of sex determination nave -four
ishec IKE weeds, an6, while perennial, are apt
q be Ike their prototypes shoriived. The his
te of these theories nevertheless Is full of inter
So e. s.a iS iiot Nitnout significance. Even brief
. Lae history Of our science has shown. in fact
s@ 5,sSss ssry ESciateE one school the pre-
sperm. hence sex is preforned. ir the sense that
i5s primoidia are separated ana come to lie in
c4aerel!t germ cells
ne opposite school. that Of epigeEess. assumes
tast al cess and every sperm carry tie potenran
Les q oo'h sexes: there are no male ana no fe-
male eggs 40 male 1enale sperm. in the sense
that each carries only set OF characters. Dut
sce oGbebarreiied ses-hybiid 1.i This ''-1 1eT
IsinIa,ns that the sex OF the embryo Is determined
OF sperm. which leads 10 the domination OF Of
feaesis As Understand it: predeernins iS per-
hsIs, oEt not lrefcrnation through the separation
We cAa imagine that sex determination may be
conGions thar are present IA The s1eT.1 or ia the
@ tss' or as a result Of The union Of egg and sperm
51Tns the balance one way or he other is
L now appears probable that the problem of sex
eeierI1l nation is 70 be sought IN the same mech
general Aendelisn otherwise. Etrassburger
Beteson and castle have pointed out the cose par
= NEe--5er,- - 80. --s' - IL.e ~ ~ CsAss, .5
gently accepted Interpretation OF Meu6elian
I've arg res Eel0TTaIio M f15e5 n A'eTa
Ss,.s. that may be shuftled, but seldom get mixed
y ~ each n9| ceal he characters are separated,
&c germ eel geiung one Character and another
in recent years We ind that one external factor
soove az Others has been supposed 70 have -. IN
r.shed Tie FIRST erroneous evidence in favo- OF
VII nlsles OF females of the butterfly T-anessa by
clusion was reached by Mrs Trear ana by Gentry
EellcEK ana Rel have shGsra that no esferts ot
tFis kind are produced by starving or bv feeding.
The human race and has reached lie conciusion IN
factor in sex deterrn;ratioa. HIS conclusion may
have given orrsGe5o-y results those of ;inSl P.het
=
VOWED that the slight difference on which Busing
based fis conclusion may be due 70 other condi-
q rsctor IN sex ete-natds . i ,s 9S'ioH s ss,S
ANpect 70 find 7 t1irk fa- ereater !ieuroreortfo-
az males females IN the Offspring Of the rich
further syssnes Is needed ! is furnished by the
s-s--st19, 80 - ses.ir en 3. erei's e. 'eo-Is 2 OF
re birfh rate of males II females
:iary women rad papers before the various sec
TiorA Miss Bertha NJ Clarke read a paper on The
Variation of the Heat OF Mixture with Conoen,ra-
tiqn and Temperature" and 3Iss Fanny 9 Gates
one The Conducrivity e TIE Air Caused by
Certain Compounds During the Temperature
Change" Others 20 rad rapers We're Miss Ella y.
Richards, Miss Alice 4. knox and Miss Gertrude
Be-li1Ehan.
~ the Hureurn q Natural History there was ex-
h,bted under the auspices OF The association last
night Indian pot. said 20 be the first ever d.s-
cu-e7ed OF Manhattan. The PCT is a brown clay
e,si-. ard found IN a street near Iuvood about
two months ago By u. I. CaIver. q scientific In
vsst!gator interested IN Indian relics The vessel
= about foot high. bugirg a. the centre. and IS
supposed 70 have been buried by tie Indians IN a
grave L IS termed e dead pot because 2 small
piece has been clipped OF the bottom show
KAT. Ike ths nan with whom r. was inferred. =
Vss ho-s dc combat. 4 Ike vessel found n upper
:ew York some time ago, is said 10 have sold
f0- $500.
Except sor the discussion on sex the interest cen
tired around ths department on economics, y here
Professor Irving Fisher OF Yale. hit straight the
head tle doctrine Of socialism advanced oy Henry
1s-reEs Cal tie day before. declaring il dangerous
sd advocating class control where government con-
t-oI q individual pursuits wss net possible. lie
Sad u par:
Jndou5te4!y tie DrtreiTz- Teas1a 70. the modern
Z be folnd IN tle Ero~tn o. ggEernrlentsi power
q genera s1d q qCE E-.1- confidence n Il. The
T5.e srora ths doctrine OF lass falTt s:l3 Xe
egs moving toward socialism dangerously fast. Yet
l-tfe are rs 4nTis1.e o1s-@-.ss 10 t4e success -
60 - fr-..eS 81, ! - j. s-,rss2s - .Ii- ~
cseS = -oci-t sT--Tr5rs To ~. sl51-s- e0etal-
c.1ss II s1u5ecs on No1l-Iaally t.ss slt5i.c3.1s
vo-l5 be b-nevo!elt sat-rraltsnl. b.t in political
lisJ-Ty T Is -s unive1sal eSperience HAT e party
'.E--s mere power. employs .Idefensite ana Or
-assive methods ard tries 20 establish Itses the
lie doctrine = laiss-z -a--@ j. that governmental
!-t7-lere--ce II ecenC-Ica matters - least Is
reosssarF a-d fa--nt y 9oeei.I4es y IS added IS
t-ciT-dga-s alone ~ frat t1-..-eEa.s should let
- hin==f- are te notices Of ttis type of iudi-
re reas7-lrg r. which these indiy.dua,stis
c.-t---es were sr9p0rrea rraE be briefly stated
- motive - - rest -eaeS hil - secure tie
s-ee r-.e-- - merely ti- SUN - irdiri51aIS the
'--- - eal VII SECURE thereby also tiie maximum
Tl -1e i.s1r q - .Aslrfero@ of -ne past afty
e-Tt = = sPi eii--1.- .- "-.ee.rl2 sac.- o.
rrls -i-t =arr .-al ~au D. trusted 70 pursue his
i-teEes-s and otfe-s ned restraint owing 70 LACK
:, .51rIe,s, iITs--..,-, e TIM
E-sc--catle o. irsdr,sahle. There VtIl sr be good
.f-e-.gl .se .-@.eyee of ore cizss ,lron sno,her
teace social sF7tAtions and the e,orts of one class
- -Vo classes. TIE educated aid the gnorant, ana