The Washington herald., 1907-12-29
STRIDES OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Conquest of the Air About Achieved Dying YeaT-PrOgFeS
Made in Other Fields of Human Endeapor.

stand not only against sOcialistic theories,
but against all the more radical tenden-
cies Of the time, grouped under the term
modernism" In July the Pope issued
his syllabus defining sixty-five articles of
heresy, and on September 10 published
the encyclical against modernism" with
express prohibition of all the books.
pamphlets, and newspapers containing
ideas contrary 10 the dogmas. for which
purpose a college OF censors is to be
established by the bishops. To the charge
that this makes the church an enemy
Of science and progress, the Pope and
hierarchy say they will reply by actions
showing that they welcome ali true sci
ence The Pope decided to recognize civil
marriages.
Christian Science was a storm center.
It's founder and head. Mrs. Eddy. was at
tackled in n series OF magazine articles
aiming 10 show that she had claimed the
thought of others as her own. while at
the same time the legal proceedings were
in progress in the name of her son and
others, the next friends" alleging that
she was mentally incompetent to manage
her estate and that designing men. Of
ficials OF the church, had her in their
power
The Presbyterian General Assembly in
dorsed the Anti-Saloon League and voted
against the marrying Of divorced per-
sons.
Remedies for Social Unrest.
Along with the increasing evidences of
what the sociologists call social unrest. "
a distrustful inquiring mood. growing
out Of the numerous exposures Of graft
and extortion for several years back. this
year has witnessed many earnest efforts
to remedy existing evils. The new note
in the propaganda Of organized charity.
as voiced by Editor Devine. of Charities.
is not to. seek new ways Of alleviating
distress, but 10 supply anticipatory jus-
tice through cooperation with the unfor-
tunate ones. and by seeking the causes
Of poverty and crime This spirit found
striking expression in the creation Of the
Sl0,G0OO0O Sage foundation. the express
purpose of which Mrs. Sage, the founder.
said was to be the Improvement Of So
cial conditions
The withdrawal Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Phelps-StOkes from settlement work to
devote themselves TO Socialism was one
Of the notable protests against the old
forms of charity, and the house parties
Of Andrew Carnegie at New York and of
Mrs. Potter Palmer at Chicago were de-
signed TO aid Industrial peace, by yrbring-
ing labor leaders and business men into
social intercourse.
Tennessee passed. radical child labor
law. and Governor Patterson called a
conference of Southern State officials TO
agree on a higher standard for the South.
Child labor laws were improved in sew
eral Northern and Western States. no.
tably New York.
Although the note struck by Attorney
General Bonaparte in August before the
prison congress at Chicago was the ex-
treme of capital punishment for the
habitual criminal, all Of the forces and
agencies Of law enforcement were direct
ed towards preventing the development
of criminals by looking more closely after
the environment of youth. by increasing
the number Of childrens courts, and by
seeking to reform the older criminal
through the indeterminate sentence, edu-
cation and parole system.
The effort of the Helicon Hall colony.
started last year by Upton Sinclair at
Englewood. n. j., to solve comparatively
the problems Of child-training and do
mestic service, came to an untimely end
with the destruction of Helicon Hall by
fire.
Statistics of divorce are not vet avail
able, but all reports indicate that there
is at least no decrease in the rate of
DEGREES granted.