Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
Science. Religion, Ethics and Education.

| Ethics and Education.
 On NOV. z at Paris Henry Farman went Dumont one better by navigat- ing heavier than air flying machine so as to turn complete circle back to his starting place. Count Zeppelin in his great APO foot aluminium airship, capable of carrying ten passengers, late in October took party of friends on the record flight of hours and 20 minutes, moving in all directions at will and with an average speeds of thirty miles an hour. The American city of St. Louis was the scene of the second great international airship tour nament, OCT. 21 to 23, but it was the German balloon Pommern, navigated by Oscar Erbsloeh, which won the dis tance race with voyage to the brink of the Atlantic at Asbury Park, N. J., 873 miles. Lincoln Beachey of Omaha won the dirigible race by sailing two mile circuit in minutes and 30 sec onds. Wellman's airship was wrecked in September in trial flight on Danes island, and his polar journey was de ferred.
 In mechanics the new and compel ling wonder of the year was the ap- plication of the gyroscope principle by Louis Brennan in England to the op eration of a model monorail system of transportation. The British govern ment took it up after the public dem- onstration, MAY s, and many now look for an industrial revolution from the Idea.
 The bishop of London came to assist in laying the cornerstone of the great Episcopal cathedral at Washington SEPT. 20 and to attend the triennial convention at Richmond. This body took the progressive step of opening all its pulpits to ministers of other denominations. The march toward church unity continued.
 The Church of Rome took a decided stand against all the more radical tend encies of the time grouped under the term modernism" with express pro- hibition of all literature containing ideas contrary to the dogmas, for which purpose college of censors is to be established by the bishops. The collapse of the case of the ''next friends" charging Mrs. Eddy with mental incompetency, was hailed by the Christian Science church as a vim dlcation.
 The new note in the propaganda of organized charity is not new ways of allevlating distress, but to sup ply 'anticipatory justice" through CO., operation with the unfortunate ones and by seeking the causes of poverty and crime. This spirit found striking expression fn the creation of the $l0,- 100000 Sage foundation, the express purpose of which Mrs. Sage, the found- CT, said was to be "the improvement of social conditions"
 The cause of universal peace for which civic and church bodies through out the world worked with increasing fervor was advanced chiefly through the work of the second international conference at The Hague. lasting from JUNE 9 to OCT. IS. While the efforts to establish an international court of justice and an agreement for obliga- tory arbitration were unsuccessful in this conference, over which NJ. Neli- doff presided. the principle of obliga- tory arbitration was affirmed, and only a few of the smaller nations dissented from the permanent court on the ground of its proposed membership. By a large majority, including all the great powers, the principle of inyiola- bility of private property at sea. as proposed by the American delegation, headed by Choate and Porter, was es- tablished. Restrictions were placed upon the use of floating mines, the bombardment of undefended towns was forbidden and measures adopt ed for the protection of noncombat- ants, relief of wounded and against privateerIng. The Porter resolution forbidding collection of debts by force until after arbitration had been re- fused or an award set at naught was adopted unanimously.
 After having started the year with an additional gift of s3.OO0O00 to the University of Chicago. John D. Rocke- feIler. through the general education board, broke all records of educational endoEments by giving s32.0oo.Oo0 to be used chiefly for the benefit of the smaller colleges and first of all for the vomen's colleges The result of an- other great educational foundation was seen in the dedication of the Car nezie Technical schools at Pittsburg APRIL 12. upon which Messrs. Came gie and Rockefeller pstted each other on the back
 The campaign of the New York vOzen for ~eq1al pay for equal work was checked by Governor Huzhes' veto of the biII vhich had been passed over Mayer McCieIlzn's head ChIcsso decided to admit adults to the high schoo1sL New Yerx ruled