Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-08
IS WRONG THEORY
Dr.. E. F. Bartholomew in So
GEOLOGY Lecture Says Compe-
tition is Law of Death
AND NOT OF LIFE
Aim Should Be to Make All Fit to Sur.
vive-Shows Bible to Be Text
Book on the Subject.

According to Dr. b. f. Bartholomew.
professor of philosophy and English
literature at Augustana college, COM
petition is the law of death and not
the law of life. In lecture con-
cluded before the sociology class yes
terday, DR.. Bartholomew held that th@
law of the survival of the fittest is
inhuman and must give way to the
law of humanity before the trouble
some social questions of the day Will
be solved. DR.. Bartholomew state
ments were entirely from the sociolog
ical viewpoint.
These questions will never be
solved" said Dr. Bartholomew, until
man is brought into the right relation
ship to man. Today we are almost n
the fatalistic grip of systems. The
man who brushes the lives of children
in the factories excuses his crime on
the basis that it is a part of the sys-
tenn. This is wrong. The individual
must be placed above the system. The
worth of nation is no more nor less
than the worth of the individuals COM
posing it,
SOciety's inject
Men are selfish and not by nature
righteous, and to harmonic these up.
righteous beings is the object of So
ciety. Man must be brought up to
the point where he loves not only Col
of all his heart, but he must also cher
ish true and abiding love for his fer
low man. SOciologists are more and
ZINC fn hn hot
the social question is dependent on the
moral question and that men must
first be taught to love each other.
The bible, therefore, makes very
good text book in sociology.
Bible as Text Book.
This, therefore, invites the scholar
to study the plan of God in His gov
eminent. The teachings of the New
Testament throughout deal with So
cial questions. The question, Am
my brothers keeper is always ap-
parent We are all members of Il
great family and as such we are
bound together by moral obligations.
The same principles that dominate
heaven must also dominate the social
kingdom on earth. The law of the
survival of the fittest must give way
to a new law Of fitting all to survive
There is no rest for man except in
fellowship. Modern life is contrary 10
the character and principles of human
nature. Humanity has been forced
into this deplorable condition of com
petition. Competition exists in every
thing in a struggle for supremacy, but
this competition leads to but one re.
suit, namely. death.
I'VE need no more laws to remedy
the social evils; We have too many
now. There is only one thing that
can save humanity and that is great
tide of spiritual vitality. There is no
need of knowing more of what should
be done so much as to have the cou"-
age to do right. 1t is useless to preach
the doctrine of wealth and poverty il
an age like this. Some men will be-
come rich in spite of everything, and
others will be poor in spite of every
thing.
Individuals, Not Masses.
''In dealing with sociological ques-
tions we must apply them to the IN
dividuals and not to the masses, for
individuality is the cornerstone of So
GEOLOGY The subordination of the in
dividual to society is false doctrine
Man is person, not a machine, and
as such he has a mind and will of his
own. Even as an agent of society he
is an individual personality and can
oppose the will of an association. AS
the atom retains it individuality in
the molecule, so man preserves his