The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05

growihg better and that rapidly.
Lnere Is no stay in the softening of
hearts, the spread of the fellow feel
ing. II nevertheless. we are shocked
ny the exposure of Wrongdoing, if
wherever the probe is thrust a bad
smell follows its withdrawal, If we
see solid and fleckless regulations
meItng away like snow in June sun
snlne: II Is not because men have
oeterforated but because new tempta-
tons beset them. 1t is because
through nobody's fault but owing to
the closer Interviewing of mems reIa-
tions, new opportunities of wrong
ooing keep presenting themselves.
WI TN the rarity. or at least re-
moteness, of warfare. the vanishing of
personal encounter, the passing away
OF judicial torture. branding, stocks,
plllory, whipping-post, the renouncing
OF hogging and kee1-haulding. the
panlsh1ng of public executions, the
abandonment of cock fighting, the
restraining of brutal teamsters, the
substituting of electricity for the horse.
the removal of the diseased, MANNED
and deformed from the streets to the
public hospitals, humanization has
been taking place rapidly
suppose, however. with all this
come new chances for crooked adj
vantage, a growth of new and vital
interests which we cannot place under
lock and key. men today can prey on
one in ways devious. impersonal,
odorless. - Now with the
opening of novel opportunities you
might get an alarming increase in
wrong doing, sense of fellowmen
who prey without ceasing. in spite of
the general refining of sensibilities
now going on. However,
using the old responsibilities as an
unvarying knavometer. men are grow
ing better
Here Prof. Ross went on in detail to
give both the ancient and modern tVDGS
of sin, explaining them in detail and
contrasting them fully, showing the
new opportunities that are offered for
wrong doing as civilization advances
and as conditions change. He took as
the most primitive type Of sin, the in
vasive, where an unoffending person IL
moleSted, asSafled and made the OBJ
ject of aggression. AS other types, he
took the betrayal of personal conf
dence, the oppression of the weak in
dlvidual. and the play upon the igno-
| rance. superstition and credulity of
others. Coming to the more distinct
modern types of sin. he gave as ex-
| amples the abuse Of the commercial
and professional relations, the abuse Of
the f1duciary relation, and the tempting.
seducing or running of the people in
these relations.
Here he showed how at the present
time there is a broader field for doing
good and that while many evils exist
the tendency on the whole is for the
good.
Governors Belated Welcome Address.
At this juncture Governor Stubs.
who was unable to attend the first ses-
, sion Of the meeting, gave a short adj
| dress of welcome. 1t was at the close
Of the evening and after the cries of
"Stubbs, Stubbs," had been shouted
out by the audience. &
IT am very glad to welcome you to
our city," said the chief executive of
Kansas. II understand that Kansas
teachers do more work for less money
than any body of teachers in the United
States. You are doing good work. If I
had my way I would raise the wages
of all the teachers of the state. I be-
lieve that one of the cornerstones in
our republic is our public school sys-
tenn. There is no place where a woman
can do more good, except by raising a
family of young ones of her own, than
in teaching the young ones of our peo-
pie"
During the afternoon Yesterday round
tables and department sessions were
held in various places. At the session
of the manual arts department Assist
ant State Superintendent C. c. Starr
read a paper on THE New Course of
study IN Industrial Training" He en-
phasized especially the teaching of ag-
ricuiture in the country districts.
At the high school Scott Hopkins.
president of the Commercial club, gave
q n aOOreSS OH IHc oulput from d ouo-
mess Mans Point of View" dealing
with the subject in comprehensive
manner.
The rest rooms which have been pro-
yided in the manual training building
have been much appreciated by the Wis
itors and yesterday afternoon were ex-
tremely popular.
The Closing Sessions.
The program this afternoon consisted
of department sessions at the Auditor
ium and high school building and round
table meetings in other places. The
Program for this evening is as follows:
Lecture, President w. O. Thompson,
Ohio State university.
Lecture, 1.-The Whole Boy in a Whole
School" Henry Turner Bailey, Massa-
chusetts.
The session commences at 7:45.
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