Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
EVOLUTION OF
THE FAMILY
Dr.. McKenny Gives Interesting
Lecture at County Teach
ers' Institute.
ATTENDANCE IS LARGER
AT Noon Was 1865, and
Prospects Are That New Mark
Will he Set for Week.


attendance at the annual teachers in
stitute being held this week at the
high school has continued TO swell and
his afternoon il had reached total
uf 3G6. This mark will be raised con
sderably in the closing days of the
institute and il will undoubtedly go
down on record as being one of the
largest attended and most beneficial
Institutes ever held here The purpose
of the institute is not so much C
educate. as to broaden the minds of
those who are III attendance and foe
this reason. the principal speakers are
combining themselves TO abstract sub
jects of broadening nature, rather
than specific details along educational
lines.
Evolution of Family.
President Charles McKenny of the
Milwaukee normal school addressed
the meeting this morning on the evo-
luton OF the family. The speaker
aimed to show how the existence If
families" was brought about by the
prolonged infancy of the human race
For instance, the young of most ami
mails and birds come into the world
prepared to take care of themselves
and after their birth there is no need
for their parents to remain together
and provide for them. The infancy or
period of helplessness of the human
race. on the other hand extends for
a number of years and this requires
the existence of a home or place
where the young man can be provided
for and made ready to take care Of
themselves. This home idea did no..
work out all at once. however, and
the speaker traced its development
from the time primitive man went ont
and captured his bride from among
/ his friends or neighbors, until mar
riage became as it is today. matter
of mutual consent and willingness.
With the formation of a home, CAME
| the frs elements of home training
or education and schools came into
| existence The home and the school,
then grew up side by side. until they
|
OF almost perfection.
America Right on Religion.
Yesterday afternoon President Nc
Kenny lectured at length on the evo-
Tuition of religion and education Is they
are related to each other. He said that
religion reaches its highest point UNI
der conditions of perfect liberation
and that America presents the fines;
example of a country where religion
| is absolutely a matter of choice with
Itne aeople. He told of some countries
where the state is under control o!
religion and of others where religion
| is controlled by the state, ana
| showed how neither conditions ap
preached that of perfect tolerance
when it comes 10 reaching the highest
point of civilization. President Me
Kenny accounted for the religious free
dom and tolerance which exists In TINS
country by stating that it was due Il
the mixing up of the different sects "
the war with the French and Indians
At that time the country was settle'
with different religious sects in diner
en- spots and there seemed no cause
nor no chance for them getting 10
gethet in a state of tolerance. IN,
lcommon danger brought to the settlers
in the French and Indian war caused
them to take up arms together and dc
fend each other from the common en-
lemy-the murderous redmen. The dit
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together, ate together, talked 10
gether. played together and learned
THAT man was a man regardless o
whether he was n Protestant, Cain
,olic Quaker, or any one OF lh'
dozens of different Sects which exist
cd at the time. The result was tina
when the constitution of the - UniteI
States was framed the first amendmen
II TO If was to the effect that congress
is 10 make no, laws TO hinder freedoa
of religion. On the other hand, tn
state protects it in everyway, but doe
not bow TO it. This makes what tn
speaker termed perfect religious toler
ance and brings about the highes
state of civilization.
On Political Parties.
This afternoon the speaker deal
with the origin and development of pc
litical parties, and tomorrow mornin:
he will continue on the same subject
Miss Lucy A. Sloan of the Mt. Pleas
ant normal school of Milwaukee cor
tinues to interest and instruct her lis
n tenerS.
III Those in Attendance.
When the registering closed thi
Afternoon the total number of teacher
present had reached the sec MARI
The register shows the followin
names:
III Rock Island-Winifred Huntoor
I Clara Redicker, Augusta Dart, Netti
Dodge, Ellen S. Freed, Mabel Levey
! Minnie Frederick, Viola Harrison
Anna Bromley, Clarissa Freeman, |
C. Dougherty, Marion Blandint
Amanda Henderson, Clara M. Graz
| din. Eta Wakefield, Elsie b. JohI