The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14
EtEENlGS RACE SALVATION
RaBBI WISE ON THE RIGHT OF
CHILDREN TO RE WELL BORN.
vells Congregation That n Means Race
Culture and Not Race Suicide woalfi
Restore the Dignity of Motherhood -
New Education ami >tatesmanship

Restore the Dignity os Motherhood
New Education ami >tatesmanship
Eugsnics ia a word better known per-
hapo in Great Britain. whore Sir Francis
Cation, the distin g,iishrd relativ" Of
Darwin. continues IN his old age "a preach
the doctrine that h. founded, than It il
in this country But eugerics, call II a
Theory, doctrine or religion, has one on
thusiasric drvotee on this side " the water
In Rabbi stephen = Wise. who spoke y"
his congregation Of the Free Synagogu"
ON the subject of race Cultur" at Carnegie
Hall yesterday morning.
-EuSenlcs aims To- emphasize parental
responsibility and - bring about tn"
ouickenlug and Eildanc" II not control
Of such sens" ~ responsibility hv ~"
state h" todd his audi"nC" TIN" sci
enca of rugCuID- has suffered hrCaris.
Of th, confusion Il 'h,' term. rae" suCId"
and race culture. Bstween RAJ" cultur"
and race suiCld. there IL u difference be-
tween o race earnestly bent upon bet
tering and perpet uatIng itself and race
not only too incident TO concern itself
with remote poeterity but even too basely
self indulgent TO be ready to bear the
burden Of parenthood
"Eugenics demands the birth OF children
we'll born. normally born; that il born
60 herediry and environment that are
likely TO promise q normal and whole
some life. Nothing Ia a. important and
Inclusive a. the right 81 the child To bs
we'll born: nothing can wholly repair
the wrong done - child thar = III horn
mo question can hs more truly religious
than the question which rightly answered
means the bringing 10 pass VI IN" birth
Of a generation that shall We better fitted
to live and thar shall not only find lfs
worth living hut Ne enahlad 10 liv"
worthilv For centuries tho Second
Commandment has been viewed a. -yinp-
tomato Of the viudiC'iveness Of the God
of Israel and now W. find that II isnothlng
more than the utteranCs W scientific
truth The sins OF the fathers are visited
upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation.
1T IL eugenic$ thar would avert race
suicide. that would max. it impossible
by virtue of its concern with tho problem
that the largest number Of III" right kind
OF children be born and not any nnmb"r Of
any kind Of children II - an attemp,
TO festors the dignity al motherhood
We must 20 back ~ 'h-' apOr heD-IS Of
motherhood Of every mother who shares
In the divinely ordered prpC"@-.'- which
give life TO man and mar 10 M"
1T NAV prove TO be the function Of
eugenics % Temouli oar "duCartpnal ideals
but as HaveoCk Ellis has said n matters
comparatively lItts what sort Of ''dura-
ton we give our children. rh.. PRIMARY
matter Is what sort of children Vs. have. To
educate We have no greater need than
to rscogniz. that education must include
preparation for IN" supreme du'v of
paren'hood Eugene science insists
upon a thorough education for pur youth
touching sex yclene aud ~eN phy-Iologv
and II we can g"' lady teachers Tor this
we will get women teachers Women -hal
vet be a. deeply concerned IN their iutur..
husbands moral standards A. tn, fathers
In the financial standing their
sons-iu-law.
o new craftsmanship that shall h"lp Va to
a true conception Of national wealth and
national illth. that shall move IL 70 under
stand that the nation i rIch"-' hat CON .
tains the largest number II w.ll born b
haalthful Cont.ut.'d upright citizens
II may vet teach England 10 understand
that the chief thing L. NOT To reduce. the
number Of Germans bat 20 --. 10 u that
more Englishm-n ar" born "f the righ,
kind.
Rabbi Wise Went on 20 show how Tins ,
theory Of living would completely "lIml- .
nate child labor trt would force. m.
state 70 regul1'" for - own advarrag"
the work Of women Ne pru;h..s"d rhar
some day ~. Stat" womb H.. WIS., enough
10 pension u-.-,iv rup''I"r who gives lIin .
to another and who can alrn" loo. tho .
rnainralner If that ~" / r.ans ION not [,
through M" hu' gt"lIa'" FIR maintenance.
during rhe crGcla! years Il dependent
childhood
The result ~ III" eugene practice
woulS hn' cpncr.i"G Dr Mis-. tho
rsemphasIs Of Parental r"-gOrs, Eiifry.
the r"af'irina'."n 81 N" .Ig - + tu.. child