Evening star., 1911-01-28
FOR A HIGHER RACE
Carnegie Asked to Give $1O,-
100000 for "Man Building"
PROF. McKEEvER'S PLAN
Urges Greater Supervision of Mar
riages and Better Care in
Bringing Up Children.
'ROF. McKEEvER'S PLAN

NEW YORK. January os-William A.
Mckeever, professor in the Kansas State
Agricultural College. in an address at the
child welfare exhibit in the Seventy-first
Regiment Armory, stirred his hearers by
telling them Andrew Carnegie ought to
give another S1O.O0OO9O to be used in
eliminating delinquency by means Of sci
entifc breeding of human beings. The
listeners had heard of such thing be-
fore, but they did not expect to hear the
theory advocated in such direct way.
Prof. McKeever said he admits the iron
masters recent peace foundation is his
tory-making gift, but said the result of
this other movement would reach even
farther.
What we most need to do is to stop
this mad craze for making money and to
go more directly into the business Of
making men, he said. 4 fund OF 5000,
GCD year would set some OF the master
minds of the world at work on the prob
lem of man building.
Cause of Peace Promoted.
This would not be all. he pointed out.
Scientific development Of the young dur
ing the next half century ought to result
in the development of good race qualities.
a wealth of character and a high type OF
spirituality. With these things accom-
plished no ''greed-inspired foes would
think of leveInS their guns at us. and
thus the cause of peace would be pro-
noted
The greatest opportunity of all human
history" said Mckeever. "is before us.
namely, that of turning human thought
and interest away from man-kiling ma
teriaiism and toward the great work of
reconstructing our race life into those
high SpiritGaliZed forces of behavior of
which pra ctically all our children are at
birth potentially capable. Half century
of such scientific child training as the
interest of our war expense would MAKE
possible would decrease the inhabitants
of our prisons and asylumS 30 per cent.
According to the uniform judgments of
expert CT imnologiSts 1900 of the 5000
estimated inmates of your prisons should
today be free and Independent citizens.
except for the faults committed in their
training"
1t was pointed out to the men in the
audience that every time one of them
eats slice of bread he smokes four
pipes of tobacco or ten cigarettes The
men were plainly puzzled, so Prof. Nc
keever went on to say:
Figures based on the report of the in.
tetnal revenue collector show that your
New Yorker takes two drinks of whisky
each day as stimulant for his waning
enereies and every time he provides a
meal for his wife and children he treats
himself to three glass of beer, reserving
still another glass with which to put him
self into happy frame of mind in the
morning.
Liquor and Tobacco Tax.
'As often as YOU tax yourselves 81 to
keep Your boy in the pubic schools. you
go down into Your pocket and fish out
IS for the saloonkeeper and ST for the
tobacco dealer
The expressions pm the mems faces
changed from indignation 10 comprehen-
sion as 1aey realized it was of the aver
themselves or their next-door neighbors
:acu was quite sure he personally did
not spend lis money in trat way.
Some green, gawky boy of sixteen
years, who is afraid of the cars and the
girls. and who has never had a suit Of
clothes that fit him. is to be preferred to
Il smart city boy, who thinks he knows
it all in the opinion of the professor.
In rearing n better crop of boys and girls
he thinks it will be necessary TO Apply
the methods now used in the industries.
| Data, sifted and tabulated. ought to be
made available to all parents. This led
| him to advocate the regulation of mar
riage
| In my opinion we will never achieve
| anything noteworthy ~ means of divorce
| laws Safeguard theE marriage tie with
| instructions as to the fundamentals. and
1 then require the candidates to pass rea
/ soma BILE examination, and YOU nave nads
| d great beginning in the production OF q
] better crop The greatest concern OF tn.
! men and women of Kansas Centers or
the splendid young crop OF Doys ano
| girls.