The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-16
- ROF, Nearing Says
Cupid is Bungler
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That the little blind Cupid is a sac
hunglcr, who has been filling the di.
vorce courts and cauSinh misery and
trouble since the WORLD began. is the
opinion of Professor Scott Nearing. OF
the Wharton school of the Universit,
of Pennsylvania. Now Professor
Nearing is going to correct all tina,
Via Tho Super Race. an American
Problem Nearing proposes to take
the little naked archer and spank him
into submission by means of such
heavy sounding methods as engenics
the science of race culture and the
science of holding institutions and cd
ucation. The professor also pushes
the imaginary nose of sentiment way
back into its face and insists that
tractive gown, is not tho proper way
TO produce a race of superior beings
In the book Professor Nearing re-
dlccs marriage 20 a science and wants
to know why society does not instruct
its youth so that they will marry the
right kind of women and have the
right kind of offspring. In one SET
tion of the work he ridicules the idea
whereby a man of mathematical tend
encieS marrieS a woman who does no
number among her ancestors or does
not herself possess at least a snatter.
ing OF tha same qualities.
He points out hat in the event OF
a marriage of this nature. the great
Gift which has been inherited by ths
father may fail to appear in his chill
dren. and the centuries Of civilization
which brought his mind to its high
plane may be utterly wasted.
The United States spends some
$4,000 00 600 each Year. the professor
| yltr;tcc tnopI,jn~ ch;1Jra, 70 rooI $~
sew and to draw. The Importance OF
these subjects is obvious, but from a
social standpoint they cannot com.
pare in significance with such train.
ing in the laws of biology and heredity
as will insure wise choice in marriage
Tho super race. according to Pro.
fessor Nearing. is nothing moro thar
a race representing. in the aggregate,
the qualities Of the super mantle
qualities which enable one possessing
them to live what Herbert Spencer
describes 81 LUMINOSITY AS a complete
life. The necessary qualifications are
described as physical normality. men
tai capacity, concentration. aggres-
s%iveness. sympathy and vision.
The characteristics of the super
man express themselves in his activ-
ity, and Professor Nearing explains
that physical normality provides en-
orgy, mental capacity. gives mental
grasp. responsiveness and concentra-
ton produce efficiency, sympathy
leads TO harmony with things and co.
operation with men and vision shows
itself in ideals. Such are the charac-
teristics, which combined in one in
dividlal. Professor Nearing believes
will produce the super men and wo-
mon. a great majority of whom shall
possess these qualities. will mean the
next great step in human achieve
mcnt
Professor Nearing declares that the
super man has lived tor ages. The
Greeks traced the descent of their
heroes and heroines-their super men
from the gods. IT was thus that
they explained exceptional ability.
Exceptional men live today. directing
the thoughts of their time. but to
form and amalganate all of the race
into a superior al super race is the
ideal toward which Professor Nearing
is pointing the way.
He describes three means which
may be put in force to produce such
a race. These means are eugenics-
the science of race culture; social ad.
JUSTIN ent-the science OF molding ill.,
situations. and education-the science
OF individual development.
Eusenics treats Of those forces
which, through the biologic processes
of hercdity. may he relied upon to
provide the inherited qualities of the
super race. The science of social adj
lustnlent treats Of those forces which.
through the modification Of social in
stitutions. may be relied upon to pro-
vide q congenial environment for the
super race. The science of education
aims TO assist the child in unfolding
and developing the heredity qualities
of the super man provided through
eusenic guarantees. Hence. the writ
or explains. %eugenices. social adjust
ment n education are sciences. the
mastery Of which is a prerequisite to
the development of the super race.
But what is love? walls the sent
in1entalist. In your scheme eueenics
outweighs Cupid"
Perhaps" the professor answers.
But what Of it? Cupid has proved
in the past q. sad bungler. whose mis-
takes and failures grfmace from ev.
cry page of our divorce court rec
ords. Far from %hindering his activi-
ties. however. eugenics will assist
Cupid by bringing together persons
truly congenial-hence capable Of an
enduring love"
The professor then explains that
too many men have married an Eas-
ter bonnet. or a cleverly tailored suit.
and that too many ONE have fallen
A prey to a tempting bank or
a pair OF glorious mustachios.
Blind Cupid limps but lamely over
the rugged paths of matrimonial
bliss" he writes. and the question
able success of his best efforts proves
his sure need of a guide.
Modern society is compared to a
garden in this book. The plants are
living. moving beings, with some free
dom to act on their own initiative.
Like the gardener in the story. they
must look e on"ironment as well as
10 arraI.t.l. The seed bad must be
rerefNlts PREPARED aud the volng
plants. - they apraar, must' be given
al rtc qttar+ior Which science Y72kcs
possible. Modern society. he explains,
is n garden Of which the products are
men and women. The sewing, weed
ing. cultivating-carried forward
through social NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
by its character whether the race
shall decay. as other races have done.
or progress toward the super man."
Two men can put In more time
agreeing on some things than the
agreement amounts to.