Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-08
EDUCATOR URGES
INTERMARRIAGE
OF CLASSES
Heredity Powerful Factor to
Be Considered; World Cen
sus to Determine Status is
Unsound Idea.

Los Angeles, calf. Jan. s.--"Clas-
slry N, whole wsrlo ny great in
ternational census. then give Us all
numbers showing our mental aptitude
and genetsr efficiency, thus to improve
the human race? The idea Is me-
chanical ana unsOund."
This Is what Prof Burt o. Kinney.
principal OF the Avenue Twenty one
school Of Los Angeles. and formerly
an Instructor Ia economies. thinks OF
the remarkable world classification
plan outlined q few days ago by W
/ W Hayes, assistant secretary Of ag-
rlCuiture.
III il by mingling the CLASSES and
/ establishing bureaus Co make investi-
/ cations along The line OF Inherited
/ weakness that the human race can
/ be bettcrod." says Prof Kinney.
/ These Investigations will show what
I y wrong and thon we can mako more
/ stringent laws against marrying. So
/ cicty viii take care OF this without
| going To the extreme OF tabulating
and compiling statistics.
"The method as proposed by Mr..
/ Hayes to classify all human beings,
both as to mental aptitude ana genotic
/ efficiency is slightly unsound as the
/ figures which would be- obtained by
/ different experts would be so different
as 20 mean practically nothing
survival of tittcst.
THE oft-rcpeatod statement that
modern science and charity work
against the survival Of tho nttost by
/ Keeping alive many persons who In
/ hcrit Weaknesses such as feeble
mindednoss or insanity. is true. but
there Is a better way 10 remedy this
than by paying attention 90 the gen
/ eral efficiency Of the people IN figures
secured by n lot Of experts. The
bureau plen OF investigation Is this
remedy.
Let laws be passed requiring every
1 pt rsou who wishes TO be married TO
be examined for those things which
UNIT some from producing good cit
liens
In dealing with children ! have
| found out tFat heredty plays an i'm
pOrtant part In their lives. few
weeks ago there was n little girl Ia
my school whom ] would trust with
anything She was a beautiful and
| l0vahle child. one day she was
caught stealing and she confessed.
called her mother and found that the
chiid's father had been IN jail, while
the two brothers of the mother had
been IN the ponitentary.
Could Not Rcsi-t II.
''rhe girl told me that she didn't
mean 20 steal. but at times she got
10 the point where she could not re-
| slst the temptation.
~ know Of number OF other ex-
ampies that / might cite bus the fore
/ going illustrates my point. This.
method 90 taking census would divide
! the people into classes and also would
! be undesirable for tho reason I have
stated. Il Is by mingling the classes
and allowing them 10 associate so
that good laws 10 improve conditions
may be passed that a fine race will
be produced.
"An people should mingle together
for the best results. Besides the real
advantage OF mans ability cannot
be determined by any figures that
would be- worth anything
"standardizing men also Is imprac-
tlcabie. Two experts disagree on
standards. For example: Railroad In
spactors figure the cost of running the
various departments. Their stand
ards are cash different and they can
not agree as TO the cost OF operation.
Task impossible.
III railroad experts cannot agree
on the cost OF operation. how can ex-
pcrts agree on Standardization OF the
human race?
Likewise thsre can hardly ever be
any financial standard % the classes.
But we are approaching that point
where we are getting a standard Of
education Gradually each year a
mar must have a certain amount of
education TO got along In this world.
In the old days an person had 10
know was reading. writing and arlth-
! motlc. Later there came five grades
Of school and these were crowded,
! SIN later there came the eighth
grade. Then high schools were built
hy the state and education through
the high schools became free. Vow
we have colleges built all over the
country and they also are free