The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-02-17
PHASES OF THE PROBLEM.
Race Pride Without Arrogance Is Help
fuI, Says Horace J. RoIlin.

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Troy, DIN concluding philosophic
and critical discussion Of natures an
swer to mans race problem Mr.. Hor-
ace J. Rollin, humanitarian, author.
scholar and long time friend Of the col
0red race, says:
Obviously the general advancement
Of the Caucasian is not due to racial
integrity. but the contrary. The belief
that he is a composite has within the
past few years decidedly manifested
itself. Mr.. Burbank says in personal
letter that this is true of all the lead
ing types today. while Professor Franz
Boas holds. according to press reports,
that the so called white race embodies.
not only the ancient Mongol. but the
primitive Negroid. Several able an
thropologists at the recent first univer-
sal races congress. London, expressed
radical, sweeping conclusions, which
ten years ago would have been de-
nounced as dangerously wrong. Con-
cerning the universally Of capacity
under reasonable conditions the writer
perceived and taught it a score OF
years ago.
In all this-and it is only those OF
psychic paucity who have to be re-
minded-there is nothing which is d.
rectly humbling. The kind Of pride of
race which includes no arrogance or
injustice is still humanity useful as
the truth of compensatory blending is
humanity encouraging. That family is
foolish as well as wicked which know
ingly obstructs the developments of
another family Of any type. Alliance
by consanguinity Is impending.
With the recognition Of universal re-
Quirement the sense of honor (waiving
the present local and temporary NOR
bidity already mentioned becomes
more and more normally acute, and so
this phase of the conduct of life is
bound to be extended beyond the limit
of existing association. for in truth 1t
is an important feature Of the present
universal peace movement.
Apropos Of natures varied centripe-
tai and centrifugal action, Of helpful
alternating divergence and conver-
gence, it is an interesting speculative
question whether or not after the pres
ent general movement Is approximate
ly completed extensive divergence will
again take place. Cosmopolitan condi-
lions and the assistance Of science In
both expediting and holding the desir-
able seem to forbid this, yet we may
imagine it brought about by series
Of so called accidents involving eXten-
sive retrogression or failure in secur-
ing the passing good, which may have
to be offered again.
The whole subject Is not only in
teresting and important, but tran
scendent and infinite. What bound
less field for investigators Of various
talent! Here are countless values
ready to be indicated. Normal fe-
cundity, enlarging individuality. ris-
ing ideality-in brief, all the aspects
and interests Of ascending humanity
are facing this heaven touched hori-
zon.
For the nonacademic or independent
seeker there is unoccupied room up
stairs. University scholarship is ex-
pected to produce reasonable quota
Of textbooks and also bureaus Of eth
nology (by recording the overflow Of
their favorite subject, so to say. The
Carnegie Institute of Research should
illuminate many an obscure part Of the
way. Let us be ready when nature
invites us for a rare journey.
A quotation from the writer's book
Just mentioned affords the conclusion:
"Man has been helped forward-al-
ways and in most If not all places
by a movement in general nature
which is more radical and more uni
versally promising than any which
springs from the political, social or re-
ligious systems Of the world. These
are not necessarily regulative. Some
times they have to be modified or even
overthrown because Of their crudity
and injustice. but the natural. spon-
taneous movement referred to is per-
petual and regulative. 1t Is always and
everywhere encouraging and even
pushing the growth of reason"