The Detroit times., 1913-10-30
EUCENICS Will,
BE TAUGHT BY
CHURCH IN N. Y.
Mount Morris Baptist Will Gov
er Wide Range in Study of the
Science of Reproduction
WILL MAKE CLEAR ALL
PROBLEMS OF HEREDITY
Not One Satisfactory Marriage
Out of 100, Because of IgnOr.
ance, Says Teacher

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-The Mount
Morris Baptist church. at One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth-st, which
claims the title of Most progressive
church In America" will. next Sun
the history of American churches
the installation of a regular course in
eugenics for young men and women.
DR.. j. Herman Randall, ID. d.. pas
tor OF the church. who Is now preach.
ing a series Of sermons inspired by
Winston Churchill's novel, The in.
side of the cup is the prime mover.
although the course Is under the al
rect supervision of DR.. j. Gardner
Smith. Bible School superintendent
and director of lectures.
One class, for young men over IL,
will be In charge of DR.. Frederick
A. VOL, b. 8. A. NJ, Of the College
of the City Of New York The other.
for girls Of the same age, will be in
charge Of Miss Mona 8. Gould, b. s.,
OF the Women's Medical college.
A wide range of subjects will be
covered during the course. which will
extend over 40 weeks. Some of tho
Origin and growth Of CELL" animal
family" Human family Influence
of heredity and environment" Men,
delism OF the highest development OF
the Species "Celibacy." Social evil
Sex prophylaxis.' ''Venereal dis
eases" Training of child" Age OF
adolescence" Authority of state. :
Business of marriage" Rearing Of
family" Making Of home 'Respon-
sibility of church
How many mothers and fathers
know, themselves. why certain things
are as they are or why and how the
male differs from the female?'
DR.. Smith asked: How many par
ents train the child with development
of character strong bodies and broad
minds as the goal?
There Is not happy family IN
one hundred; one in every ten would
separate In two weeks II 1t could be
done honorably. and one in every ten
are actually seeking divorce In this
country. They are mismated. They
were not taught the fundamental laws
that govern humans.
Marriage to them was a romance
and the direct result OF passion. Tne
man misunderstands and does not
know the nature of the woman. ana
vice versa. Each misjudges the 9TH
er until open rupture occurs. Chill
dren are brought up In unhappy
homes--not because either parent is
bad. but because neither understands
eugenics or human mating.
I'm close contact with thousands
of boys I have never known one to
go wrong. simply because he knew,
but | have seen many grown men and
women bemoan the fact that they
were not Instructed In their youth
regarding the problems of sex. The
clergy and laity and the good men
of our churches have but meager
conception of the lives wrecked
through ignorance OF sex prophylaxis
IF the church assumes to control
marriage, II II forces people to live
together whose lives are thereby
blasted, II is the duty OF the church
to pilot the young through the most
dangerous channels. The essentials OF
honesty, sincerity and love are the
great principles Of Christianity, but
parents and the church have held
aloof from teaching children the I'M
portant elements OF their own ma
lures, how life came to be, and what
It is to each individual"