Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
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MATING SCHOOL
| TOENDD|vORCE
Course Will Cover Wide Range in
Eugenics to Point Road to
Happiness.
HEREDlTY Is MADE CLEAR
Ignorance Makes SO Out of 100
Marriages Failures, Declares
New York Churchman.
4EREDlTY IS MADE CLEAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The Mount
Morris Baptist Church, at One Hun
bred and Twenty sixth street, which
claim. the title Of Most Progressive
Church in America" has taken the
most advanced step in the history of
American churches-the installatio
Of regular course in eugenics for
Young men and women.
Dr. J. Herman Randall, D. D., pas
tor Of the church, who is now preach
ing series of sermons inspired by
Winston Churchills novel, "The In
side of the Cup" is the prime mover,
although the course is under the Ill
rect supervision of DR.. J. Gardner
Smith, Bible school superintendent
and director of lectures.
One class, for young men over IS,
will be in charge Of DR.. Frederick A.
Woll B. S. A. M, of the College Of
the City of New York. ,rhe other.
for girls of the same age, will be in
charge of Miss Mona S. Gould, B. S.,
of the Women's Medical College.
Course to Last Forty Weeks.
A wide range of subjects will he
covered during the course, which will
extend over forty weeks Some Of
the topics are: Meaning of Eu-
genics," Origin and Growth of Cell"
Animal Family" Human Family
Influence of Heredity and Environ
nent." "Mendelism, of the Highest
Development of the Species" Cell
bacy," Social Evil" Training Of
hid" Age of Adolescence" eau
hority of State" Business Of Mar
rage" Rearing of Family" Making
If Home" Responsibility of Church"
Or. Smith asked: How many pa
ents train the child with develop
ment of character, strong bodies and
broad minds as the goal?
How many mothers and fathers
know themselves, why certain things
are as they are, or why and how the
male differs from the female?"
There is not a happy family in
one hundred; one in every ten would
separate in two weeks IL it could be
done honorably, and one in every ten
are actually seeking divorce in this
country. They are mismated They
we're IOl Taught tie IuAuellilCiltdi
avs that govern humans.
Marriage to them was a romance
and the direct result of passion. The
man misunderstands and does not
know the nature of the woman, and
vice versa. Each misjudges the other
until open rupture occurs. Children
are brought up In unhappy homes
not because either parent is bad, but
because neither understands eugenics
or human mating.
Points Out Chureh's Duty.
I'm close contact with thousands Of
boys / 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 a meager
conception of the lives wrecked
through ignorance Of sex prophylaxis.
IF the church assumes to control
marriage, If it forces people to live
together whose lives are thereby
blasted, it is the duty Of the church
10 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"