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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

first general plan to be workeA
out in America for the study of
the strongest, best and most able
types-that is, the normal type,
The intent is to first interest
the parent and there is no doubt
this can be done. If a parent has
an exceptionally bright and tall
ented child he is pleased to hsvs
the fact recognized by others.
If the child is defective you
may have a hard task in getting
the cooperation of the parent
In studying biological or genetis
conditions
But the experience SO far, In
New Orleans, shows that parents
are cooperating with the teach
ers. And you must have the
hearty cooperation of the par
ents in the matter of school
teaching and school tests II you
would succeed.
the Ideal.
The problem in teaching schod
is to control the parent
There are tactful social work
ers delegated TO get information
from the parents as to the con
ditions under which the child has
been reared. The whole purpose
Is TO study the apparently excep-
tlonal child and find out why he
is strong and well and happy.
and cheerful and helpful, and
progressive-a joy to his teacher
and a joy to his parents.
So It win be seen that the In
tent of this most excellent plan
is to fix the attention of teach
ers, school directors and parents
on the exceptional, and to AL
their minds with the IDEAL II
possible, to the END that these
conditions that environed the ex-
ceptional child may be repeated
Such information massed ove7
a period of years would do fos
the world what Darwin's Orb
gin of Species" did for science.
Darwin simply collected q vas
amount of information in refer
ence to animals and plants, WITH
a multitude Of significant facts
There Is no doubt At an
that if we had, say, just ons
book containing brief and aceus
rate data in reference 20 100 en-
ceptioual school children Y
would be studied with great rs.
terest by parents, teachers ana
pupils themselves.
Holding the ideal before ets
public instead Of the abnormal 10
certainly a thing much to be de-
sired,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
A SHATTERED IDOL
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

Tn his arms he carried muscles
Larger than od-fashioned bustles,
And his neck like column made OF steel,
Not field he couldn't dash through,
Not line he couldn't smash through,
He such awe-inspiring mass of veal
This tremendous football hero
Held all rival teams TO zero,
So his comrades worshiped madly at his shrine
Now that they had broken training
And as long IL raining,
They were sitting at McSherrys buying wine.
Suddenly there q shakeup;
Percy said: Let's smash the place upI
Follow me, boys, and Wen do II never teari-
Then the boys. all neatly battered.
olowed UP their idol shattered
As ne 1t upon the track on his ear.
When you gentle waiter
Bringing you a cold pertater,
Pause and think Of all the fights that he has A.
Danish every thought OF lighting
Or you'll find yourself alightnEi
On the car track where the football nero lii
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

much more attention than talent,
save in the case of the martyrs.
And 1t Is worth noting that the
eminently dull and the sublimely
stupid have always been immune
from persecution.
And so our friends in New Or
leans have worked out a detailed
plan by which the teacher, par
ent, physician, sociologist, econo-
mist, psychologist operate to-
gether in examining the pupil.
This 10 all to be done as much as
possible without calling the at
tention Of the child to the opera
ton.
In addition to this, instruction
is TO be given in the normal
schools concerning how to make
similar data in their own expert
ences.
All of this plan has the hearty
assistance of the professors in the
State University.
So far as know, this is the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
A Big Part OF the Worlds Work
By REV. c. F. AKED, D. D.

Y N tie October issue OF that very
fine review, THE Worlds
Work" there is an article en- IL.
titled The Business of Christian
izing the World" The article is
In itself remarkable; but the real
ly striking thing is that 1t APP
pears, not in a missionary maya
zine, but In THE Worlds Work"
One needs a minute or two In which
to take in some of the implica-
tons Of this fact. But there is
no escaping the conclusion. The
business OF Outstanding the ma
lions Of the earth is now a part
Of the worlds work! 1t is not a
fad. 1t IS not an amiable weak
ness on the part of gushing sim
pletons, It is not diversion for
tho Idle leisure of maiden ladies
of a certain age with more money
than sense 1t is not even a le-
gitimate outlet for Christian en-
thusiasm too exalted for this
workaday life Of ours In the
Judgment of sober magazine edi-
tors and publishers who are not
IN the editing and publishing
business for their health" mis-
sionary enterprise is a substan-
tial part OF the worlds work
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
Stars and Stripes

Favorite sport just now appears
TO be building cup defenders.
What does Colonel Goethals
know about the Panama Canal?
All he did was dig II.
Foreign nations have been tip
ped off to keep their fingers out
of the Mexican chile-con- carne.
American girl marries duke
despite opposition of Kaiser. II
an American girl wants a duke
she'll get him.
Two girls are walking 100 miles
to win $500 from their father,
who says modern girls are molly
coddles. Lucky for the father he
only bet 5000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

Again, Huxley says thai. eer%xAs
parts Of the brain, which are "a
garded as peculiarly human, "ara
among the most distinctly ssrniaa
("apelile") pecultarities whssh
the human organism exhfbttsA"
But there is a second kind os
evidence which, to the sctsuttrss
mind. Is still more conclusive
This ts based upon the study Of
embryology (the science Of The
development Of an organtm from
its rudiments). One Of the most
wonderful facts brought out bv
such study is that the embryo Of
an animal ag 1t develops frnua
the earliest germ Of living SUB.
stance, runs through a rapld
course of evolution before birth.
during which It exhibits psSu.
liarities that characterized It's Eo-
mote ancestors In their adu7a
forms. Thus the brief history Of
the development of an individual
Is a sort Of summary of the long
history of the development OF the
race to which 1t belongs.
Common Ancestor.
When this principle ts aprSae6
to the study of the human SIM
bryo, it is found that a most
astonishing story is revealed,
connecting man with the anttro-
poid ape For illustrations Of th4x
read the third chapter of Match-
nikofFs book on The Natune Of
Man"
More recently another fine Of
evidence has been discovered
which shows an actual blood re-
lationship' between men ana
apes. This depends upon the TACT
that a serum prepared from the
blood Of any animal shows par
ocular reactions only when min
gled with the blood Of animals of
a closely related species. A sa-
rum OF human blood when mixed
with the blood OF other animals
shows no reaction Of this kind.
except whom the blood lie that Of
a gorilla, chimpanzee or orana-
outang, or a particular species Of
monkey. Then the teIltale rsao-
ton is perfectly produced.
I have only space for a mer.
reference to the most marvellous
feature Of the evolution of man
after his development from thu
mysterious common anc. stor"-
the growth of his mental powers
1t Is this practically infinite su-
perlority Of man to all other ami
mails which forms the stumbling
block that prevents MANY per-
sons, even now, from fully accent
inc the teachings Of evolution as
applied to man, But that very
power of mind which he possesses
has enabled him to discover his
relationship to the lower animals,
and, in the end, It will probably
reveal to him the complete story
OF his own development.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
Holding the Ideal, Not the Abnormal

r AM in receipt OF letter from
the president of an ad club
wherein he requests a state
ment from me. He explains that
he has sent similar request to
upward of a hundred different
writer's. So here is the request:
Please name three prominent
false standards in business that
exist to-day, and how to remedy
them"
Here is purely a negative prop
osition.
Forget the Evil.
The gentleman isn't interested
so much in beauty, excellence,
order, harmony, progress, success
as he is in false standards Not
only will he not be satisfied with
one false standard, but he asks
for three.
hope he does not consult me
as an expert.
My correspondent has simply
forgotten that we live in an age
that is essentially affirmative.
There is no use dwelling on the
evil. Forget the evil Let it be
swallowed up in the good.
Detectives looking for evil are
IN danger in time of taking on the
character Of criminals,
There was a time, perhaps,
when false standards were COM
mon, but they were not univer-
sal, otherwise business could not
have been carried on at all.
In medicine. however, you Will
find that the study Of the abnor-
NAL prevails. Pick up any medi-
cal journal-of which there are
about forty published in Amer
ica-and you win find that the
diseased, the abnormal, the mon
strous, the peculiar. the unusual,
the toxic afford a theme for both
writers and artists.
In school teaching We have had
studies Of the abnormal. The de-
fectives have been given great
space, and specialists assigned to
look after their needs.
A New Orleans Plan.
But one of the distinctive signs
of the times is a bulletin sent out
from the United States Bureau
of Education, giving memoranda
of a plan that is being tried in
the public schools OF New Orleans
to give information in references
to the pupils who are exceptional.
And this word exceptional"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

analysed for us the emotions of
a native who sees for the first
time an automobile somewhere on
the road beyond the Simia Hills.
DR.. Patton. just back from India,
writes enthusiastically of tho
utilization of the automobile
"the epitome of modern civiliza.-
ton" He pictures for us DR..
Kate Scudder, out in Southern
India: "A finer sight can hardly
be imagined than DR.. Scudder re-
turning from one of her medical
trips, her touring car, fitted up
as dispensary, loaded down
with the garlands of grateful pa
tents she has ministered to along
the road.
They Preferred Death.
They meet her at designated
RS4ASS' Go CT a DAAuSb, Ut unueT q
large tree; and it is an unusual
day when she has not treated one
hundred such cases and brought
back several patients to her ex-
cellent hospital at Vellore." And.
to go back to the writer in Ire
Worlds Work: TN 1900 there
was tragic testimony to the sue
cess OF foreign missionary work
in China, for during the Boxer
outrages more than thirty thou
sand Christian converts chose to
be killed rather than deny their
faith"
San Francisco, or the religious
part of it, is to take a hand in
this business of Christianizing
the world in 1915. 1t is probable
that great building, approved
by the exposition management,
will be erected on the fair
grounds by the Christian orga-
nizations OF the country. Here
will be arranged exhibits, showing
in massive proportions and SPLEEN
did detail the progress of this
great business"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

That being the case, the remains
of animals, and especially of ami
mails like men and apes, would
not be preserved so perfectly as
were those of earlier creatures,
which, living in or on the shores
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

manded that Lord Tennyson give
him the address, for he was quite
certain that the medical mission
airy would soon go creeping after
1t! He was right!
It is inposslble to give the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

OF shallow seas, were buried in
deposits Of mud and fine sand
that subsequently. while the wa
tiers Withdrew, or the land was
elevated, were transformed into
layers of rock. 1t is for this rea-
son that the remains of many OF
the very earliest inhabitants Of
the globe. creatures Of compare
lively simple organization, are
among the most abundant and
of the best preserved, while those
of the later land animals are
comparatively rare and imperfect,
because they have been more eX-
posed to destructive influences.
What Huxley Says.
But, while the direct proof Just
mentioned may never be obtained,
there is proof of another order,
even more conclusive. This is of
two kinds: First, the structural
resemblances between men and
anthropoid apes are so numerous
and striking that there seems to
be no other reasonable explana-
ton of them than community Of
origin. l have not space to go
into details, but Huxley has
summed up the case in a single
sentence: For the skull no less
than for the skeleton in general
the proposition holds good that
the differences between man and
the gorilla are OF smaller value
than those between the gorilla
and some other apes"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
By EBERT HUBBARD

applies to those who are excep-
tionally talented; not those who
are exceptionally dull. We live
in a world round like an orange
and slightly flattened at the poles.
Stupidity has always received
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
Times Have Changed.

L INES lldNt IhdAEth cAllOC laAN
best that Charles Dickens could
do to help on the business Of
Outstanding the world" was to
represent Mrs Jellyby, who car
ried the world in her eye" as in
tent upon supplying flannel petit
coats to the Hottentots and moral
pocket handkerchiefs to the ma
tive populace of Borrioboola Cha!
one wonders what Dickens
would have said Of a "busipess'
whose success enables this
Worlds Work" writer to report
that II was a missionary who first
explored Africa and gave the first
impetus toward the development
& and enlightenment OF that great
dark continent. A missionary
made the first complete ascent OF
Mount Mckinley An American
missionary manufactured the first
get OF movable types for the Chi
nese. thereby making possible the
development Of the Chinese news
paper. The jinrilIisha comes from
the inventive genius OF another.
More than twenty-five years ago
the American Board Of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions was
able to MI large book OF 500
pages with a record Of the con-
tributions OF missionaries TO sci
ence.
When TennySon published his
''Locksley Hall Sixty Years After
p literal-miuded person fastened
upon ono descriptive line. There
the smoldering fire OF fever creeps
across the rotted hooE." and de
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03
The Evolution OF Man
Science Believes That He and the Anthropoid
Apes Had Common Ancestor.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

am taking the liberty of ask
ing you if you will kindly write
something about Evolution. l
would like to know what proofs or
grounds there are for the belief
in Evolution of Man. G. II.
TN answering this question can
for lack of space, go no fur
Their back than the fork in
the road where the earliest repre-
Eentattves of the human family
are believed to have parted COM
pany from the earliest represen-
tatives of the family of the an
thropoid (manlike) apes-such as
the gorilla, the chipanzee and
the gibbon-
Up to that point there had been,
in the world, neither apes nor
men, but there had been NAM
NAL ,(animal that suckles its
o. young). which was to become the
comm IN ancestor OF both of them.
y That animal has now disappeared.
It constitutes the famous miss
ing link" Search has, from time
to time, been made for possible
remains of it, but without any
certain success. The nearest ap-
proach to the missing link" thus
far, is furnished by the creature
called pithecanthropus erectus
upright ape man). some remains
Of which were found in Java in
1894.
Earliest Man-Antmal.
This animal was more manlika
than apelike, but II possessed suf-
ficient resemblance to both types
to lead some men of science to
regard it as a specimen Of man
as he was before he had pro-
crossed very far from the point
where he and his ape relatives
struck out into their diverging
roads of evolution. Haeckel has
given to the earliest animal,
after his separation from the
original common trunk, the name
alalus (speechless). because he
thinks that the first man did not
possess a true language,
Now, as to the proof of these
statements about tho evolution
airy origin of man. The ABSO-
Lutte PROOF which would be
furnished by the discovery of I'M
doubted remains of the missing
link" together with remains OF
intermediate types leading toward
the apes in one direction and man
in the other, may never be OBJ
tanned, and that for the following
reason:
The separation OF the human
from the ape type occurred rela-
lively late in the geological his
tory of the earth. 1t is generally
believed to have happened in the
later Tertiary ages, perhaps only
a few hundred thousand years
ago, after the surface of the earth
had assumed very much the char
acter which It possesses to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-03

number OF hospitals at present
maintained by the business OF
Christianizing the world" The
Worlds Work" writer says, safe
ly, more than a thousand" And
there are thousands Of physicians
and surgeons. men and women.
engaged in this part of the 'Tbusi-
ness" DR.. Sun Vat Sen received
his first training in missionary
hospital And he is only one OF
many now prominent in their own
countries whose education was
begun under similar conditions.
Thousands at Work.
William Carey first in the his
tory Of Professionalism. went out
to India to begin his work. AT
that time there were about two
hundred millions of Christians in
the world. There are five hun
dred millions now. At the end of
the eighteenth century the popu-
lation OF the world was about
one thousand millions, II is now
supposed to amount to fifteen
hundred millions. That is to say,
that while the population Of tho
world has increased by so per
cent, the Christian population
has increased by $50 per cent.
This Is what is meant by the
business of Outstanding the
world"
The genius Of KiplinE has
Webster City freeman., 1913-11-18
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: AS a
matter OF fact, Senator Cummins
ought not to be either beneficiary
or a victim of his political action a
year ago. The thing that should
count in his case is his record as
representative of Iowa in the senate.
Has his service been satisfactory?
Has he fairly represented and served
the state? Is he a clean man NOR
ally? Is his integrity unquestioned
Has he the ability to fill with credit
the office to which he aspires? Is
the man who opposes Cummins a
better man? Will he more fittingly
represent the state at Washington
These are the questions that ought
to settle the attitude for or against
Cummins in the mind of the individ-
ual voter The question of who Cum
Minis voted for for president last
year ought not to have even the re-
motest influence in the decision of
the voter who casts ballot for SEN
ator next November.
There is merit in independence of par
There is merit in dependence of par
ty creed. This merit is dependent
upon the reason and the motives
governing the individual. Tammany
is the official democratic party in
New York. Is it reasonable, just or
discreet, politically or otherwise, to
make loyalty to Tammany the test of
democracy in that state? Should
Woodrow Wilson link his fortunes
with Tammany or was he justified in
lending aid and encouragement to
the fusionists and at the same time
maintaining his standing in the dem
Ocratic party? Unquestioned party
loyalty under all circumstances leads
to all sorts of corruption and ma
chine rule Reasonable independence
keeps party close to the people and
close to clean record. Was 1t rea-
sonable independence for republicans
to refuse TO vote for Taft last year?
The ayes in Iowa outnumber the nays
by 42,014. Are the regulars reason
able in applying the principles of
party loyalty to the election last
year? The future of the republican
party rests upon the reasonableness
or lack OF it with which the men on
Webster City freeman., 1913-11-18

stand as an example of shiftless
legislation. 1t was passed by the
house apparently with no thought of
it's trouble making posi- bilities. The
senate saw the war of retaliation it
might provoke and dropped it out of
the tariff bill. The house conferees
obstinately insisted on its reinser-
ton. 1t was put back with a saving
clause providing nothing in the bill
should be constructed to abrogate or
impair any treaty. When it was
found that some countries could not
claim equal treatment by special
treaty it was announced the ad-
ministration would request congress
to repeal the section. Then Chair
man Underwood came to the front
with declaration that he would op-
pose repeal. Then came the suspen-
sion by order of the treasury depart
ment and finally what amounts to
repeal of the provision by a ruling
of the attorney general. Certainly
the incident offers a good example
of how laws should not be passed
and repealed.
Webster City freeman., 1913-11-18
not seek revenge in defeat nor be ov-
er exultant in victory.
Education by Stealth.

Des Moines Capital: The presence
Of four thousand teachers in Des
Moines reminds us that we are prog
ressing in an educational way. Boys
and girls are actually learning to
read without knowing the alphabet.
This leads us to wonder whether we
will ever be able to add without
knowing the figures. Every effort is
being made to instill knowledge into
the mind Of the first grader without
using the old-fashioned method of
pounding, grinding and pummelling.
Much of the education of the child is
now by stealth. The youngster learns
great deal i'm the songs which he
may suppose are for his amusement.
Songs tell about birds, the seasons,
the crops, the home and health. BY
the medium of song the child learns
1t Is Jack Frost who makes the
pumpkins golden and ripens the
nuts. That two and two are four is
learned in some simple game. The
new system is to so interest the child
that he finds school days a pleasure
instead of drudge. Now the chill
dren rush home to tell of the happy
events Of the school day. The mod
ern teacher gets closer to the heart
Of the child. The new theory is that
the child will readily absorb knowl-
edge If placed in the proper atmos-
phere. The teacher becomes a guide
to the palpitating energy of the
modern child in the school room. The
old days of driving the children from
first grade into high school are over.
A good education is required of the
modern teacher. but it can not long
er be confined to book-learning. The
teacher must understand the heart of
the child.
Webster City freeman., 1913-11-18
SHIFTLESS LAWMAKING.

Sioux City Journal: The per
cent discount in tariff duties on
goods imported in American vessels
appears to have reached the scrap
heap by a curious short cut. When
the tariff bill took effect, and foreign
protests against the per cent diff
ferential began to pour in, enforce
ment of the discount was suspended
by order of Secretary McAdoo, of the
treasury department. An opinion
has now been rendered by Attorney
General McReynolds declaring the
per cent clause imperative. The
customs officials accordingly will act
as If the clause had never been in
corporated in the tariff law. II an
importer wants to claim the exemp-
ton he can take his case into the
customs court, with slight probabil-
ity of reversing the ruling by the de-
partment of justice.
The administration, no doubt, will
be immensely relieved to avoid the
necessity for enforcing the lladvised
exemption. To have attempted its
enforcement would have invited
trouble with practically all the
important commercial nations with
which we do business. Most of
these had by treaty protected their
shipping against such discrimination,
and others claimed the right to equal
treatment under favored nations
treaties. The only way for the
United States TO enforce the propos-
ed favoritism TO American shippers
would be to negotiate new treaties
with the twenty-three or more
nations with which we have agreed
against such discrimination.
The 5 per cent differential will