The chronicle=news., 1913-12-29
CIVILIZATION \
:. LEyltS HEAVY 7
TOLL On u
RACE


| Battle Creek. ANeh.. Dec ...-cN,
iiifAiioa i-vies tremendou. tsx up,
on III" race For nj. advantage
modern man Is paying II heavy toll.
lie Is iosin; his teeth; his eye slshi Il
dim: his senses of hearing and smell
are enfeebied, lie L. fiat footed. re-
stiirisd in chest ana menaesd by d
thousand unnatural conditions. ".
Is pr~yei upon hy the disease. of
eiii, ,i1aiion-insani,y. RSiEhtr dis
ease. cancer. heart detection. His
life expectancy j. decreasing. his
crime record Is astounding
To classify these meaaeIns .onai-
iion. snd To prosid Ways for the
rare to Withstand them is the bread
purpose Of the National Conference
on Race n@stesmca,. which viii hold
It's fin, m-eiiax In Rattle Creek.
January >-i:. 1914. ~ The head ot
this conf-s~ae- /. Dr. Stephen smith.
vlss-i'ss sid~n, of the New York sias-
Hoard of Charities. a man hal. and
active nj the age Of nin-ty-isS, As.
So. lated with him in the work III the
coafcreae~ arc br. Chas. ". Eliot.
i's~sid~ns Em~rtsn. of Harvard tni.
srssiiy: Prof. irvins Fisher. Of Vale
trisr,si',': DE, 4. u. Davenport. hi.
scrior of the Carnegie station ns ~
perins~nsai Evolution. Cold spf!ns
tiari.or. y, v: Rev. Newell Ds ixhi
tiiiis. Pastor t'iya,oaih Church.
ntankiya. Df. J. ". kei!ass. at the
iia'''- Creek ssniInrinm: Judge iirn
u. i.iads-y. af beaver. and tao hun
ds-si .si-s'i.i.. rubii-tsis. aisines
saa cshrs i~aainz thinker. of tho
aat
In his haste in b.som~ .isiiisrs..
declare. ur,nhcs .t the Conference.
man has a~xi~stSsi tn provide COM
E.ra.asioas for The departure. fs"m
nnsmai saaaisioa. q! life which civil.
isa;isn n.s"~eafiiy irtoisst. We need
M, r.Surn In snsaf-ry In he healthy.
hu, ~ must .eo tha, th~ an &c
breathe I. a. ri~sn - that which the
sasss- b.~auhe.. that the feed u~ cat
10 a. whn,~sow~ ant purv ~ tho vat.
~ 80 ds.ak. We muss xiv~ oar r,ale
stiu. mote contact With snn and air.
and ma.i keep the inside at "rr hod.
les a. clean as the ou,.i'ir. We n,nss
cultivate clean htapi. Instead of hin.
bleed Sss-i~sy must establish is~.
aaa ssa-sinn. which ~ii! cheek .hf
operation of hrsedisy in tho mo.sirii.
cation as the unfit. E,.s~ai.s ars
cush~uit. ,iu.t brror.c dominant
matters of study aad concern. W.
must cultivate health Instead of die.
casr. a. s- have hcrn doinx fos 500"
year. or tuos-. and must raiis isr -.
.iai !osrc- .f tho world lo labor cat.
nc.iiy far race regeneration. Thus
oaiy may ~~ hope To s,ay the tide "s
acsrn~sacy which l. rolling In ui-on
us AMI avert ihr rare -xS:nstian
sairh !. staring ia In the face
Eaz-ni.,. aud hyscn!st. will ncsz.
incori~. AMI efforts during tho Con-
ference :" evolve a pi.a for the
common good of tho rarr,
Home of tao speaker. aud 'a-i,
subject. arr Mrs. Ella fiaE< Young.
chicago. "Nn Expcrimcn, In the u.
Of Schools Hon. Jacob ltii.. New
York. The Had isoy': Rc,. Newell
Dwight Itilli-. i'ronklyn. Factory
Degeneration: sir Horace PUNK.
cit. bublin. ireland. Function of the
indi,iinai. city. state nnd Nation in
iirinlins Ni,oni Race IscttcImcn,'' /:
pr. Victor e. Vaughn. Ann Arhor.
Michigan. The I'm pprianc" of fT--
qucni and Thorough Medical Exam.
inaticn of tn" WE'LL Dr. !. II. kci-
,baa. hattie Creek. "A New Race /.
Judge BCn u. Lindsey. Denver. "Thc
Delinquent Child" Dr. Ernest HoaE.
Leland stanford University. HcrkIrs.
California. school Hygiene.