New Ulm review., 1913-02-12
@Evolution" Is
Merely Growth
Eminent Biologist Explains
It's Workings as q Force
For Uplift.
Large Audience Listens to
Able Talk by Prof. Siger.
foos of u. of NJ.

foos of u. of NJ.
Monday nights audience at the
0erwsn M. E Church reminded one
of ihe early days in the history OF the
many small cities and villages of this
country when one meeting -hOu.e
sulloed for al instead Of there being
. separate place OF worship for every
handful or two of citizens, % 10 the
case In most communities st the
present day. The crowd that gathered
10 listen TO Prof SigeIfO0s' lecture
ON "Evolution" was composed Of
meabers from every protestant de-
no0iostion In the city and . go0d'y
nuaber from the ranks OF those VIII
sre uot sdi;isted with any church
org eaoizstion. 1t WAS . representative
audience, business men, educators and
lsbOrers oil being Interested ~ know
how tbe speaker on church platform
.vesld handle topic that for years
has been looked upon % destructive
Of the Church's bsliefs. .
Prof. Sigerfoos 10 not sn orator
add bis talk lacked the finish OF
polished wording and the sparkle OF
vit bst the common.pls vehicle OF .
so0evhst hesitsting speech carried
bic message just - surely rs tho more
smoothly howtng words Of ready
talher and there we're no flights Hf
eloquence to detrsct from the real
substance Of his talk. II wss lecture
that appealed strongly to thinkers and
students, one inclined to make people
thlok along steadily advancing lines.
The more of such work the churches
can Introduce the greater will be their
uplifting Influence. There Is no nerd
to fesr any dest, uctive effect becsuse
- DR.. Strickler, 10 Introducing the
speaker, truly said :.'Trulh Of one
sort 10 never aDts sgOnistic TO another
truth" Whatever 10 true will stand
every test and it should be the aim Of
every person to find the truth, thru
soieuce 40 we'll ~ thru religion. Dr..
Srickler assured Prof. Sigerfoos thss
10 might feel - free to speak plainly
froo the platform - be would In bis
owo class room.
Prof Sigerfoos began bis talk by
showing that Evolution In not merely
10 theory that mao descended from
% 90 many people imsRine
f TO be. he showed that growth Of
aay and every sort 10 evolution. BE
traced the success In building the |
Pssaos Canal back thru the stages Of
~ study Of disease. The reason the
Canal has been 90 long delayed vas
eeosase the ievers and malaria |
prevalent 10 that Iono prevented tho
v0rk being done. He showed bow .
Doctor student discovered the mslaris
germs in tho human blood, how he
lellowed up the discovery with tho
Investiestion which led to the
koowledge that the mosquito wss the
means of introducing this germ into
~ human body. ae showed how the
of the mosquito cleared
10 Canal Zone OF malaria and per-
nltted the construction of tho canal
% be pushed forward. Such growth
. . process of evolution. he told
10 story of the great French doctor,
2asteur, and how he evolved tho
lisesss germ theory AMI applied the
hoory in the treatment Of disease,
sossbly in bis caro- Of patients suffer.
ng from hydrophobis. He showed
low modern sscepltc surgery Sas been
'volved from the Pssteur investiga.
ions. /
Prot. Sigerfoos treated briefly the
Iebular Theory Of the evolution OF
10 various bodies In the solar y stem
eom tho rsriHed, cloud-like substance
Aat once filed all space, thus showing
hat evolution began 90 many millions
4 years ago that the human MUD
auuot conceive of tho beginninRs of
htags. The main portion Of his talk
eslt with the evolution of animal life
ron the simplest forms of germ life
hss exist 10 myrisds 10 every inch OF
Md and water. He showed that the ,
egioning of every form of life is =
1entical with the beginning of every G
ther existing form known and showed :
bat the higher forms, such as the
Orse and man had their beginnings
I . tiny germ cell just as does even 8
10 lowliest creature, the only r,
iffsrence being that the higher forms g