Evening star., 1914-01-26
WHAT EUGENISTS SEEK
BY HERBERT COREY.
No. 6.

No. 6.
i1d w,ueleisN- si,,,s af ~ -
-'ii.icG ,,h,a ,f.ta., liu III. wu.ly ,'
4, + not t. ne abolished leat,- i IL ..
nam the furce il ,an.. IS. ,,.i bi,,nl t'
AMI i mental Examination are 10 iiroc'il.
,o>e IT,. Whole lh,-ory - the nrw
c,.c vas stated Is tho historic -ra,is-
!, dame in nor talk t" i remautic graz
| son
/ i viii marry OIL, Tor love said taal
: young hero Never for mon.,
Grandma patted his heal
| 4 wouldn't have you do 9th. rU ~, "
said she. rBut before yoa fan ii love
| take a good look around
/ Although no formal conclusions we're
! reached al the Battle Creek confe.enc.
/ the general opinion seemed to T. I 3f
/ time is not Yet rire-that il max n.Nct Z.
! ripe-for that Statutorr reform ut hr.'lH
i nature the enthusiasts propose. In iifs
long run. whatever improvements cons.
/ 10 the race viii b. rs 4 result of an
! lightened public opinion Therefor ~.
/ cuceniSts will aSitate To the cnd that -.
/ young man with a streak of bad blood a.a
! the Young woman with an Hnduly l'eu
! dulous under lip shall not be accepted ~
good matrimonial parties. though para
money bags fairly sag To use IT
! IauSh!in's coidly correct phrasinS.
'Nhen research has determined th,,
manner Of the Inheritance "f traits
that upon examination Of ones p,dier'.,.
something concerning his hereditary po-
/ tentialities can be determined, social Gus
tom will make such hereditary potential
/ ties marriage assets valued with, ii not
above, money position and charming r..
| Soua] qualities.
All admitted that the scientific euScllisiS
| are but the scorekeepers of the great
/ game that humanity is playing. Tsey
may b. able TO predict with accuracy tn"
| traits to he possessed bY ti.. oiIslr.u.. -
| Mary Smith and Tommy Jones but IN
| our present incomplete social orsanKa
ton they cannot drive Mary and Tom
| under the matrimonial YOKE. ;" thai
| after all the regeneration I'll mankind i,
| TO be accomplished il is accompliSn
| ed-by commonplace means. And til.-
| commonplace men and women VII" ar
! housecleanng towns and states VIII ae
| the agents Of accgnplis hment
| Let us make todays children health
| ier and stronger and more Intelligent. 30
| viii their children be better than the.r
| parents.
/ That sums UP the program of III,
| Genists, who deal in hearts rather than In
| figures. They would teach their children
| just what good mothers have alwaf
| taught their children. except that. -
| haps. they would teach ii a little b"tt i.
| They would do away with sex conscous-
| ness in the young by encouraging them
| to minGle in social NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| and school and municipal dances We're
! SlSeeSteu-dflO 9buiu tedcn tiititf ~
| school TO think rather than make. ti"f"
poor little heads the aching felositpri,.s
| of many-cornered and useless facts. to
| nice little boy is to be taught that sen
sible little girl with a sound little bra!n
| and BODY is to be preferred as a VIII. -
the pretty little girl whose grandfaih,e
| Is never let out Of the padded cell CSC. i,l
| when the hired man comes to feed uua
But SO far as having a Dc finite program
they haven't any.
| Unless persistent optimism is a definite
program. Unless it is a deiinitc program
10 say ttlat-in face Of the cloudy ,"iif
| sells of scientists who hold ". are al
| going to pendition tos.ther-the D,"ld
/ isn't as bad as if was when they burned
| martyrs for street lights, and tA,i Il =
| getting better fast I'ness il is :. ,lyiinit..
| program to say that if Were All 4 r.
I, tie better. the next generation will he
| better still. And that this is a cons. =
| tive kindly. fat-headed old world, any
| how. and isn't to be crowded out ,,f is
| own gait.