Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-14
EUGENICS BARS
PROGRESS, SAYS
PROF. miller
AS Useful to Humanity as
Birds Nest He Tells Eugen-
lists in Conference
IBy Latest MALL

t5N La FSl MAIL
BATTLE CREEK, Mich If tn
ize of the families OF col CO. grad,
aies should continue to decrease "a 1
has during the nineteenth century STUD
crts graduating in 1928 would have &c
children" said DR. J. MlNfen Catt",L
Professor CT Philosophy at COiunl1ia
| University, in an address tcfGr" ti:-
National Conference on Race Bette
lnNnt.
IF the birth rates in England, Ger,
Il any and France should rnntimu" II
decrease as they have since 1850. there
woud be no children born a hundl ~
Years hence"
nr. CatteII then mad" Hioa far I've
survival Of the rae" by HrginE ""n :
cDic selection Of healthy mothers. aru
a provision that the cost Of hearin-
and rearing children shall be equally
shared by all"
The comD'ctod family OF ccnttmnc-
vary scientific man is about Two. n"
@rrviving family about IS. Twenty
TWO pcr cent. Of the families arc thi)d-
less.
An extremely discordant note was
sounded to-day bv Prof. Herbert AdOI-
phus Miller of Olivet College. Midi.
"Eugenics Is about as useful as
Gecadent birds nest in solving TIL"
- obIcms that are confronting hunhni
~ nowadays" he said.
"Fugcnics. despite the cOckSurplCsS
Cf the eugenists, is likely to Gla!
progress fer twenty years.
Improve environment rather tan
selective mating along biological lh"S
was suggested as the best means TO
rice batterment.
DR.. G. b. Davenport. who replied to
Prof Miller. admitted that the god
old New England stock, such as BIS
tor proulv proclaims, is fast diving Nt.
In a few years" he said. "bhe
blood in the East will be as scarce IS
blue moons"
Concerning social Relationship,
Prof. Winfield Scott Hall Ct Mort
western University said:
Young peoDle should have it ver
clearly set forth that the only ahSolut
safety is not to hermit the bPginntnt.
IF familiarity. Letlthe young DeoDiii
10 taught that the embrace is society'd
sacred symbol of protection, and tina.
the kiss is society's sacred symbol OF
affection.
"A young woman who has come to
the ripe estate of twenty-ane or TWEEN
w. two and has learned all the lessons
about herself from a sympathetic.
clear visioned mother is in mental
attitude easily to be guided in her
choice of life partner. Similarly the
Young man will have been taught TO
recognize and demand a perfect WON
an for Wife
Prof. Roswell Hill Johnson Of the
University of Pittsburg said
"Eugenics does not eliminate 10
nance We eugenistS, believe romance
should be retained. In fact. we believe
il has been a powerful factor in the
building I'D Of the most valuable traits
in mans evolution"
SEGREGATION of the feeble minded u
restrict propagation Of their kind VAS
~ epd by Hastings II. Hart Of the RI :
cell SAGE Foundation.
hODDluS NrtiuIdu tSnu WI NJ VI w.
University Settlement Society. New
York. said:
The healthipst e prize winning
babies are Of less Immediate imn"I..
ance to the society Of tomorrow than
,ne babies who are unable through
Lack of health to win prizes. r." y"
h"aithipst are the ones in which We
,lnuId take most interest.
He ncaded a world, co0for"nc" q
iecuss the betterment Of MANKIND.
Six superb babies. the most nearly
,IerfeCt of a thousand examined by !
CCn"mittee from the National Confer
erce. were proDerlv adorned with
medals a{tcstinc their superiority d
cr,o Of the closing sessions to-dav. The
fathers Of the children are ahe,H' :'rS
rom alcohol and OulY two C'1t &c th'
SIX use tobacco IN any form, AMI these
-? only occasionally.
IN TIC physical and mental perfection:
tests ir the city srhoc1S wilc-nr'a al a.
lection has been voted. Out Of mo-"
nan 5000 examined only six Were
i0und perfect in mind and BE- ".