The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-18
THE SCIENCE OF EUCEMCS
A Lecture Before the Albuquerque Woman's G
BY DIR. EVELYN F. FRIsBIE

We ave been considering the
home that II already builued ~ RET
crencc Ia education and welfare, but
nothing In the realm OF science %
literature can - fundamentally make
for happiness and ideaiism In the
home AZ the careful, sensible conaid-
Grafton of the science of %eugenics.
The word cugenic means literally
Ihe mcience ot w%eil-borning. How
much that means 10 the conscientious
potential parent who ~ sufficiently
iar-secing 10 have at heart the inter
eat not only % his ~ child, but as
We'll that 81 the future human race.
II may appear az first hough aD-
surd To attempt to reduce to a sci
encc a subject we have always CON
Hidcrcd 80 essentially concerned IN
the emotions and We wonder no"
failing IN love" can give place to the
calm, deliberate selection Of the par
ent OF our children.
The reason why this subject, OF
such primary Importance in the ~
iiftinR OF the human race, has been
the last to be considered or studieu
AS "a science Ia because o. The exist
ence OF u mistaken sense OF modcsty
which forbade decent society from
recognizing the existence OF this high
est physical function OF mankind.
NeVer shall We improve our prog
n until We make 1t our business 10
do 50 and devote 20 10 the same care
ful study that tho h0fticulurist gives
TO the improvement of his plants ana
the stuckmnn 60 the highest breeding
OF his animals. Those very princi.
Piles will eliminate d~egenoracy ana
produce a race 81 una beings like
nto gods" compared Ia the present
one.
To bring this about we. too, as wen
as the plants and animals, must have
some sane national legislation. This
must coine very slowly. Two lines OF
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limitations Of marriage among Ger.
tain detectives. second, by actual
STERILIZATION Of certain limited classes
OF criminals.
Long before this can take place n
campaign of education Is needed such
a. the Galton league has been carry
inR on Tor the people who are sud.
denly awakening to the crying need OF
culture In the human race. These
societies take up q course OF easy
reading covering the fundamental
subjects concerning eugeniCs. covering
about u year. which give "a solid
foundation Tor action and leads 90 itf
sociological phase.
Let a. glance for q moment al
some % the fundamental laws of the
manifestation n pcrpctuation 81
life. !, Life ~ always manifested IN
some individual form of existence.
.. Each individual has, IN whole or
Ia purt 'tdepending upon its biological
class. the inherent ability under nor
mai conditions 10 pcrpetuate hfo hy
the continuation through r%cproduc-
ton Of that individuals own species.
3. The reproduction OF life is alwayr
an orderly process governed by def
inite biologic laws.
These laws are fundamental In cv-
erything that relates 10 race culture
and regeneration. They are also
merely adaptations OF the broader law
Of cause and effect which declares
that ikc causes produce like effects
under like circumstances This law
holds good In the production Of bad
results as well as good ones aud "
therefore behoVea mankind 10 So en-
large It's intelligence az TO compre'
hen les destiny and conform 10 those
which Increase its well being. In the
onunriation Of the second law you VII
note tina the word CONTINUITY" Is
used The fact that life Is actually
pprpetuatcd Gnstoud OF reproduced
aud passed on without break from one
generation tF another, h n Of the
most importa,d discoveries 81 modern
science.
To properly understand mi prin.
Ciple We must consider the scientific
fact that the human body D. made ur
or microscopic particles called cells
which consist OF two classes. !. The
great mass Of cells which make uf
the bulk 81 the body and are con
oernod Ia rs nutrition and the various
bodily functions pertaining 10 the IN
dividual are called hody-ceils 81
s~omatoplasm. 2. a small mass OF
cells whose sole function ls the trans
mission of life from one generation
20 the next are called germ-cells OF
gcrmpinsm.
Ia human beings his gcrmpiasn
exists In both the male aud the ie'
male. 4 gcrm-ccil derived from tbs
germplasm OF the female ana another
derived from the germplaHm OF th'
male must be ulk together TO ere
ate. not a new life, but a new bodl
In which ten original germplHEm de
rive from both parents continues 4,
exist as gcrmpiaam. Therefore, -
arrive at h scientific conclusion
from the physically demonstrate
fact that life, through the germ
plasm freightcd with all the attributes
of the race, IL continuous. Memory
has never hfidged the chasm between
the generations 80 that We have Z
period In life when there h no con
seious existence, bat these two bit
OF gcrmpiaam, male n female. whes
coalesccd, have the power of build
ing up around them "A body OF a new
individual which ultimately develop
~ effrihute Of consciousness ans
continues IL own Individual existence
This conception Of the continuity %
lle was discovered by Meisniann, wh'
formulated the law of the Continuit'
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fecundatiNe element derived from an
consisting OF the parental germ
plaam. male and female, unite viii
each other and pefpetuRte ihemHelNeI
ar Rermpiaain in the HeR individual
. Il thns occurs that the identiCa
germplasm OF each parent exists Il
omitted form, bat still as the sam.
Eermplnsm Ia the offspring 10y whom
Ia turn. T. h. elaborated withou
changing IL united but not blendcl
qualities, and h then transmitted Il
the same To- The next gcncr
alton, and 80 on through succecdin
generations.
The accelefating influence OF hu
man progress 81 this discovery o
Wcismann's, and the further work o
Haeckel. showing that the Rerm-ceI
IL The epitOme Of racial antecedenti
has been remarkable. II gives us
higher sense OF moral responsible
AZ custodiana OF the life which Il /
our duty 90 pass alonE, not only un
tarnishod. but improved.
AprOpos Of the possibilities througI
hefcdity In race culture | viii CIV