The sun., 1916-12-30
SCIENTISTS ATTACK
THEORIES ON WAR
iCOnflict Is Not Necessary to
the Virility Of Any
Nation.
MANY PROBLEMS IN L. s.
iQualitics Of Nations Duo Less
to Governments Than to
G~randmOthers.
MANY PROBLEMS IN L. s.

0iologists had a good deal to say yes
ttoedAy at the science congress concern
ling the war from their viewpoint and It
Twas decidedly interesting. biology n
National Existence was the topic which
Nhe Federation OF American Societies for
Experimental Biology discussed in the
Horace Mann School In the afternoon.
land out Of that symposium came many
ATTACKS upon theories that have been
accepted generally.
Prof. Jacaue Loeb. head OF the de-
t~pArtment OF experimental biology Of
IT, Rockefeller Institute. despatched the
t~oftrepeatei Germanic theory that war Is
Essential to the virllity OF nations. Prof.
Edwin G.. Conkiin Of Princeton Uni
sversity said the time had come when
Jour statesmen should he scientists. n
DR.. Stewart Patton OF Princeton also In
-sieted that the duty rested upon .Aneri-
LEADERS for the nation.
Prof. Deb attacked the "claims Of
war enthusiasts who insist that from "A
~ svan des,rab,a" tJn ssid ,ha, .vch
.r~,noa,,. uar. co,,n,,, a., h,oin., re-
fore the experimental method was re-
tGarded as necessary to test the validity
sof the assumptions.
"The statement that a nation BY not
going to war will lose it's inherited
while virtues" he asserted. lis not sup
PORTED by our present biological know
zenthus,asts u.k. us. "a ....n,,aiiv .n.
9tiouAted. Tho .s,rug~,a Tor oxistonco,
and he. survival Of ,he att..,' arc M
,1aVs Of nature I'm the aens. In witch
fthe term law Ia u.ed In exac, .c,erco -
Prof. Ioeb a~,,ribu,ed ,besc .rx,,n,.n,.
Ito 'racial biolorists., such M. To,.,on
CHAMBERLAIN. and after ouo,inv from
him said
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sne ~. M'snees hsre pa'eu ue way
OF statesmanship by a new one. accord
ing TO which craftsmanship consists IN
the Application OF the results OF The exact
sciences to the Improvement OF the lot
Of humanity. This Includes not only
the technical but also the theoretical
y HD0ultS OF science, since tnetp tneOrctltal
results will free the minds from all
those forms OF superstition and
Ism which are the cufure medium OF
mob emotionali%n. without which war Is
Impossible. IL We succeed IN suostitut-
Ing for the present a new type OF states-
men, who are familiar with and FOLLOW
the development OF the exact sciences
and who arc willing and capable OF ap-
plying the results OF exact science to
the intellectual, moral. physical ana
economical uplift OF me masses we shai'
: ~ least diminish the danger or war -,
Prof, Conklin. In his ADDRESS poin,ed
that tho average 3 OF me WE'VE
leading nations engaged IN tne EURO
pean war Is 10 years pareis tnir'y
years more mar the age or TINS nation
n he asked what assurance nave we
that our nation and our ci'liiza'Ioh
VIII not run IN a corresponding course
% the same end as the countries OF
greece Rome and Carthage
The War . Great Test.
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