The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-14

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Lyman Abbott.
The same year, q quarter OF Gen.
fury back, 1892, was marked by tn,
founding Of Chicago University ant
the coming OF two famous German
professors, Won Holtz TO Chicago
and Munsterberg TO Harvard.
And now OF the worlds changes
In medicine we have discovered
vaccination against typhoid fever
and thru the control Of germs ant
the means OF transmission have
gained Rreat control over yellow
fever and other diseases and made
surgery more safe and efficient. II
hygiene and preventative medicine
we have learned much.
In education we have learned o.
look upon the true test as the actuaI
performance Of the pupil after he
leaves school. This includes not alone
his getting q living but also his at
titude toward family, neighborhooC
and nation, and his possession Of
the tastes, aptitudes for growth and
apprehension Of eternal values
which has been meant by the best
people when they speak OF religion
This has always been the ideal OF
education entertained by inspired
men like Luther and Horace Mann
but IL has now been adopted by the
educational authorizes generally and
is controlling in a larger degree the
arrangement Of courses, the editing
OF text books and the training OF
teachers-the ideal OF an education
which shall show its value by the
conduct OF those who have been
educated. There has also been a re-
arrangement as well as a develop
ment Of the subject matter OF in
struction so that sociology stands
as a new department Of learning
and psychology has a modern mean
ing.
In reform these twenty-five years
have seen a great diminution OF the
cruel and heartless treatment OF
Negroes, some decrease in the cor
rupt use Of public Office and public
money for selfish and personal ends,
and a great advance in public re-
gard for all mankind. There is a
reaching out TO make laborers, Grip
pies, remote jewellers and all per-
sons in any way disadvantaged or in
need Of special adaptation sharers in
the stores Of civilization. Most i'm
pressive Of all is the advance Of law
toward suppressing vice OF every
kind, as gambling, and particularly
drunkness and the commercial estab-
lishments that promote il. These gains
are somewhat Offset by the gener-
al prevalence Of luxury and its &C
companying weakness and degener-
acy Of body and character, and the
astonishing efforts to have women
assume the duties OF men, thus d.
minishing the natural charms OF
sex and the reasons for chivalry
and tending TO make the individual
instead OF the family the unit in the
state.
In what may be called world poll
tics there have been great changes
The British and German Empires
have been organized in wonderful
ways, though the British nation,
like our own. has been weakened
by luxury and feminism. Spain and
Turkey have receded in power while
Russia and China and still more
Japan have advanced. The Panama
Canal has added to the neighborli-
ness OF nations. The United States,
for good or i'll, has entered the arena
Of world politics. In nearly all
lands there seems TO be q growing
sense of brotherhood and desire for
social justice, and an extension OF
governmental interests in indus
tries, commerce and the real wei :
fare Of the people.
In religion there has been SEEM
ing gain in recognizing the fact that
Gods revelation in the Bible is q
progressive one. We have always
known that the New Testament was
in some ways more important than
the Old, but in the last twenty-five
years we have come TO see Christ's
own teaching as the thing by which
TO measure all other truth. We
value the question Of the lawyer
who asked Christ what is the
first and great commandments" This
emphasizing Of the central doc
trines of Christianity which include
the social as well as the personal
responsibilities OF man has natural
ly made Christians OF different
churches less hostile. But these
gains are partly Offset by the decline
of religious worship throughout the