Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-27

startling assertion that ''ttie or no
progress has been made in sex
morality since the beginning OF
written human history. Is it not,
TIM, time to correct the faults
and frailities of humankind that Lead
TO its degradation? Thee physician re-
cites "a few of the reasons which are
SO often given as the causes of sex
immortality" not in the order OF their
Importance, but as they occurred to
him. and not admitting that all OF
them are important: Poverty, want
and overcrowding. with It's subsequent
malnutrition and disease; affluence
and acknowledgements; too much work
and no play; too much play and no
work: faulty home training: faulty
education: false standards OF life; too
great love OF finery: craze for easy
money; voluntary and involuntary
celibacy;s love OF, ease and comfort
with unwilhngness to be bothered
with children; lack OF proper amuse-
ments;- segregation \ OF vice; police
corruption; alcoholism; vulgar plays;
salacious books; suggestive movies;
irreiigion and false religion -"some
claiming that too much attention is
being given to a consideration of the
future existence or man aud not
enough to everyday ethics, while
others claim the contrary $500
The doctor does not believe there
can be much hindrance to the develop
ment of vicious tendencies until the
whole problem OF sex physiology IS put
on a secure scientific basis" He recog-
nizeS the difficulties to be encount-
cred by the self-sacrificing persons
with the requisite training and ex-
perience, who will voluntarily under
take to work out the problem. In
this connection he says: '"The science
and art of eugenics are almost as
complex as are the science and art OF
life itself and he who thinks that all OF
these problems can be solved by a.
simple formula or even by a limited
number Of formula Is, | am afraid.
not going to get for or add much to
their solution. The improvement Of
the race is slow and difficult prob
lem and the best informed quite
generally agree that there has been
little relative progress along these
lines in 5000 years.
Dr. Oschner rejoices that it is now
permitted to speak frankly on sub
jects closely related to eugenics. "I
believe that now the time is oppor-
tune for work along this line" he de-
clares. "At the end of this great
worlds war great changes are
bound to take place. The necessity
for race improvement has never been
SO great. Biologists have laid splen.
did and enduring foundations for the
work. Eugenics societies have accomp-
lished a good deal. The one thing
that the latter have accomplished is
that they have made it possible for
men to discuss these problems with
out excessive amount of abuse being
heaped upon them. Last winter, for
the first time, believe, in the his
tory Of the Chicago Medical society,
the problem of birth control was
scientifically discussed, and, while
little Of real value came out of the dis
cussion the discussion went by with
out undue notoriety beng attached to-
it. Twenty-Five years ago no man in
the active practice of medicine
would have dared to appear before a
medical meeting and discuss this
problem as freely as it was discussed
last winter, without the severest pub
risk of losing his reputation and his
practice.
Note: DR.. Ochsner formerly resided
in Sank county. The above is from
the Chicago Daily News.