Evening star., 1923-12-28

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December Is
Discovery and perfection of the in
ternal combustion engine and the
resultant general use of the auto
mobile as a means Of transportation
has been the greatest single aid to
the material and ethical progress Of
the world during the past four years,
David Leslie Brown of the National
Foreign Trade Council told members
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science here today.
1--WE are really living three lives
in one as compared TO our fore
fathers and further advancement OF
civilization depends on quick trans.
portation and easy intercommunica.
tion." Mr.. Brown declared.
The ability 6f the farmer to get
his goods to market has increased
production greatly and caused a rise
In the prices of land of from &25 to
$50 an acre, Mr.. Brown added.
The human body, the flowers OF
the far north, minute insects. cleo
tricity. plant life and engineering
problems all found q place in tae
scientists discussions during section
al meetings Of the day.
are heavier than those OF the. left.
DR.. n w. Ingalls,, associate professor
OF anatomy of Western Reserve UnI-
versity, Cleveland, said he had dis
covered in weighing the various parts
OF 100 male skeletons. The differ
eflce ne ascribed TO more general use
of the right side than the left.
Arctic Flowers Grow Here.
Flowers which $4,000 years ago
thrtved in the great glacial districts
Of North America are still to be
found in q small Montana park near
south of the Arctic circle Prof. w. O..
Waterman OF Northwestern Unfver-
sity told the. Biological Society OF
America At the foot Of a small gls-
flowers and specimens Of the ever
green's which correspond to the last
trees of the north are found in abun-
dance, he declared, having followed
the retrsating ice sheets OF thousands
Using minute lenses made from the
eyes Of insects, Prof. w. =. Wat
son, Of Athens, Ga, took photographs
of various objects. The experiment,
he said. showed the degres OF per
ture Of the diminutive, lenses OF the in
sect eyes and may throw light on
thA problem of insect vision.
The more than 2,000 scientists At
tending the convention at their hrst
General session last night heard Dr.
lanes p. McMurrich Of Toronto Uni
yersfty, retiring president of the asso-
CATION. declare that the theory OF ev-
oiution has been the stimulus for all
modern study OF science, and that 1t
acaynot be killed by legislation" The
EVIDENCE in favor OF evolution has be-
come SO much stronger since Darwin
flrst made the theory generally known
that sit seems Incredible that man, as
n reasoning animal, should presume to
doubt its validity" DR.. McMurrich
said.
that there is lack OF fina1ity In what
has been accomplished in the investf-
cation Of the theory should not be re-
earded as the condemnation Of the
older truth as false" he declared. add
iri9 that In many cases the acknowledg-
-nlut that some Of DArwtns views may
REQUIRE modification - assumed TO i'm
piy that the foundations OF eyolufton
sfe shaken. The ntsconcetion had
arfsen. ne said, through failure OF
scientists 70 appreciate the popular
Viewpoint
Thesry Anfedated DaTwfn.
Involvement Of modern theories of
evolution with Darwin's theories to fa1-
lacfous, Dr. McMuffch declared. point
inT out that evolution AZ estAbliShed
IN the minds OF scientists long ante
6etod pubIioation OF Darwfn's beliefs.
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