The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-27
TODAY
MAJOR DARWIN'S PLAN.
BAD NEWS FROM PEkING.
SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY.
WHY OXFORD LOSES.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
(CODyright. 1926)

Major Darwin, son Of the great
scientist, head Of British society
that seeks to improve the human
race by careful breeding, advocates
forbidding more than two children in
poor families and forbidding children
entirely among the unfit.
The rich, whose doctors tell them
how to avoid having children, have
few; as a rule. But there is no need
to worry about dearth of population.
Some things divine wisdom puts be-
yond mans reach.
Major Darwin's plan for limiting
poor families to two children would
have kept Carlyle, Napoleon, Caruso
and many as great out of the world.
Royalty and wealth have their best
children at the beginning, while the
. husband is still interested in the
wife.
Poverty has its best children later
in life, when the husband learns to
The quality of children, unlike that
pcnds on the husbands affection for
his wife and her respect for the faith
or Of kcr children:
Disagrecablc news from, Peking,
yesterday Manchurian soldiers con.
trolling the city, drive people from
their homes, with unpleasant killing
of men and attacks upon women.
The three Changs, leading victori.
Gus invaders, cannot control their
soldiers, or don't take the trouble.
Pray that western Europe and both
Americas may know how to keep out
Asiatic invasion. Several times Asia
came close to conquering and possess
ing Europe, when her hordes came
afoot and on slow ponies. What thcy
might do with flying machines II they
had able leaders, even one man Of
commanding genius such as Genghis
Khan, would not make pleasant read
ing in future history.
This country ought to have flying
machine equipment for defense, but,
for some mysterious reason, appears
unable to accomplish it.
Fortunately Europe possesses air
fleets. They might help poor Uncle
Sam, burdened with his load Of gold,
and his sound-asleep statesmen, If
the worst happens.
Yesterday in many places was ccle-
brated shakespeare 362nd birthday,
and that should comfort those who
believe that children not sent to col
lege miss their chance in life.
Shakespeare's genius would not
have survived q modern college
course. That fortunately doesn't mat
ter, because in this scientific and in
dustrial age, no Shakespeare could
possibly be born.
Such an education as Bacon had in
Shakespeare's day, or u Milton had q
little later, would have destroyed
Shakespeare. It might have made
him great in some other way, but
there would have been no Shake
speare.
It Is impossible to create genius
with education, very easy to stunt or
destroy it with over-sducation or un-
wise education.
Oxford University has failed mis-
erably in all recent athletic contests,
beaten in every event by Cambridge.
Wise men decide that Oxford men,
richer as a rule, use more autono-
biles and thus weaken their legs and
lower their physical conditions.
Something like that was said one
hundred thousand years ago. or earl
Ter, when some Gro-Magnon tribe be-
gan riding around on tame butfaloes.
The same thing will be said more
emphatically 100 years hence when
everybody flies for, distances exceed
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