Evening star., 1927-04-19

X. Br1mI1aH and submitted IN partial
fulfllment of the requirements for the
degree OF doctor of philosophy. which
discusses the Family Resemblance
Among American Men of Science" 1t
shows that nearly all distinguished
men of sciences have distinguished rel.
atives. For example, as noted, there
is Allis Edward Phelps, who has D
cousin (FSiS, which indicates that the
cousin is a fathers sisters SOM, Ca
lahan, Henry White, who is teacher
and both are found in who's Who
The author OF the thesis also shows
that 956 distinguished scientists have
146 distinguished brothers.
Also, please note that 26 Of the
brothers are themselves in "Who's
Who" "Since there were $500. or
about one-seventh, of the 1900 males
in volume of Who's Who who
were workers in science, the chances
of man of the generality becoming
distinguished. as defined, in that field,
is approximately one in $780,"
CWhat's the use of trying, If not born
right0
So 1t is with the sisters. BY the
use of the method employed in the
selection of the 100000 of the gen
erality" for comparison in the case
of brothers, there would be approx
mately 100000 females, for a SINH
lar comparison for the women. Since
the number of women in volume z
of "Who's Who" Is approximately
1,750, '.the relation between the num-
ber of women who achieve distinc-
ton and the number of the same
average age limits is found to be
7,647, or 1.31 per thousand.
A sister of the starred man of science
is 70.S times as likely to achieve dis
tinction as a woman Of the gener-
atty"
Hence, it is obvious that since he
redity in science counts so much,
so it must be of vital Importance in
the line of patriotism. The woman
whose Revolutionary ancestors We're
100 per cent patriotic American IL
worth 20 women, patriotically speak
ing, whose ancestors were or the
generality"
DR.. Holmes was right when he de-
clared that the time for the beginning
of the proper training of the child
was in the days of his grandfather.
That was an illustration of "empha-
sis by understatement." So 1t Is upon
the solid foundations of science that
the Daughters honor their patriotic
ancestry and through that honoring
they hold up the banner of "Oid
Glory"
Guizot once asked this question Of
James Russell Lowell: How long
will the Republic endure?" $50 long
as the ideas of its founders remain
dominant" was the answer.
but again we have this question"
comments President David Starr Jor-
dan: "How long will the ideas of its
founders remain dominant?" And
DIR. Jordan replies: "Just so long as
the blood of the founders remains
dominant in the blood of it's people.
Not necessarily the blood of the Puri.
tans and Virginians alone. the orig.
inal creators of the land OF free
states. We must not read our history
so narrowly as that. 1t is the blood
of freeboFn men, be they Greek,
Roman, Frank, Dane, Celt. Scot, Goth
or Samurian. Our republic shall en-
dure so long as the human harvest is
good, so long as the movement of his
tory, the progress of science and in
dustry leaves the future not the worst
but the best of each generation. The
republic of Rome lasted so long as
there We're Romans"
The argument was intended to
fortify DIR. Jordan's doctrine that war
is to be outlawed. lest 1t kill off all
good men and leave only pacifists,
but biology. indicates that only by
struggle and resistance is strength
achieved or preserved, as shown by
the race decadence OF royal families
and the luxurious lassitude producing
decadent mobiles.
No matter how strong may be the
root, If the winds fail to exercise the
trunk and branches I'm resistance, tne
oak will be a weakling. No matter
how efficient was the monkeys tail IN
holding the forefather to the swaying
is now atrophied IN most
of us, beea Use of the billions OF years
since tails have been disJlsed. Patriot-
ism. too, is capable of atrophy II en-
be unwholesome. Hence
such patriotic breezes as are whistled
up by the Daughters are sure to
extend the day through which the
Republic will endure. ~
~ fCarlrrixhk 1p2|7 Is Paul ". e. lli1ss