The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
SOviets Marx
85th Birthday
OF Ivan Pavl0y
Famous Scientist Found
Best Opportunities
Since Revolution

MOSCOW, Sept. IS (By WirelesS).
-Today's entire press marked the
eighty fifth birthday Of the f-mo---
scientist and the great physiologist,
Pavlov.
In the course of almost half
century, Pavlov has been the
worlds head teacher of physiology
and the leader of a tremendous
number of students, collaborators
and scientists, who founded whole
schools of physiological science. He
is generally recognized as the head
of a whole scientific school, in this
field.
Pavloy is the most renowned Rus
sian scientist in the world, but dur
ing the years Of his exuberant
prime his variegated talent had re-
ceived no support whatever. In the
absence of passable conditions of
work, Pavlov kept his laboratory
and the dogs he studied and oper-
ated on at his home, where he also
studied and carried on his expert
ments.
He was denied a professors chair
at. Petersburg and likewise denied
professors chair in physiology at
Tomsk. This was the tragic fate of
scientists in Czsrist Russia; the fate
of Metchnikoy, Timiriazev and
others. Later, after the overthrow
of the monarchy in 1917, he wrote
I'VE have parted with dismal and
expressing times" but it was only
after the proletarian revolution that
he was granted full rights.
During The times of severity the
country of the Soviets was under
going, the Soviet Government is
sued a special decree, signed by
Lenin, regarding the creation of the
best conditions possible for Pavlov's
school, and with every year that
passed, his laboratory was extended
and re-organized into institutes.
New special branches were organ
lied, clinics we're opened, the num-
Der of his scientific collaboratorS
was tremendously increased, and a
special magazine was issued for the
publication of his scientific works
and the findings of his laboratories
and Institutes.
Pavlov now makes his expert
ments at his biological station on
the Kolthusis state farm near
Leningrad. His work, conducted at
the laboratory of the Academy Of
Science, continues to expand. AS
a new honor on the occasion of his
jubilee, his laboratory is being re-
organized into a special institute
devoted to the physiology and path
ology of higher nervous activity.
Pavlov has contributed treasure
after treasure to the house of
human knowledge, and has created
factors of tremendous significance
for the further evolution of the
human mind. His theory regard
ing conditioned reflexes" undoubt-
edly contributes extensively to-
wards the theory Of materialism,
being especially valuable in our
time, when idealistic and even mys-
tical scientists have revived capital
istic gods, once more, in this oni-
nous twilight.
Irrespective of mistakes which
t1, 7-o,yOo1OI i,1 Dc
tons during his further scientific
research, his services will remain
immortal. He sharply turned the
wheel of science away from our
former idealistic concepts in psy-
chology. Therefore Pavlov as
scientist, is a highly progressive
phenomenon, irrespective of some
of his prejudices against dialectic
philosophy, etc.
FaScists and their allies would
declare Pavlov as man from hell,
and devil, but here in the U,S.SR.,
Pavlov has whole new townlet as
a material base for his science and
his experiments, which are grow
ing every year.
In connection with PaVlovS
jubilee, the council of the peoples
comrnisSarS has sent him greetings
in which are noted his inexhausti-
BILE energy, his scientific and crea-
tive works whose achievements have
deservedly placed his name among
the classical names of natural
science. simultaneously by special
decision of their council, the
Peoples Commissars have decided
to found a yearly state prize of
twenty thousand roubles, bearing
Pavlov's name, for the best scienti-
f1c work in the field of physiology,
and have also decided to establish
five Pavlov scholarships of five hun
bred roubles month each, for rails
ing the scientific qualifications of
young scientists in physiology.
Five similar scholarships to medi-
cal schools were also established by
the Health Commissariat of the
US.S.R. Besides this, the council
of the Peoples Commissars granted
one million roubles to be spent in
1885 for extending Paylov's biologi-
cal station on the Kolthushi state
farm. 1t has also been decided on
to issue a full collection of Pavloy's
works during 1885.