Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1924, Page 10

TALKS ON SCIENGE - AND MATERIALISM li"_fof. McDougall, at Toronto, ** Discusses Ancient and Modern Theories. I BY DR. EDWIN E. SLOSSON. TORONTO, August $—The bank- ruptey of the scientific materialism of the nineteenth century wuas the theme of, Prof. Wil m McDougall's presi- dential address to the psychology scetion of the British Association for the Advancement of Science today. In the days of Spencer, Huxley, Tyn- 11 and Weismann it was held that life and mind, as well as the inani- mate world, could be completely ac- counted for on the physical princi- plés that determine the action of a machine. Every atom of the brain wds then supposed to pursue its pre- dete: ined course, impelled by phys- ical forces, But if the mind could not exert any influence on the operations of the brain without violating the law of the conservation of energy, conscious- ness, which seems all-important to us, must be an idle and superfluous sccompaniment to chemical proc g The modern view of the phy 1 unlverse as set forta by Einstein, Bddinston Soddy is very differ- ent from and le embarrassing than the old me neeption, for, @ the spe “the atoms afe gone, matt olved itself into ergy, and what energy is no man n tell, b pnd saying it the pos- £ibility of change, of further evolu- tion. Duty of Modern Psychologist. hologist, according all, should postpone ation of the old physical and Jnetaphysical puzzle and start out from two indisputable and practical facts: irst, that sometimes men do cre- ate new thin i it, cience and literature; and, , " that when a man strongly desires an end and per- ceives certain bodily movements to be a means to that end, those move- ments follow upon that desire and that perception. he most fundamental need of psychology,” said Prof. McDougall, “is the adoption without reserve of the conception of purposive striving as valid, us indispensable, nd, therefore. . We should now fly find the courage to be anthropo- morphic in describing n In short, he holds that it ime that psychol- ogists should cea: imitating the methods of the other sciences and should boldly claim “self-determina- tion,” ¢ “at any rate, dominion status for their science.” MeDeougall's Early Training. William McDoug: ame to Harvard in 1920 after training and experience in the ~universities of Manchester, Cambridge, Oxford and Gettingen, and s made the chair of psychology e in Amercian thought, as wax in the days of his predece: William James. He criticizes wi equal energy all three of the leading schools of psyvcholog: the behavior- ists, the introspectionists and those who attempt a compromise by ing both th opposing points of view and putting them In parallel col- umns. But to Prof. McDougall “the life of man is one long series of pur- posive strivings, and even In his dreams, as we now realize, thanks to Prof. Freud, the striving goes on, bringing what strange and partial satisfactions it may to the buried, thwarted and denfed tendencles of his Coal Tar Political' Asxet. Germany has lost her chance, what little chance she had, of recovering her African colonies by trading off | for them the formula for curing the | sleeping sickness, for France has now the same remedy, or,/as the druggists say, “something just as good.” Bayer 205 has a rival in Pasteur 309. Such is the announcement of H. H. Dale, head of the pharmcology department of the National Research Council, Lon- don. Here is a case where a coal- tar compound plays an Important part in international politics, for, when Africa had been partitioned by the European powers they found much of their territory becoming uninhabit- able Ly the spread of the sleeping sickness, which devastated a belt 2,000 miles long and in places one or- two hundred miles wide, stretching up the Congo from the Atlantic al- most to the opposite ocean. The disease was discovered to be caused by a little creature with a long name, trypanosome, an infinl- tessimal wriggler, which is carried by the tsetse fly and infects the blood of man and beast. German chemists set about to find a drug that would kill the creature without harming its bost, and after 15 years of effort suc- ceeded. But, meantime, Germany had lost her African possessions to her conquerors—France, Britain and Bel- gium—and so had no slecpers to cure. Formula Long Kept Seeret. The formula for Bayer, 205, or, as It Is now called, “germanin,” was kept secret, but it was Intimated that it would be disclosed if the allies would | return the German colonies. This in volved an extensive real estate tran: fer, for the German African posses- sions amounted to a million square miles, or a third the size of conti- nental United States or habitable Canada. So the allies showed no eagerness to buy the recipe at this price, but set their own chemists at work on the problem, following such clues as could be obtained from the pre-war Bayer patents, and now Fourneau, working In the Pasteur In- stitute, Paris, has found that his 309th preparation has “similar and probably as valuable properties” as Bayer's 205th. Injected into the blood it will not only free the animal from the trypanosomes in a few days, but render it immune to further infection for months afterward. Disease Ix Overcome. At any rate, this previously incura- ble and fatal disease seems to have tinally been conquered and vast areas in the tropics may now be opened to settlement. Dr. Hale also told of the war against other animal parasites by the invention of salvarsan and similar arsenical and bismuth com- pounds. The oldest of all such spe- cific remedies is quinine, which de- stroys the malarial parasite. Dr. Hale holds that in all such cases the drug does not act directly by killing off the parasite, but, as was supposed Enhrlich, works in co-operation ith the natural defenses of the body by making the blood uninhabit- able to the invader. Horse Falls With Woman. Special Dispatch to The Sta CHARLES TOWX ! 8.—Mrs. Ella Page Keith of Char- lottesville, Va., a niece of James M. Mason of Charies Town, while trying to make her horse take a high jump, was Injured, the horse falling on her. Both of her arms were broken and her hands were turned back in such lg way that she may lose the use of oth. SANITARIUM HEAD GETS 25-YEAR TERM Dr. K. B. Uhls Sentenced in Kan- sas for Murder of Rich Civil War Veteran. By the Assoclited Press. HUTCHINSON, Kans., August 8.— Dr. Kenn B. Uhls, former head of the Uhls Narcotic Sanitarium at Overland Park, Kans,, was yestcrday sentenced by Judge W. G. Fairchild to 25 years in the Kansas prison at Lansing fol- lowing his conviction some time ago on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of W. E. Gibbs, wealthy Civil War veteran. Gibbs was clubbed to death on the night of December 29. Uhls" alleged motive has always been cited by the prosccuticn as a desire to obtain the block of stock in the Uhls sanitarium owned by Gibbs. The aged veteran had invested $102,000 on promise of big dividends, but two dividends had boen passed, and he was raising con- siderable disturbance. Dr. Uhls was then trying to float a big issue, and it would have been det- rimental to this to have any legal actlon brought by Gibbs, it was claimed by the prosecution. “HOUSEHOLD” GOODS SEIZED AND FOUR HELD By the Associated Pres: ASHLAND, Va., load of grain August 8.—. alcohol, billed a: hold goods,” was seized by officers here last night and four men who sought to move the shipment were placed under arrest. The men arrested were M. W. Rich and Oscar Brini, white, and James Foultz and Silas Woodridge, negroes, all of Richmond, Va. They were taken into custody after they had loaded five boxes from the freight car into a large moving van, in which they ar- rived here. They claimed not to know the contents of the boxes which they were moving, and said they were em- ployed by a baggage transfer com- pany of Richmond. They were held in bail of $1,000 each for hearing Sat- urday. The car arrived here Wednesday, and, according to the bill of lading, was shipped by H. Diezman, 506 North Eighth street, Philadelphla, to L. Devens of this city. In all, the shipment consisted of 450 gallons of alcohol, valued at about $9,000, it is said. A New York woman won $500 in a prize contest for the best radio play Kora Konial For baby’s rash ForSore Skin | STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That’s All As Compared With Fall & Winter Prices There are many reasons why you should buy your fur coat here now. 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One hundred million pounds of pyrotol will be distributed by the { Bureau of Public Roads of the Agri- cultural Department, it was stated, at the cost of preparation and shipment. _ “This is a continuation of the work Which has been carried on for three years, whereby the vast supplies of explosives in the possession of the Government at the close of the World War are being made over to make them suitable for constructive pur- poses,” the announcement said. “The distribution already has resuited in saving millions of dollars to the peo- ple of the United States. “Pyrotol is composed largely of ground smokeless powder, _prepared by a process perfected by George R. Boyd of the Bureau of Public Roads, It is peculiarly adapted for blasting stumps and for work of similar char- acter. It can be used for all open-air work without causing headaches or other {1l effects and will not stain the hands or clothing. “It is a low-freezing explosive and can be used with good results in all ordinary temperatures. The cart- ridges are of the same size and shape as the ordinary dynamite cartridge. Each box contains 50 pounds, about 150 cartridges, and each cartridge is approximately’ equal in strength to a cartridge of 20 per cent dypamite. Virginia Ex-Confederate Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 8. —George Anderson Smith, retired merchant, 88 years old, died at his home here from the effects of a fall | He was born in Augusta County, Va., and was in business in Staunton, Va., for a time. He fought in Stonewall Jackson's Brigade in the Civil War. Akcir i il i, ‘The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers has a membership of 90,000, of which 6,000 in Canada. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1924, ° Woman, With Meat Ax, Batiles Polecat -to Death in Henhouse Special Dispateh to The Star. LURAY, Va., August 8.—Awak- ened in the dead of night by a commotion in her henhouse, Mrs. Danlel W. Cave armed herself with a meat ax and went to the scene. Feathers were flying when she opened the henhouse door, and a furry, striped animal about the size of a dog rushed toward her. Slashing right and left, she made short work of the Intruder, which proved -to be the largest polecat ever seen in Sage County. Neigh- bors are congratulating Mrs. Cave, who is 60 years old, because they believe she has ended the career of a marauder responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of chickens. Sorrows of Parting. From tae North China Herald. “Sistah Smith, I's sorry, but I needs| Who's her lawyer? must depaht.” ‘Oh, Mr. Johnsing, needs you must? keep the expenses as low as possible. 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