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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1925
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Mental Tests
Some "criminologiBt", whatever that may be, has given
"mental tests" to Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelley, James
Willows and William R. Lloyd, the four noblemen of nature
about to expiate the sins of society against them, and has
uiscoyereu mat tliese guests of the state form quite an
intelligent group, being far above the averaire menlallv.
Murray, we are sagely informed, is a very superior
neisonquaiuieci to be the executive of a large business
enterprise. Kelley is also much above the average in intel
lect. Willos alone, was found slightly under the general
average. Lloyd is above the average, but not quite as bril
liant as Murray.
These same criminologists, applying the same "mental
tests" to the drafted men of the army during the war, which
was a fair cross-section of the populace, discovered that we
are a nation of morons, as about 80 percent of the people
average lower in intelligence than Mr.' Willos. Yet with
perhaps the exception of one half of one percent, this 80
percent have intelligence enough to keep out of jail and out of
the shadow of the gallows which- none of these specially
gifted mentalities had.
This leads to the query, who gave the mental tests to the
examiners and how docs their intelligence measure up in the
only practical menial lest life? What is their capacity as
demonstrated by accomplishment, to ask a few questions and
by the replies classify another's mentality? The mere fact
that such ridiculous and absurd guesswork should be taken
seriously .shows there is something the matter with the
mentality of the guesscrs.
. These mental tests are part of the psychological bunk
being taught at Our colleges and universities, part of the
great delusion that people can be standardized and classified
like factory products and that a universal rule of measure
can be definitely applied to such an intangible thing as the
human intellect.
No formula ever devised can measure mentality, for nature
never created any two things just alike, least of all human
minds, of which we know so little. Nature which always
strives to better, is so prodigal and such a great equalizer
that defects in one way are likely to be more than compen
sated for by development in other directions. There are so
many possibilities latent in the brain that it successfully
defies any standard of measure as well as efforts at standardization.
Haney for Senator
Bert Hanry's refusal to resign from the Shipping Board
at President Coolidge's demand, and his quarrel with
Admiral Palmer's policy, is said to have made Mr. Haney
the logical candidate for the Democrats for United .States
senate next year. Certainly no available Democrat is better
qualified, and Mr. Haney's stand for Oregon development
will give him a strong following among republicans.
Admiral Palmer is merely currying out the president's
policy, which is to withdraw the government from the
shipping business because it is n losing venture. This policy
works for the larger ports whose developed commerce is
looked after by established lines and against smaller ports
and those whose commerce is still in the process of develop
ment, and to whom some such subsidy as lines operating at a
loss, are necessary.
Wo have here the old, old, quarrel of special interests,
such as northwest ports, against the. general interests of all
the government, with Mr. Haney, democrat, taking the side
of special interests, against Mr. Coolidge, republican, taking
the side of the general public. Each reverses the historic
policy of his party, for it has been the democrats who have
opposed subsidy, paternalism and privilege and the repub
licans who have fostered them.
All of which shows how little real difference there is
between the two political parties, a difference becoming less
daily as government degenerates into a mere struggle for
spoils. The new South, becoming industrial, wants a tariff
for her industries, the middle west was specially favored for
sugar, wheat and other tariffs, the Northwest wants sub
sidized steamer lines, etc. Everywhere government has
come to mean the doling out of pap for the few at the
expense of the many.
The Husband Tamer
Hv Violet Dare
An rni1c:tMii.t Tii.-rittimlnn
Patricia hardly kunv her 5ltcr
Carol when fhe firwt caught flight
of her, walling in the t:w;T crow. I
nl the Ir.iin (Mte. And tn for Carol
fihe looked at Patricia, and then
look oil at (he other anlvlnn n.is
Aengerj. as If Patricia, hid not
romo. It w.'in only when the pret
ty mnrtrlly clad rIi! eaimht Carol
In her nrmi that Carol recot; tinted
her.
"Oh, my dear, I'm no Rind tn nee
you.' Patricia hold her veiy tii;ht,
then relented her and uteppert bark
to look at her once more. "You've
change d you're different lt'
Lcen such age!" she concluded In
coherently, hugging her sister
ft pa In.
"You've changed, loo; yuu lonk
ycungor thnn ever," Carol exclaim
d. "What liai nsarrlnffo done to
you? Why, Iat, jou're a mero in
ff.nt beside me, though there's only
three years difference fcetweeo nit.
Patricia hardly knew u hat she
replied. It had been a shock to
see the change In her sister. Carol
hnd always been o lovely; there
had been ometrilnir beautifully
youthful about her, something,
ethereal, even nfter the bnby'sj
ttlfth Itut nniu aim ,,-am anlM n rt
matronly, heavier on her feet, set-j
tied ilonu. She was porfectl'
groomed, fashionably dressed
ar-out her tttro.it te a string ef
xiitidi ely cut K-ii'iH'ts, and her ear
rlue4, that mauhed them, were a
timmnh of tlit jeweler' art. Hut
lomrthinir had vanished that had
aluaya d ist I niniishcd Carol; Pa
tricia puzzled over It ns they made
i heir way to a taxi.
"1 e t;ot to do some ..hopping;
on won't mind, will you'.'" Carol
murmured regret fully. "Kelt hs
iing the car this afternoon, so 1
ame In on the train, and we mlpht
hut ns well use the lime till the
one I told him I'd romo out on to
nrnp. Let' ere " she consulted
n scribbled JIM. "Shirts for the
baby he outgrows them so fast! 1
and Keith wauls me to exchange!
the cuff links he won In the golf
Uiirnamrnt last work for a belt
buckle, though he had had n down
luiekles new I don't see why he'd
want another "
"How'ii your g.-lf, Carol?" Iv
trie!,, asked an they were hurtled
enwa town in a taxi. "You used
to iay such a good game, and liv
ing at a tonntry club, you must
(lay a great deal." t
"Xi I don't," Carol answered,
owly, "Somehow, there's no time.:
Ittinninjf the tioue keeps me aol
butty, and, then, pf course, there'i
the baby "
"But surely you have good ser
vants and a nurse"
"Oh, yes; but you can't leave
thfnga to them, I always dust
Keith's room and bis study my
self; he doeBn't like to have the
servants in there. And he doesn't
feel that It's safe to leave the baby
to Nurse, bo, of course, I look after
in baby's food myself, and see that
he has his bath, and all that'
Carol's voice trailed Into silence
again; sho seemed to have her
mind so full of something else that
she hardly realized that her sen
tences were left dangling. Patricia
lcoked at her with puzzled eyes.
Could this be the guy, happy-go-
lucky Carol who had had no sense
1 1 responsibility, no thought for
anything that meant not being
her .own mistress?
They arrived at last at Green
ways, the country club near which
the Willoughbys had built their
homo. They were one of a dozen
families that had settled in a wide
ef: mi circle with the club as a nu
cleus; their homes wore unusually
attractive, though it was the fash
ion to refer to them depreciatingly.
Having heard Carol chat fcr a mo
ment on the train with an acquain-
tr.nco about her house, Patricia
was surprised when she saw It, with
its beautiful lines, its porches and
wide spacious rooms.
'Carol, It's a darling house!" she
exclaimed eagerly, ns they left the
club bus and walked up tho path.
"It's beautiful. Now, where's the
baby?"
The baby was on his own small
screened lawn. In tho arms of a
nurse who looked so capable that
Patricia wondered why Carol should
feol that she was more competent
than this pleasant-faced middio
nged woman. But Carol fussed over
him, Ofked If he had been fed, If
ho had had his nap, ns if tho wo
man weren't n trained nur.se, quite
capable of looking after tho child's
simple schedule.
"Why in the world do you bother,
so with him?" Patricia asked, as
Carol went with her to her room.
That woman looks like a perfect
wonder." . $
"Well, che Is; we pay her enough
goodness knows! I've given up
everything I specially wanted all
this last year, it seems to me, so
that we could keep her! But I just
feel that I have to keep an eye on
her Keith likes her too."
Patricia's brows went up sharp
ly, and a whimsical little smile cur
e3 about her pretty mouth, but she
caid nothing, until she entered the
delightful guest room thatvwaa to
be hers. Then she was voluble in
her praise. Cream-colored walla,
pale green woodwork, curtains of
Luff eta striped with pale green and
lavender and yellow, a quaintly
draped dressing table and bed, a
perfectly appointed desk. "Carol,
this Is the sweetest room I've seen
In ages!" she cried.
"Keith thinks that, too; he was
awfully pleased with it when it
was finished," Carol replied, flush
lug with pride. "Now oh, there
he is!" as a mnn's voice was heard
on the drive below.
Patricia tiptoed to a window as
Carol fled; she was eager to see
onco moro this brother-in-law
whose word had become law of
recent years.
Tomorrow The Siren in the i
House.
3 Flverft Missinc.
Pari3, Sept. 7. (A. P.) The
:iviatoi3 Lal'orte aud , Prtol and
their three mechanicians have
been nursing 48 hours since their
;liappei ranee in tho seaplane
trials from Corsica to St. Raphael.
th3 southeastern coast of
France.
Carmol by the Sea, Cal. Fred
erlck Eastman, resident of thin
art let colony, is running for gov
ernor on p.n evolution platform.
Religion Is Personal
Matter Says Tully
In Opening Sermon
"Religion Is tho most Important
and universal of all themes," sa'ld
Rev. Norman K. Tulley, new pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church of Salem, in his sermon
yesterday evening. Dr. Tully
Hpoke on the subject, "Pure Relig
ion and Undcfled."
"More people are interested in
religion now than in any other sub
ject," he said, "and all people are
capable of being aroused to inlor
est In It. This Is not true of any
other subject. Law, medicine, ag
riculture and commerce are of In
calculable Imortance, but in any
given place and at any given time
more people are not interested in
them than aro Interested In them.!
"It is appointed unto all men
once to die. Then the question In
evitably comes, after death, what?
Only religion has the answer for
that question.' That is why relig
ion appeals to all men, and Is the
most important theme."
Dr. Tully reforrea to Tolstoy's1
definition of religion as "tho rela
tion which the individual estab-1
lishes between himself nnd God.
"Religion Is a personal matter,",
he continued. "Every man has
some sort of relationship to God.'
He grows In grace as that rela-j
tionahip improves. A part of the
work of the church Is to teach i
men how to improve that relation
ship." .
Making reference to the sermon
on tho mount, the speaker declar
ed that In that sermon JesuB had
defined religion In the law of ser-1
vioe, inspired by love, and measur
ed by sacrifice. "That is the re
ligion of the practical every day
Christian," he said, "who Is need
ed In the world's busy strife. Only
divine love can keep a man serv
ing. The service becomes Christ
ian In proportion as it Is carried
beyond the point of convenience
and endures hardship. Such ser
vice the world needs.
"The apostle James, In his matter-of-fact
littlo Kpistlo in the
back of the Now Testament, catches
tho gleam of his divine brother
and carries on the idea.- Ho tells
us that 'pure religion and unde
filed consists in 'visiting the wid
ows and fat iter less in thei dis
tress,' and in keeping oneself 'un
spotted from the world.' First, he
emphasizes service, 'visiting.' That
ties us back to Jesus' practice 'not
to-be ministered unto, but to mln
IsLcr.' Then he points to purity,
'unspotted from the world.' There
lies our greatest practical need.
Church people are so ntuch like
the world that there Is no need of
the world changing Its ways. We
shall remain weak and crippled
until we become less like the world
and live more unspotted lives.
'Come ye out from' among them.
and be ye separate.' "
Declaring that religion moans
the act of binding back to God, Dr.
Tully stated, "We nod His wisdom
justice, power, holiness, goodness
and trusty. The religion of Jesus
Christ is preeminently fittoil to
root, to ground, to build us up In
these Qualities. All will find suc
cess in fulfilling their calling, and
serving their present age, by cul
tivating these qualities. 1
Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of the
First Congregational church, op
ened the church lor th winter by
preaching a sermon on the sub
ject "Tho Lost Christ," at yester
day morning's services.
He declared that Jesus had been
reared, In his youth, in a religious
atmosphero, citing the fact that It
-was the custom of his parents to
go every year to Jerusalem at the
time of the feast of the Passover.
Rev. Mr, Ward described the trip
to Jerusalem at the time when
Jesus was lost in the temple.
"Most people who have known
Chlist nnd later lost Him," he said,
"have lost Him when leaving the
temples of worship.
"People frequently say they can
worship God ns weir In field and
forest as In any edifice made by
hands. They flit away on Sundays
to somo alluring trout stream or
bathing resort or picnic ground,
defending their action by saying
that they can worship God in the
open. Put as a matter of fact they
do not do so, for the spirit-of wor
ship Is not in them.
"Very few people who leave the
temples of worship continue Ions
to really worship God at all. Pub
lic worship is a quest for God, a
seeking of His companionship.
'And he that seeketh flndcth, and
to him that knocketh It shall be
opened.' Man Is never more noble
than when he Is seeking God. In
worship we fellowship with otiier
.seekers nnd are lifted by a com
mon desire of tho group. Our faith
is strengthened and our courage
increased by the faith of others
manifested In public worship.
Evory one who joins the "Jesus
company' makes it a little easier
for others to seek that fellowship,
"In public worship our minds are
fixed on Christian ideals, ?.nd no
one fixes hbj mind, even for a brief
Lime, on Christ-like things without
becoming more like Christ. That
is what Ps,ul meant when he told
the Corinthians, 'But we nil be
holding as In a mirror the face of
the Lord are transformed into the
same image.'
"Wo lose through disuse in re
ligion as in other things. Darwin
had beenetanoeoltla etuoni etaol
in old ago regretted tho loss of
appreciation of music and poetry.
Three had been a time when the
strains of an orchestra thrilled him
and when the musings of tho poeta
were understood and appreciated.
put other things crowded theso out
of his mind for years until ho could
no longer appreciate or understand
them. We could elle numerous in
stances of individuals who onco
loved Christ nnd were found fre
quently in His temples of worship,
but who have lost Christ by leav
ing these temples.
"The lost Christ was found
again in the temple. Most folks
who want to find Christ know
where to look. We may criticize
and condemn the church and say
that Christ is not in it, this Is a
popular pastime with some, but no
other Institution approaches the
church in Christian influence.
Most of our humanitarian influ
ences were founded upon the
church. Kings nnd "politicians
have not made half the contribu
tion to human well-being as have
the great spiritual leaders: Moses,
Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Paul, Luther,
Savanarola. Wesley, Livingstone
and the pilgrim fathers.
"If we do not find Christ in the
temple of public worship let us ex
amine our own hearts.
"If! our religion of any value to
u? If so It Is worth propagating:
if not It is not worth keeping.
" 'After three days they found
Him in the temple.' That is whero
we shall find Him today."
DUMB DORA
By Chick Young
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