Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1938 — Page 8
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‘Faith’s Importance; Eyes Predict Age
Concerted Attack on|Childless Marriages on
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(Copyright, 1938. bv Science Service) RICHMOND, Dec. 28.—Faith is as
science as a principal source of revelation recognized.” |
sage of Dean
This was the Geos of the mes-|yniversity tol
eorge D. Birkhoff,| American Statistical
Increase, Statistics Group Told.
" (Copyright. 1938. by Science Service) DETROIT, Dec.
is [almost universally measuring changes in their eyesight, Prof. Felix Bernstein of New York d members of the Association
Harvard's leading mathematician,|nere today.
speaking here | last night at the
Data on changes in the accomprincipal opening meeting of the|modating power—ability to change American Association for the Ad-|focus to see clearly near and distant vancement of Science. As retiring|objects—agree generally with other |: president, Dean Birkhoff delivered basic physiological changes that the principal address at the meet-|take place when a human being being being attended by , several| comes older, Prof.
thousand scientists from all parts of | formed his fellow scientists.
the nation.
progress.”
"Based on a study of eyeglass: pre“In the daring effort of the |scriptions, an index for determining scientist to extend knowledge as far| the aging status of the human body as possible,” Dean Birkhoff declared, | was calculated by the New York “there srises an aura of faith. It is|scientist. this spontaneous faith that fur-|index for ¢ . nishes the most powerful incentive | studies of changes in the deposition and is the best guide to further|of waste substances. in the human ! body and the loss of permeability of By faith Dean Birkhoff explained |the active surfaces of the body, two that he mans “those heuristically | other fundamental
aging derived
changes
valuable, more general points of |occur as one grows older.
view, which are beyond reason, and
Such data as this
98.—Science is|
importart in the pursuit of scientifi¢/ now able to predict the span of life knowledge as intuition and reason, |... jeft for middle-aged persons, while “joday the significance of barring accident or disease, by
Bernstein in-
It followed closely the from
that
enable a sometimes in appa-ent contradiction | scientist to predict roughly how with ore another, but which to the many. years of life a individua] concerned seem of su-|middle age has before him, providing preme importance as he endeavors|he dies of natural causes, it was to give his conclusions the widest indicated. rat
person in
GHURGHES JON
- CHINA RELIEF
State Group Sets Feb. 12 As Special Day for Indiana to Aid.
Formation of the Indiana Committee of the Church Committee for
Feb. 12 was set’ as “China Relief
Day” in Indiana. Dr. Ernest N. Evans, executive
China Relief was announced today.|
secretary of the Indianapolis Church Federation, - was named chairman of the state group and Mrs. Ralph'J. Hudelson of Indianapolis was appointed promotion director.
Organization of the Indiana committee followed a tour of the state by Miss Louise Meebold of the Con-gregational-Christian Board, who now is in Kentucky to organize a state committee there. . Mrs. Hudelson said the national committee is forces of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the Foreign Missions Conference of North America and the China Famine Relief, Inc. “America: has responded to some extent to China’s great need, due to the war and natural causes combined, as disaster followed disaster
the ' combination of|
—but not adequately,” Mrs. Hudelson said. : or “Last summer it became evident that there was need for steady, continuous and still more effective presentation of this need to conscience of American Christians. By its platform, the committee concentrates on relief alone, including programs for the earliest possible restoration of self-support and rehabilitation, without commitment to any particular political or economic programs.’ +» ‘1 sien Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. Y., former president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, is national chairman, and Dr. John R. Mott, missionary, is vice chairman, Other members of the Indiana committee are Dr. C. W. Atwater, the Rev. Harry E. Campbell, the Rev. Guy O. Carpenter, Mrs, J. F.
four others were named Indiana sponsors.
ILL SINCE HOUSE'S DEATH GENEVA, Dec. 28 (U. P.).—Count Johann Von Bernstorff, war time German Ambassador to the United States, was so shocked at the death last March of Col. E. M. House, onetime confidential adviser to Woodrow Wilson, that he has been ill ever since, it was learned today.
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Making a strong plea for an es-|eye are connected with the hardensentially religious attitude toward ing of the lens of the eye. Most perthe problems of science and society, |sons become aware of it from the Dean Birkhoff announced the ar-|age of 45 and up, when they can
ticles of his personal scientific faith: 1. It is desirable to accord reality
nc longer make adjustment for easy reading, and they turn to glasses to
in equal measure to all kinds of make the adjustment for them.
knowledge everywhere, and so to view the universe as broadly and impartially as possible. 2. In order to understand the various facts and their interrelations we must always use abstractions, that is, conceptual tools of a logical or mathematical nature. 3. The transcendent importance of love and goodwill in all human relations is shown by their mighty beneficent effect upon the individual and society. Anycne is free to agree or disagree with these articles of faith, Dean Birkhoff emphasized, because they are not verifiable experimentally or strictly demonstrable. In opposition to his belief that the levels of knowledge are to be taken as equally real, he states that there might be set the opposing belief that every fact is ultimately expressible in purely physical terms.
DRUG CLAIMED + INEBRIETY GURE
Benzedrine Replaces ‘Lift’ Sought -From Alcohol, Doctor Reports.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (U. P).— The use of the drug benzedrine to cure habitual drunkenness was reported to the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disesses ‘today by -Dr. Wilfred Bloomberg of Harvard University. The cure is based on the premise that drunkards drink for the effect rather than the taste. Dr. Bloomberg thinks drunkenness is a disease contracted by persons with warped personalities. Benzedrine gives them the “lift” they want, and psychiatry can then iron out their warped mentalities. : Dr. Bloomberg used benzedrine in the form: of pills on 35 alcoholic cases in 18 months. He found, that in ¢ mild way, the drug released the patients from depression and
shyness, raised their spirits, enabled P
thern to become “life of the party” conversationalists and otherwise stimulated them as well as if they were slightly drunk. "The drug was probably non-habit-forrping, he said, or in any event it was a lesser habit than alcohol. He sai¢ it should be taken only under a physician’s guidance, however.
Discover New Method To Make ‘Invisible’ Glass
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. P.).
If this process, presbyopia, takes place early in life, the individual hasn’t much time to live, Dr. Berhstein pointed out. If, on the other hand, its onset is long delayed, the individual can look forward to a ripe old age, providing an automobile, a germ or similar agent doesn’t get him first. Early presbyopia, he indicated, is; accompanied by early onset of other aging factors. Similarly, late presbyopia was accompanied by late occurrence of other symptoms of advancing age. More Childless Marriages
Only three out of every eight families in the United States today
lation growth by having three or more children, P. K. Whelpton of the Central Statistical Board, a Federal agency charged with correlating government statistical studies, and Nellie E. Jackson of the Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems, informed the statisticians. Childless marriages have increased to one out of every five marriages, they declared on the basis of birth rate studies. Marriages resulting in five or more births are outnumbered four to one by all other marriages, but they contribute more than threefourths of all our population growth. The proportion of childless marriages has been increasing, their studies show. It was almost twice as high, according to birth rates for 1929-31 as it was 10 years previously. In addition the proportion of married couples who could have four, five, six or other larger number of births declined by between 25 and 40 per cent during the same period. ; Belief that America’s Negro population is outstripping the white population in growth is unfounded in fact, Dr. Bernard D. Karpinos of
ported.
reproduction rate in 1930 than did the white population in that year.
are contributing to America’s popu- |
the U. S. Public Health Service re-
Negroes actually had a lower net
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