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grtiwrfiri.iAifA...T i--riiiht1fMrtffciTiiftJriWriUfakliffaffllia HWWWirt umm IWWWrtWrwWMBIiWBWWlWMlMMMJ nnpiivMfimv rrry-faai OjE!3hBMH KgsaiaiW1""! T H R H K S P 15 R 1 A N S T UDI5N T . But In speaking of woman' intollootual infoiioriiy Id n iiiidci'Hlmul ono another. The most Insane ami blgolctl old bachelor does not dream Unit tho most brllliunt woman is In nihul tlio infeilnr of lliu stupid niun, that Cleopatra, Sappho, Madame do S'nol and Mrs Somorvillo did not outrank by far In montal strength the groat ma jority of the ublosl moil of their day. Tho comparison must ho a fair ono. Suppose wo divide men In accordance with thoir inlelloo.tual merits into ono hundred classes and women likewise. Then would class one of the women pair with class ono of the men? Would the ablest repre sentatives of womankind compare favorably in mental vigor with Thnles, Pthngorns' Plato, Newton, Bacon Kant or Hamilton Y Would not class thirty of the women pui.t perlmps with class forty ot the men? If man be tho stronger minded of the two ilaflltms that he is the wiser not tho bolter. If ho has rocoived ton talents from heaven let him thank heaven for them and not credit himself; lot him mark well to honor tho trust, hut not plumo himself upon the possession. There is no more excuse for self glorification because one is endowed with rich mental gifts than because one possesses physical strength, noble blood or great wealth. Ho may well rejoice in gifts so precious, but should in no wieo grow vain over them. If providence had given humble Mr. Brown Shakespeare's talents and surrounded him with Shakespeare's circum. stances Mr. Brown would certainly have written a second Hamlet. What better right therefore has Shakespeare to t grow vain than Mr. Brown? Tho great pool began life , with natural advantages incomparably grander than Brown I why should ho not excel? But men have been entrusted J with a special mental strength to ounhle them to fulfil I their speciid mission and wo have seen that in every sense theso possessions are but gifts and therefore in no sense the just occasion of pride. There is yet another consid eration that interferes with man's proclaiming himsolf tho superior of woman. Sho upon her part possesses pow- ( era that arc denied, In any like, to men. Tho beauty of , person and face, tho indescribable charm of manner, the sprlghtllucss of mien, makes tho Cleopatra and Madame dc Stael of tho world exercise an influence and a power i ovor hor subjects that a mere intellectual supariority rare- i ly obtains. And tho voice of woman! so divine is the song of our prima donnas that be they as Jenny Lind, with a character as chaste, as stainless, as charitable as mi angel's, or bo they liko M. Patti, with a reputation blasted, alike they sway tho hoarl, arouse tho soul to raptures ami ecstasies and with a melody that is heavenly as far as the earthly may )udgo, woavo the spell of the enchantress. Such powers Demosthenes and Cicero would Itave envied to exorcise. Thorcforo lotus recog nize all factors in the problem and not declare man superior in Mo because his mind is stronger, but hasten to gladly and proudly acknowledge her equality and recog" nizo in hor mind, heart, character and life the supple ments of man's. D. H. W. Jr. PllOailESS IN SOIENOE. Owing to constant progress In science, a continual mod mention of former theories is necessarary. How over it is not often that established theories aro demonstrated to be wholly false; thoy may bo defective In some of their details, but in essential particulars thoy aro usually in accord with observed faots before they receive the endors mwit of scholars scientists and investigators. Honco son- , salional annuoncomonts of discoveries subversive of current theories should not bo accepted readily without proof or question. Investigation, demonstration, and time, are important if not indispensable factors in dolor mined tlio truth or falsity of theories. Therefore now theories should ho presented as tentative and probable, not as absolutely true and Immutable; and our judgement upon them should bo suspended until wo aro able to render a deliberate and intelligent opinion as to their merits. Concerning the constant evolution ol theories a scion liflo exchange says: Professor Huxley gained a hi llliant reputation, which ho still maintains, by announcing that ho has discovered protoplasm to be tho source of all organic life. But soon after Dr. Lionel Boalo, tho great English Microscopist, denied tlio truth of Professor Hux ley's theories, and asserted that bioplasam must bo put in tho place of protoplasm. Tho eulogies over Mr. Darwin's grave arc yet fresh. They lifted him to a place among tho Immortals, for his wonderful discovery of progress in creation by the law of. natural selection. But now comes a Mr. Towne, who has for years been studying witli tho best naturalists and biologists of En. rope and announces that lifo is not duo to protoplasm, but to atomized charges of electricity conducted Into tho sys tem by tho oxygen of respiration. Variations, ho says, aro caused not by natural selection, but by the action of electricity on reproductive germs. Mr. Townc holds to the theory of evolution, but not to tho form which gave a world-wide reputation to Mr. Darwin. Tlio famous Prof. Ilolmhollz, ono of the highest authorities in Europe, is said to agree with Mr. Towno. When the scientists dis agree, lime and investigation must decide Guide. Canto r. Boy Gun Joy Fun. Canto ii. Gun Bust; Boy Cussed. LABOIi. Succt-HS 1 labor's prize, Work Is tho motlior of Famo, And who on a "boom" ehull rlso To tho height of an lioiiunt nama! Tho boo by uiduntry ronpeth Tho Btorus which onrlch tho hives; AH that 1h thrifty crcopeth, For toll It tho law or lives. And ho who reaps without how big a blttor harvest reaps, Tho law or gradual growing In a law that never sloops. The State University College Association of Minnesota at Minneapolis, oponcd Tuesday, November 19th, the closing day of tho week of prayor. Tho mooting wns long and enthusiastic. At the close ono gontloman offered $ 100. for a building for the University Association. ' 1
