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Show THE SEtECTION OF WIVES. The principle on which wives are selected was discussed by M. W. Keatinge, reader in education in the University of Oxford, at a meeting of the Eugenics Education Society held In the Grafton Galleries, IvOiiJon. He said he considered that education of the right Tiind was the main avenue through -which the problem of eugenics eugen-ics should be approached.' If the state wanted men who were leaders with driving power, they must educate edu-cate that class In which the principle of selection had acted most directly and with greatest force, for education educa-tion would not turn a feeble character charac-ter Into a forcible one. It had a directive di-rective power, but' vigor was produced pro-duced by selection. In which class of society was selection selec-tion In marriage most markedly found? he asked. With the artisan and laborer there was practically no selection for marriage so far as the man was concerned. As to the rich classes with a considerable reserve of capital, on what principles did they select their wives? The conclusion was that 'ornamental qualities were the determining qualities-as with the laboring classes, superficial good looks They Jound young men of wealth marrying chorus girls, a I process which, when stated in terms of selection, meant that they were selecting se-lecting for the most superficial qualities quali-ties girls who frequently had been driven to their mode of life because their fathers had been selected for failure owing to the absence in them of those qualities which the state most needed.. They must look to the professional classes as Ihe classes in which selection selec-tion for marriage was likely to be found, said the speaker. There was, however, the tendency toward deferred defer-red marriage which had to be combated, com-bated, and this was due to the increased increas-ed demands for comforts. Mr. Keatinge Keat-inge alluded to the liking for motor cars and dress and luxuries, and urged that the Introduction to modern mod-ern society of truer and saner standards stand-ards was the work ot education. Once that work was done then the pressure would be relieved, and large families would once more be seen among the professional classes. London Standard. |