EUGENICS EDUCATION SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 8

EUGENICS EDUCATION SOCIETY

THIRD ANNUAL KEI'ORT. ) Tho third iimiual report of the Eugenics Education'Socicty says:— The work of the past year, doe.? Hat afford much material for comment. Giving to various causes, there was no opportunity for aILV new departures, aiid the work undertaken had to be confined to the always valuable, but not iii any \vay sensational, monthly lectures given at the' society's regular meetings, _ Thij lectures given during th& winter of 1913 were, 'however,- scraui <>''£ the best of those arranged for by the council sinco tho teraifttion ef- tb£ Weliuigton . Society. ■ In June Mr. Pope lectured on "The Work of tho Industrial Schools of the Dominion" ; in August Sir, Hogbcn.. luspcctor-Gosieral <rf Schools,, explained with great wealth of detail the results, arrived at by the medical inspection <>f ; sckSQi'S as practised in JJtevfr Zealand; in Miss P. Myers based an. ' admirable lojturn on. the facts dealt with in Br. Russoll Wallace's -book, "Social Environment and Moral Progress." All these papers- provoked usefiil 4>£ c; Ws?ou> anrl were'tnuCji appreciated by tho.Se who beard them. One publia lecture was also arranged by tlio society, and was given oil ,hi)y ■7 by Professor Pickerel!, of Otago University. This, lecture, which was the result of much original ami valuable reSearch by the Pfoiessor, was illustrated by lantern elides made on purpose, and a reused r.usoh interest and many pertinent questions from tho audience. In addition, papers havo b?en read to various country societies by Miss P. •Myers, Mr. G. Xicbolls, and other members of tho society, and literatufo has been supplied for distribution. liequests for information as to tho formation ©f b'ttmcli sottifiti.es have been re--, ceived fwm Brisbane, and Melbourne, and information has been received that a society is being fotfitted ill the foriner town.

At ihe Australasian Jfedical Conference, held irt AneM/and, the society was [ representikl b,y Dr. Hay, but it was not found possible to hold'a eptfiial,eugenics meeting, as the programme was overfull and the time limited. ' ■ . The society has suffered a most serious less by the death of Mr. A. HiffliU-' ton, late director of tiie Dominion Museum. and a member of the council of this society. Mr. Hamilton was a man whose ijmtoent stoity of $ie'w arid far* reaching and exact knowledge of biologi* oal science gave a peculiar value to his advocacy of tho eugenics movement. For this reason, and for his, constant and kindly helpftiuiess. his death .iskeenly felt and deeply deplored by tho society. ...... Arrangements have now been made with the .Tendon office to supply the "Eugenics .Revue" direct to all members each quarter. It is hoped that ■ this arrangement will ensure its regular fls» (ivery and be in etery way more satisfactory than tho former one. the'society has arranged for a Iccture .by Dr. Hardwifek'SmftS on "How to Live," to be given in tho Concert Chamber in July, as one of tho Municipal. Library series. Later in tho year Psofessof PavetjMrt, of tte Carnegie institute, will feature under the auspices of the society.