Man Alone Able to Progress--Huxley

"Man is the trustee of evolutionary progress," Julian Huxley, distinguished British scientist, said in his talk to a near overflow crowd at the New Lecture Hall last night.

Stating that all other species of mammals, even including the higher types of apes, are beyond further development and growth, he maintained that the human race is capable of great chances and even of great progress.

"In the past this progress has been slow," he said, "due to the blindness of natural selection of mates, but advancement can be achieved by a conscious reasoning and design, as in the case of machines."

One of the most important results of evolution in modern times has been the production of trends in society, Huxley stated. Saying that no ideal state exists, he be lives that so long as the human race realizes that it is proceeding in the right direction there will be human progress.

"Trends are hard to change, however," he said, "for no single factor is able to change it. A radical event, such as war, is necessary for change. In the long run, war, or for that matter, any struggle between individuals, is not necessarily beneficial to the human race."