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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927.

DEBATE AT YMCA.

OBITUARY.

WHAT PART IS PLAYED BY CHANCE?

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SCOTTISH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

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London, March 17. The death is announced of Sir Henry Cralk-cuter.

DISARMAMENT.

HUGH GIBSON TO HEAD AMERICAN DELEGATES.

"It is the opinion of this ment

Washington, March 17. ing that man's own powers play

Mr. Kellogg has announced that a greater part than chance in

Mr. Hugh Gibson, who was Vico- achloving success" was the motion [Sir Henry Craik was member Chairman of the American De- moved at the Y. M. C. A.. Kowloon of Parliament for the Scottish logation to the International Con- last night when a large number Universities since 1918. He was of members displayed an active born at Glasgow in October 1846, ference in connexion with arms interest in the subject under dethe son of the Reverend Jamés traffic at Goneva In 1925, will head bate.

Craik, Moderator of the Genopal | the American Delegation to the. Mr. I. B. Trevor, opening for the Assembly, Church of Scotland preparatory Disarmament Confer affirmative, asked if the resolution He was educated in Glasgow and cnce and the Three Power Con- referred to do singular incident Oxford, and was engaged in edu- ference, and not Mr. Charles or to a combination of circumscation for several years. In 1885 Hughes-Router's American Ser tances. If the latter, he would not he was Secretary of the Scottish admit for a moment that there was Education Department, Whitehall, such a thing aa chanco for it a position he held until 1904. Ho pre-supposed at once a state of has written a number of books of chaos and disorder in ourselves the subjects of education and his- and had behind it no. sense or tory.] foundation of stability.

If the life of any successful man was studied thoroughly it would be, found that those qualities which had assisted him to his Doaltion of eminence were cer- tainly not due to chance. If they had been due to chance he would not have retained his position be- cause those qualities, having been bestowed upon him by chance he could never be sure that they might not depart as easily as they had come and he would have no sense of security and nothing to rely on.

The Sport of Fortune. Mr. Trevor said he stressed the negative in order to try and show how ridiculous was the attitude of the opposition to imagine that our intellects might be the sport of every turn of fortune.

Success did not come without hard work and frequently num- erous disappointments.

He was prepared to admit and finally believe that our destinies were controlled, some to a much greater degree than others, and that Providence shaped our "énds, would. rough how them as we There was nothing haphazard about that however.

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in chance. In the case of a man with the dice box who shook for

a round of drinks or for cigarettes

and lost, he might say that luck had been against him

But if he had sufficient

know-

ledge of mathematics it would to possible for him to calculate the turn of the dice. This, said the speaker, indicated the line of thought that not chance but only certain laws which were tainable entered into the order of things..

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To take the case of a man who was in a foreign country when a plague broke out and blamed the chance that he was there at the time for his ruined health. The speaker submitted that there was no chance about it, but that car tain events occurred according to fixed lawa.

These laws were auch As to work invariably for evil as for good. What many people really meant when they spoke of chance was the expression of immutability of these laws.

Success By Accident.

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as a prompt remedy for infantile indigestion, constipation, colle, The Rev. Wittenbach seconding wind, vomiting and diarrhoea. for the negative said that supThey quickly reduce faver, allay Mr. A. A. Dand, opening for posing ninety per cent of people teething pains, quiet the nerves, the negative, said that success tried and worked hard for suc- varied from each individual 'view-cess perhaps only ten per cent and bring calm, health-giving point. To the business man suc- were successful. Why? Because sleep in a perfectly natural way. cess might mean reaching the top they had striven harder? Ho sug-Are guaranteed absolutely free of his profession and being made | a director of the firm. In that case the man made his way through various positions until he stepped up to the highest pinnacle.

That, however, was not achieved by his own power. He had to wait until chance cleared his path. No matter how powerful he might be he could not force his way to a directorship.

The Artist and Author. In the case of the artist who painted a picture it was a chance whether his work pleased the se- dectors or not. With the author who desired to write a book to be read by all the world that did not depend on himself. It depended on the chance of the publisher viewing it favourably and on the chance of praise by the critics.

With the general commanding an army who launched an attack, its success or otherwise depended on the chance that the enemy was less strong than his own army, that they had less artillery and fewer machine guns and on a host of other chances. No matter how great a genius the general might be, his power, was of no avail unless chance was on his side.

geated that it was because they narcotics or other injurious druga, had had more luck and better op and perfectly safe for even the portunities. The successes so youngest or most delicate infant. dom attributed their success to Of chemists, or post free 60 luck however: They liked to decents the vial, from Dr. Williams' scribe themselves n self-made

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Success had often been reached Shanghal. through accident. He cited the story of the evolution of the safety pin by the boy who scratched him. self on an ordinary pin in a baby's clothes. Then again chance play- ed a big part in loge. Some men could dress up and yet no girl would look at them.. Others would scarcely have to lift their little finger before a rush was made for them (laughter).

Life Itself started as chance. He called attention" to the fact that many babies died in their first year. Place of birth too was, 1 question of chance. Some of those might have been boru savages, or might have been physi cally deformed. Some people were cursed by inherited charac teristics which were simply a mat ter of chance.

Examination Luck. In the case of the musician the to be there as no talent had amount of study or hard work In the present debate the power would take its place. Taking all of the opposition would not give while not denying the place of theschings into consideration, them the success they desired. It would be chance. The charice hard work, chance played the grea- that the members of the audience were conecited enough to imagine that their own powers had gain; ed them whatever success, they had so far had in life.

No Such Thing as Chance. Mr. A. May, seconding on be- half of the affirmative, said there was no such thing as chance but only law and order. This law and order could be used, had been used, and was being used by mortals to command success..

ter part. of examinations.

The speaker also cited the case It was a ques- tion of luck again. A student might look up the very things which were asked in the papers. Another, might have had a bad night, or have become engaged, and so his chances were not too good (Laughter).

The majority of listeners were there because the ides suddenly came to them to come to China.. It was mere chance that they, were there.

Even to-day there were some The motion was defeated. Mr. people who thought they believed A. S. D. Cousland was chairman.

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