From the archive: Churchmen and eugenics  Originally published
on 10 October 1930   A remarkable conflict of opinion has
illuminated the Church Congress today. Dean Inge has been urging
that Churchmen must understand eugenics, and in so doing
admitted the force of the evolutionary theory and invited the
Congress to realise that this generation is responsible for the
behaviour and mental efficiency of its successors.  [William
Ralph Inge, dean of St Paul's and a London Evening Standard
columnist for 25 years, was among the most influential
Christians of his time.]  The Dean's speech, supported by Dr.
Tredgold's most threatening figures and arguments, only brought
one speaker to the table, and that was Mr. G. F. Emery, the
general secretary of the Congress, who begged the Church to do
something to secure the health of the race.  Congress was
impressed by the importance of the subject. The presence of Dean
Inge drew a very large crowd to the Congress hall. Hundreds of
people have been standing.  The Dean's preci