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Evening Star, Issue 17957, 2 May 1922, Page 7

The Tasrnal meeting of the railway branch ’of the Workers’ Educational Association was held in the locomotive sheds hall, when there was again a good attendance. The subject of the lecture was ‘ The Early History of Society,’ and this proved to be on ertremelv interesting one. The followinrr ore tbe chief sub-headings(l) •Man’a Social _Aiicestors.’ There is hardly a single fact in the whole range of sociological knowledge that does not support the conclusion that the race was social before it was human. (2) ‘Man’s .Early Home.’ This archreologists corfeider to have been in eoms warm country somewhere within the zone that stretches from Java to Southern England. (3) ‘ Origin of Speech,’ which is considered to have developed in the course of ages from the calls and cries of animals similar in species to man. (4) ‘Human Nature.’ It was very early in the evolution of the human race that human nature became separate from animal nature. (5) ‘Primitive Economic Ideas.’ (6) ‘Primitive Ideas of Justice.’ (7) ‘Primitive Political Ideas.’ (8) ‘Tribal Society. (9) ‘Ancestor Worship.’ (10) ‘ Feudalism.’ At the conclusion of the lecture the class discussed the questions opened up, and this discussion will bo continued at tbe next meeting, when there will'be no lecture by the tutor. Teddie: “Mushrooms always grow in damp places, don’t they, father?” Pa; “Yes.” “Is that why they look like umbrellas, father?”