The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-13
Moral Improvemen Of Students
Crusade Against Tobacco.

Mr. Horace Mann has lately written letter upon
this subectwhich appears among the proceedings Of
tho American Association, for the Advancement OF
Rducation. Mr. Mann asks: What is the duty of
College Faculties, or what has the community At
large 10 expect from them, in regard to the moral
character and conduct of the graduates upon whom
they confer the honors and prerogatiyes Of an
demical degreef In answer to his question, Mr..
Mann proposes TO connect morals and academic ed
ucation to make the Degree the guerdon Of morals
~ well a. scientific requirements. His idea Il
briefly THAT vice ought never to be armed with
the power of knowledge. Hence, whatever hop"
ful lenity Of forb earance may he extended TOWARD
students during their preparatory course l'' """"
they enter College, their day Of probation should Dt
considered a. about ended. There they are Iouh"
10 lay the foundation broad and deep "i All i""se
virtues. upon which alone the fabric OF prosper
Gus and noble commonwealth can be reared
Hence. if the conduct Of any student, during hir
College life /. Justly obnoxious TO the charge OF l
temperance Of b!asphemy, profanity and impaTtg
Of conversation. Of yielding 10 sensual aiurenentS
or TO any Of those infanlies which when they grad
uatc from College halls, become the scandal aud
pest Of society, which disgrace tho professions aud
become the opprobrium of the naton-~such a stu
dent shonld be forthwith deprived of tho.c means
Of knowledge which he threatens to abuse by being
dismissed"
Among the forbidden things, MIR. Manu- PLACES
liquor. tobacco profanity and foul language The
New York Tribune il greatly disgruntled that NJ
Mann proposes TO treat the Of tobacco aud tgul
language with more ienity than profanity and III
temperance: that they not to be made cause
Of expulsion but Of simple rebule and deuun1iE.
ton. In advocating the importance Of dccoruin Of
speech the Tribune foul language emo. sh
to supply Billingagate Cniyorsity; aud IN lie
uouucing the thines4 Of tobacco it elects from ts
mouth collection Of explrtiyes compared with
which the abominatcd quid. are cleanliness itself
tThe hidcous practice" says the Tribune. ''of
chewing aud splitting should be considered evidence
that a man i. untitled for the hunanites and he
should accordingly Ice excluded from the sclec' cir
Gle Of education and refinement. What can youth
learu Of the !, nciplrs Of yirtuous self denial when
he sees hi- teacher pull out every few minutes a
filthy plug Of narcotic nastnrss. roll ii like sweet
Inors,l under his tongue. and then b"lch forth the
disgusting julCc5 We do not believe national TIE
fuernent Or temperance possibl" with the Us" Of
tobacco Indeed. our country, SO tat ~ It - i'm
personuted in hotels, steamboats,, RAILROAD carr
theatres halls workshops and public walks, is
beastIy owing to tobacco slittle. 90 where you
will and 40 place is sacryd Indeed among som"
Of the uastc,t idolatcTs Of this filth are members
Of the clergy Look at the boys ana lads vii" arr
addicted to tobacco. They are old almost before
they are cut of their teens. The poison appears l.
have occupied every pore OF their skin. SnIiow.
scraggy CHASTITY cycI--thesc qualities are the facial
phenomena of til" poor wrrtchcs Who become
slaves to tobacco. The If taste physical and
intellectual is dullcd The instincts OF the gentle
man ars forestallcd The appetite for furious OK
elements il stimulated. We thimH then. that Nj
Mann has not gone far enough in failing to class
the usr of tobacco with that Of alcohol in his in
trrdicta 10 youth who aspire l. the benefits and
Lgnurs Of a college education
Il cannot be pretended that the chewing II to
baccu is very nice and elegant operation and yet
we have seldom old tobacco chcw'r make
himself as "hilrous' and filthy" the Tribune !
in denDunciug the practice. After all, the world /
j. tho same old world and the Tribune, which /
h5prcs to lee the organ Of every novelty belongs to
the zane school Of morals which houri-hcd in /
Judra more than eighteen hundred years ago
which WAS forever cOmpOunding for sins they /
were inclined To- by damring those they had /
10 mind to - which searching for notes in /
other peoples eyes without regard 10 the brams IN
Its own; which made great fuss triiles amt /
neglected the weightier matters Of the law, and t
which thus addressed by the Founder of Chris !
tianity--"NUw do We, ihariscrs, make clean the
outside Of the cup and the platter but your inward
mart is full of ruyruinu and WiCkclupSs'