The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-13
Education and Temperance.
t is a surprising fact that. the ignor-

1t is surprising fact that. the ignor-
ance concerning 5ho evils OF iulaf7uer-
ance is as proiound among tka ierued
as among she uaiearsed. This roth on
this sub ect Is NO p@rB OF the coiieg = cur
riculum, and docs not at all enter into q
regular education. How can .his evil be
remediedp "a no via educate the edu-
Gated, or persuade them that they are
sadly ignorant in an essential particular?
1t Temperance has been ignored in
early life it will generally be ignored in
later life. The TACT that it is not in
Guided in the instructions impaired is
itself aneducatlon! 1t teaches with the
tremendous emphasis OF silence that
Temperance is not q sub ect worthy of
consideration, u fallacy which is Sc dom
removed from the mind by which it is
once entertained. We may thus see the
logical relation of schools to Temper
ance. Education has threefod task:
first, to develop latent mental faculties;
next.'to discipline and train the power
developed and prepare the subject for
practical service in real lite; and, third,
to impart to him some share OF needed
knowledge of the Ii before him, of his
opportunities. difficulties and duties.
Merely to impart knowledge is not
really to educate SO as to meet the Just
requ rements of this or any age. The
we'll educated man is one who has ac-
quired intellectual strength, adequate to
his lies demand, skill in its exercise,
and some practical knowledge of the
arena on which he is contending for the
prizes of manhood, and of at least the
fundamental principles that guide
to life best results. So lar as educa-
tional systems and methods con orm to
this triple need they are right, and by
so much as in any respect thev fail they
are wrong. Seen from the point of view
OF intelligent friends OF the Temper
ance movement, the educatory system
of the day. in the home and the Sunday
school. up through primary and pre-
paratory schools, colleges seminaries
and universities, is greatly at fault
This is grave statement, truly, and is
gravely and sadly made. The proof is
in the fact that the great majority Of
mankind come from the homes and in
stitutious of our age without hint as to
the best way OF settl NO the most pro-
found problem If the world they are en-
> IOob Vi tAV
stupendous character OF that problem.
Is not that education early at fault
that says nothing about the worst evil.
the greatest peril, that shall beset him
whom it pretends to tit for the am
pushed walk of lifeP
But let us be more explicit. Is not
intemperance the most terrible evil of
modern times? Is there nation on
earth not q ivering in its folds like
LAGOON in the python's coils? Is there
fam ly it has not somewhere hurtfully
touched? Is there one life it does not
directly or indirectly limit? Is there
one human being whom it has not in
some way wronged and in urede ls it
not a ubiquitous curse? Is there one
good thing OF which it is not the active
and powerful enemy? And is it not
daily increasing its power for mischief
Does it not constantly destroy souls?
AS practical men study the question.
what relation does alcohol susta n to
health? 1t in ames the stomach, in
durates the brain disorders the nervous
stem; makes the m scles tlabby. and
throws its victim wreck on the shores
time. 1T does its bad work impair
italy; the clown and the scholar are
treated alike, and both go into pre-
mature graves blighted by the pc son
VIII CHI neither had been taught to fear.
Ought not the textbooks on physiology
to warn the young on these points,
Ought not the schools to teach the true
class fcation of alcohol as q poisone-
ReC. George X. Morris. An.