The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-20
THE SCHOOL vs.. The SALOON.

The Compulsory Temperance Educa-
the department l represent. has just
passed the Senate and Assembly at AL
bany, is n new phase in u State. and
we believe y most hopeful remedy for
the evils of incompetence.
DIR. Chalmers. after listening to an
eloquent address upon these evils, is
said to have exclaimed: ST. we know
enough of the evils; in God name give
us the remedy" For wears we have
been striving to answer this cry. which
! comes from thousands of hearts and
homes. OF all the answers vet given.
we believe none is rs practical in oper-
alton. a. permanent in effect. and rs
easy OF accomplishment, as that which
proposes to set the school-kouSe "
| against the saloon. Whatever differ
encc OF opinion there is rs to other REM
edies. we lind ali are in favor of in
structing the young in the physical eff
fectS of strong drink.
The sad experiences in work among
liquor-deaiers and liquor-dr.nkers natu-
rally led the members of the Woman'S
Christian Temperance Union to this
idea of prevention through education.
This education was first attempted in
the Sabbath-schOolS. but the opposition
encountered was so great that little
could he accomplished in that direction.
Juvenile Unions and Bands OF Hope
were next established. and the hundreds
gathered into them We're faithfully
taught the effects of alcolol upon the
HI .- - d.. H. --.
nothing compulsory about attendance
upon this teaching. the children could
only be held while the novelty lasted.
Finally our hopes gathered about the
public schools. There. more largely
than anywhere else. are found the chi,-
dren OF our Nation. There are the
children oi the foreigners who can not
be reached in any other WAY To
teach these children. a. thoroughly and
Systematically As they are now Taught
geography. spelling and history. what
alcohol is. what it will do TO us if We
drink it. AM what it viii make us do
became the aim of u Temperance
workers. Encouraged by the TACT that
in Vermont. New Hampshire and Nich-
i@an Il compulsory Temperance Educa-
" VIZ h1' pi>>t'i l!lt 'Si~liiult t.it
Department of Scientific Temperance
Instruction in New York STATE under
took to secure 4 similar bill this winter.
Petitions We're scattered broadcast
over the state. Letters Were written to
five thousand cIergymen, 10 each Sen
ator and Representative, to the PreSi-
dent OF the Senate and Speaker of the
House. TO the Rewent>. commissioners,
Superintendent OF Public InStructiou.x
and many others, while hundreds 81
pages % lite ature accompanied these
letters. Large audiences in our most
conservative churches, and in balls,
normal schools and teachers institutes.
have been addressed by the National
and State Superintendenrs Of Scientific
Instruction.
The b II which has passed Senate and
Assembly reads as follows:
A act relating to the study of physiolog.
and hygiene in tue public schools.
The people of the State of New York. rep
resented in the senate and Assembly. do en-
"SECTIoNL Provision shall be made by the
proper local school authorities for instruct;ns
all pupils in all schools supported by public
money or under State control in physiology
and hygiene. with special reference TO The ef-
fects of alcoholic drinks. stimulants, and mar
cOficS urOn the human system
SEC No certificate shall be granted any
person 10 teach in the public schools of the
State of New York. after the LIST day of Janu-
airy. lSS5. who has not passed a satisfactory
examination in ply 'iology and hygiene. with
special reference 10 the effects OF alcoholic
drinks. stimuiants and narcotics upon the
human system
New York State now takes her place
with Vermont. New Hampshire and
Michigan; and if the law is but prop
eriy enforced. our million and 4 half of
children will be forewarned and fore
armed in reference to the temptations
which await them.
DR.. j. G. Holland uttered. in this
magazine, these prophetic words:
What we want in our schools is To- do
away with the force of = pernicious
example and a long cherished error. by
making the children thoroughly i%nteili-
gent on this subject of alcohol. The
more thoroughly we can instruct the
Young concerning this dominating evil
of our time, the letter it will be for
them and for the world"
This noble prophecy has its fulfill
ment to-day in the passage of this bill.
Could We but add to this teaching in
our public schools lessons upon virtue.
reverence. honesty and morality, juve-
nile crime might BE- lesSened, and =
more hopeful outlook gree: the Nation.
-EizdJeth ". GrecnCO1d. Sug't. Sec
entifc Instruction Dept. v. y. State ~.
c. Z. L., in Century.