Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-05
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE INsTRuC.
1TON,
To All Interested In tho Education OF
children.

LEAN EhikNDsi what shall sey2 All /
what shall not say to urge the necessity |
OF better and more practical education
for the boys and girls OF this slater For
years past learned men and women have
spent their time, talents and means in
preparing textbooks and devising the
pest plans for presenting the truth CON
tanned In the different branches Of educa- |
tlon, until the scientific world is iubllant |
over It's achievements; and with the con- |
Vlctlon that intelligence insates good citi- |
zenship plans have been laid and money |
has been lavished to establish q system of |
education that offers instruction To the
masses. Yet a solemn declaration comes 1
to us to-day "My people are DESTROYED |
for lack of knowledge; because thou hast
rejected knowledge will also reject thee |
seeing thou hast forgotten the law OF God I
! will also forget thy children" Hosea,
iV:6.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union, whose great heart reaches from
the home to the ends Of the world, to
raise the fallen and save the innocent
from falling, believing as IL does that
prevention will yield far more satisfac.
tory results than reformatory means, In
correcting the dominant evils of our
country, yea, the world, has Incorporated
in its well-devlsed plans scientific de-
partment, which proposes to educate the
people upon the subject Of narcotics and
stimulants as poison--a fact hitherto
unnoticed in our system of education.
The influence OF the w. C. II. L. cannot
be ignored, for with its metto, "For God
and Home and Native Land" it has the
endorsement OF all orthodox denomina-
tions in the land; is organized in every
state and territory in the United Stat. s.;
| Is firmly established In Canada; has
reached the isles Of the sea, and Is rapidly
| gaining favor in Europe and other foreign
| countries
/ Its onward movement is due to the
faith and zeal of the Christian women en-
| gagged in II, encouraged by good, intelli-
gent men everywhere.
Mrs. Mary Hunt, national superintend-
ent of the scientific department of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
has been antiring in her efforts to secure
the Introduction of scientific temperance
instruction into the schools Of number
of states, nor have her efforts been in
vain; for the press in those states is teem-
ing with articles from the pens OF busy
writers; and earnest appeals from pulpit
and platform, until the air seems vocal
with the cry, "save the children!n and
more, "we will save the childreu,n for
four years ago the legislatures of
five different states, Vermont, Michi-
gan, New Hampshire, New York
and Rhode Island passed laws
which make the study of alcoholic stimu-
lants and their effects upon the human
system obligatory in all the schools sup
ported by public funds. We are glad TO
~ ~ no hnrtOU fptn paa rc pau
eral other states and territories have en-
acted similar laws; and will the people OF
Texas be less wise than theyl That, truly,
is the wisest kind of legislation.
Have we not seen bright intellects de-
velop under skillful tutelage that gave
PROMISE OF much future usefulness to the
world and Joy to doting parents2 Have
we not heard lavish words OF commenda-
ton from teachers, and loud praises from
friends of the prodlgies, as they would
leave the walls of institutions of learning
that were designed to be a safeguard for
the young? But alas for disappointed
hopes Even while those pupils were
under the watchful care Of teachers, the
deceitful foe, intemperance, slowly made
incursion, and hundreds of those bright
boys and girls have gone down, down 10
irretrievable ruin. You ask, why is
this? There is just cause for remorse,
: dear parents and teachers, for while la
boring TO prepare the children for the
Journey of lite, do we not feel that there
was deficiency in the system Of instruc-
ton, that should have forewarned them
of the pitfalls and quicksands that lay in
their road.
The last victory, looking TO good citi
zenship, was that of the passage OF the
: scientific temperance instruction bill In
congress during the past session, which
/, give to the pupils OF the schools In the
= nine future states, the District OF Colum
bia, all military and naval schools, ant
h all Indian and colored schools In the ter
y ritories, that are supported In part or II
l. whole by funds from.the national treas
ury, the privilege of learning for them
selves that alcohol, tobacco and opium
Il are powerful poisons, and Will hurt then
II { they use them.
e. "Saye the children and you save all,
IT was the language OF noble Statesman
Is once. II the children OF our SCHOOL,
II could learn from actual science the truti
rs In reference to alcoholic poison, what /
r will do to them If they drinkit, thousand
ie would be saved from the curse OF lntem
Il. perance. Are not the children OF Texa
~ as dear TO their fathers and mothers a
the children Of other states are TO thei
parentsP
As superintendent In the scientific dc
partment in the w c. T. U. Of Texas,
appeal to you IN behalf of the children c
IS the state that you consider the importanc
of Introducing into oil the schools, esp'
clally public schools, regular systemat!
IN teaching concerning the effects OF nal
ie cotlcs aud stmulants upon the hnmA
system.
The facts have been incorporated
- textbooks on physiology and hygiene
suited to the different grades In schoo
and are being satisfactorily used In ID
states that have decided their childre
shall be made wise-Dn this subject.
- Dear friends, do not leave 1t Just I
10 the optiou of school boards whether the
n will adopt this course Of instruction Q
,Ir mot. II would be unsatisfactory an
n. shor,-liyed. Il needs the dignity an
ne force Of law, as much as any other Dranc
~ ~ study, 10 make its necessity ielt.
ss Now, dear friends, will you mol encoai
AZ ace MS ia this soul-saying, home-protecl
- ING enterprise by uniting your enorl
in With ours 10 so influence the MINDS az
is heats Of the people upon this snolee
nj mat they will demand such lnstfneNp
10 soT me children and youth Of Texasf
~ near motherF, II II be- true, as Neloico
no ssid 0The future destiny OF . chila II
sses ,vsvs the work Of the mother" VIII 70
~ ~ zee to il that your children have ~
Az nv - =. - f,..trs,.tfou9 for IL Is u tearIi