The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-17
TEACHING TEMPERANCE.
The Device Adopted by the w. C. 2. U. q
Oakland, Cal.

The Device Adopted by the w. C. 2. U. OF
Oakland, Cal.
The beneficent effects of agitating the
question of teaching Temperance in
public schools is not confined to the
States which have secured the scientific
Temperance instruction law. Through
efforts in this department the subject
has been brought to the attention OF
parents and teachers all over the coun-
try, and this can not help being bene-
flcial, for it has caused an arrest of
thought upon a vital subject, and think
ing thereon has led to grand results.
Thousands of children are being taught
Temperance at their mothers knee, or
in the family to- day, because the w. G.
I. U. has educated the conscience OF
Christian parents along this line. In
hundreds of schools the effects of alco-
aol and tobacco upon body, mind and
heart are being taught because, through
the same agency teachers have been
convinced that, as employees of the
State, to whom is intrusted the train
ing of its future citizens, they are in
duty bound to teach those things which
shall guard them against the worst foe
threatening good citizenship.
In many schools outside the favored
eighteen States this teaching is system
atically done from approved text
books. In others, where the introduc-
ton of textbooks is not possible. ex-
cellent work is done through oral les
sons, for which the teacher makes
special and careful preparation with
the aid of the best authorities. Again,
much has been accomplished by plac-
ing Temperance books of reference in
school libraries, and encouraging
teachers and pupils to use them. The
latest device for introducing Tonpor-
ance in public schools comes to us,
from California. The Oakland w. C.
T. U. have published a set of arith-
metical questions which are given to
teachers to be incorporated with their
class questions. We give few from
those designed for each grade. If they
do not teach scientific Temperance"
they do set children thinking concern,
ing the benefits of practical Temper
ance:
l. There are 115,0JO saloons in the United
states, ana lbtOOD pubic schools; how many
more saloons than schools
z. There are about 6OO010 drunkards in the
United States. How many cities of 10000 in
habitants each would these drunkards form?
B. a. If a family spends Is cents day for
beer, how much is expended in weeks? d.
How many loaves of bread, at 10 cents loaf,
could be bought for the same money!
4. a. A smoker spends ~ cents day for
cigars; how many dollars will he spend in one
half year? ID How many books at 81
apiece, could he buy with this money?
a. AT 40 cents gallon, what is a family's
beer bill for co days, taking two quarts daily?
d. How many pairs of shoes at 81 a pair, will
this money purchase?
to smoke cigarettes at the age of IA, and
smoked 10 cents worth daily. How manv
books worth 81 each, could he buy with the.
money spent!
sent to the almshouse. Had he saved the
MONEY spent for tobacco since he was twenty
years of age. providing he spent an average
OF $30 year, how much would he have bad?
3. A teetOtaler and whisky drinker started
together on ajourney, each with his his own
horse and buggy. The distance was 100 miles.
The horses each Travelled ut the rate of miles
an hour. The teetotaer made the journey in
~ days. The drinker stopped three times IL
day Mt the saloons on the way for his dram.
losing on an average of fifteen minutes every
time. How many days did it take him to
make the journey?
Y, was bought of an Indian chief for barrel
of whisky. If the Indian drank one half
pint day, how long did it take him to swal-
low the whole county, o. As the county
contains 256,0O0 acres, ard the whisky was
valued ut 81 gallon, what was the price per
acre.
10. How many cylindrical tanks & feet in
diameter, and 10 feet deep would it take to
contain the 2I2.0OO,OOO gallons of liquor con-
sumed in the United States last year Union
SiOndL.