Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-10

but that proper ventilation is one of the
most active agents in the promotion of
health and longevity the most careless and
ill-informed will readily perceive. 1t and
water are our greatest friends as well as our
greatest foes. We get our fevers, and they
are legion, from contaminated water; our
malarial diseases, and they are legion, from
poison-laden air. The great problem for
science to solve is to render air and water
strained, purified, inocuous and in every
way beneficial to the human race.
Science has performed wonders in
the past, and il has not Yet entered
into the heart of man the wonders that sci
ence Will reveal in the future. Judging the
future by the light of the past. there is little
doubt but at the close of the twentieth CEN
tury the foul diseases which affect humani-
ty viii be under the control of. and many
of them stamped out by the scien tific phySi-
cian-
With pure air and water. and the diet that
science VIII prescribe for the future races,
will dawn the golden age of humanity when
every child will be well born, its life and
habits conforming to the scientific laws
governing our existence on this
earth, one mans surroundings will help him
to achieve the highest possible physical vi
tally. 1t will be seen then that the two
great objects of the best men and women of
this life should be first TO improve the race
morally and physically; secondly to make
this earth fit abode for the superior people
who will then occupy IT. For this reason
have found IL almost impossible TO conkne
myself 70 the subject allotted me, VIZ: Hy-
giene of the schools The laws which gov
eru our existence, the laws which bring TO bear
an unspeakable influence upon our mental
and physical forces were violated by our
predecessors, and we suffer and are deficient
because of this violation, and fathers and
mothers vet move on IN the old beaten track,
and generations OF children vet unborn will
suffer mentally and physically because of an
ignorance of the laws of heredity, the viola
ton of laws governing the lives and happi-
ness of our posterity. We, the parents, need
an awakening rather than the teachers of
our schools Mothers are negligent and
neglectful of their God given
responsibility their divinely appointed
guardianship of children. Therefore
In the name of the mothers and women of
Wichita, | am glad 10 be present. glad to
welcome to our city this sanitary conveu-
ton and when we realize that convention
of this kind, will do more for the ameliora-
ton of pauperism than a Bonham, more for
the suppression of crime and ignorance than
reformatory, because it teaches suppress
sion, more for the upbuiiding of our city
than banks and loan associations. because il
renders both secure and permanent, the peo-
pie of our city will accord a greeting and
scheme for the betterment of humanity de
serve.
The next on the program was a paper by
the Hon. T. Dwight Thatcher, of Topeka, on
the The Relation of the Press to Santa
ton 1t is given complete on the second
page.
Judge James Humphrey read very able
and lengthy paper on The Relation of the
Water Supply to the Cities and Towns of
Kansas"
The following bylaws were adopted with
a view of forming a sanitary association of
the state:
l. The object of this association is to pro
mote and diffusc scientific and practical san
itation.
g That all persons interested in the above
subject are eligabe and are solicited to be-
come members of this association.
3. The name of this organization shall be
known as the Sanitary Association of the
State of Kansas, and shall be auxiliary to
the State Board of Health
4. The officers of this association shall con |
sist Of president, two presidents. two |
secretaries one of which shall be the secre-
tary of the State Board Of Health
D. The members of the State Board of !
Health shall be ex-Officio members of said |
association
A vote of thanks was rendered Judge |
Humphrey for the efficient manner in which |
be had performed his duties as president of |
the convention.
The following is a liss of the ladies and |
gentlemen who attended the conventions
Dr. Maxfield, of st. John: DIR. Jewell, of |
Moran; DR. Lewis, IF Topeka; DR. Mandon,
of Burlington; DR.. Alexander, of Girard |
Dr. Cummins, of Larned; Dr. Wiley, of |
Fredonia; DR.. RICHTER, of Topeka; F. S. |
McCabe, D. D., Topeka; Hon S. Dwight |
Thatcher Topeka; Judge James Humphrey, /
Junction City