Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-10-20

"This brave band has need of you;
Will you join with purpose true:
Win you help us in the strife
'Gainst ali wrongs which wreck, mans
life? ).
BY Gods gift of leader true.
BY His gift of gifts for you;
By your hopes for years to come,
BY your love of friends and home;
AS "Ihy kingdom come" you pray
Join our ranks this Harvest Day"
"If Lord Chesterfield were alive today
he could not utter more ringing truths
against the licensing of intoxicating
drinks than he did in l743--one hundred
and fifty years ago-in the British par
Lament. He said. "Luxury is to be
taxed, but vice prohibited. Drunkepess
is universally and im all circums tances
an evil, and therefore ought not to be
taxed but punished. never heard that
n law against theft was repealed be-
cause thieves were numerous.
Miss Alys Pearsall Smith. daughter
of Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith, of Lon.
don, has accepted the superintendency
of the British Y branch. She will attend
the Worlds and National conventions
in Chicago, comparing notes of progress
and exchanging ideas with the Ameri-
can Y sisterhood.-Un Signal.
| .*s
The Us have added Turkey to the
list of countries in which the Y branch
spreads its growing foliage. Miss Mary
A. Massaouti. a native christian worker
OF Smyrna, has been made general
secretary OF tile Y. W. c. L. U. of. Tur-
key, the neclsus Of which is the girls
temperance union. This society was
organized by Mrs. Mary Clement Lea
witt in 1899, with ten members, and
numbers now tifty-two. They have
sent contribution of money to the
Worlds Fair Y souvenir fund.-Union
Signal.
~
Our Us under the leadership of Mrs
Blackwell, have just entered their sec
ond year. They celebrated t heir first
anniversary by giving a soc .Jat Miss
Florence Haskell's last Friday evening.
-.
Please read carefully the followin &
sections from our state laws:
Sec. 100. Every teacher in the com
mon schools shall teach pupils, as they
are sufficiently advanced to pursue the
same, the following branches, towit
Orthography, reading, writing, ,arithme.
tic, language lessons, English grammar
geography, United States history, ply
slology and hygiene, giving special in
structIom concerning the nature Of al
coholic drinks, stimulants and marco
tics, and their effect upon the human
system. Physiology and hygiene and
the nature Of alcoholic drinks, stimu-
ulants and narcotics, and their effect
upon the human system shall be taught
rs thoroughly rs any branch is taught;
by the use Of text book to all pupils
able to use text book, who have not
thoroughly studied that branch, and
orally to all other pupils. When such
oral instruction is given as herein re-
quired, sufficient time not less than
fifteen minutes shall be given to such
oral instruction for at least four days
in each school week. Every teac her in
the schools in special districts, and in
cities organized for school purposes
under special law shall conform to and
be governed by the provisio MS of this
section.
Sec. 20. He 1.-THE county superinten
dent of schools shall see to 1t that the
pupils ara instructed in the several
branches of study required by law to be
taught in the schools, as far as they are
qualified to pursue them. If any teacher
neglects or refuses to give instructions
as required by law in physiology aud
hygiene, and the nature and effect of
alcoholic drinks, narcotics and stimu.
lants, the county superintendent shall
promptly revoke such teachers certii.
cate and cause him or her to be dis.
charged. If the teacher 50 neglectIng
or refusing to give instructions in said