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Ohio physical educators organized, look
ing to better enforcement of the Ohio
nbvsical education law, and participated
at the State Teachers Association two
months later The National Educational
Association at its annual session in july.
at Denver. created the department. of
physical education. ,,e
at Gbautsunus schools of methods.
teachers institutes and conventions A
connnIsorv nhysical education bill, in
trodnced in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
nassed the House, but failed in the SEN
ate, The latest phase in this department.
is physical training as REFORM measure
in the management OF prisons, houses of
correction and Industrial schools States
are pradnally securing competent W. G.
q. Z. superintendents, the majority of
whom are specialists.
YOUNG WOMEN'S BRANCH. Z,
The Superintendent of this branch re.
ported that during the past year the
Young women had been engaged in all
the departments recommended by the W..
G. II. u. but special temperance legions,
medal contests and work, in the distribu-
tion of literature, in loyal temperance
legions. medal contests and the Flower
Mission.
WORK AMONG FOREIGNERS.
Mrs. S. E Grubbs, superintendent of
the department Of work among foreign
ers. reported that the objective point of
effort had been to abolish the saloon at
the government port of entrys at New
York, but without success. Efforts at
temperance work at this point had been
largely inyalidated by the presence Of
the saloon at this port. There have been
sent out about 400 200 pages of tracts this
year; ITO, 600 of these have been givon
away. The work grows in interest and
favor.
PRESS WORK.
Miss L. E. Reed, reported on press
work. She said that almost without ex-
ception reports from forty superintendents
show increased temperance sentiment and
increased opportunities for creating more
sentiment through the peoples school
and forum, the newspapers. The Asso-
ciated and United Press have even sur
passed the liberality OF previous years in
the space given to our work. especially
in reporting tho Polyglot meeting in
Washington and the London conventions,
and from Dearly all press syndicate agen-
cies requests have been received for full
reports of this convention Statistical
reports always incomplete show nearly
"a. 900 columns of w. G. L. U. matter
furnished the local press by the two
thousand press superintendent. The
National Super ntendent has issued 36, 600
copies of the National W. G. L. U.
Bulletin" sending them to press workers
and editors OF leading papers, many of
whom have expressed appreciation OF the
help. Women's editions of papers have
been utilized for advancement Of W. G.
L. u. work. The W. G. T. U. press has
held it's own during the financial stress,
three National anu twenty Estate
papers sending ont the gospel Of temper
ance, prohibition, purity land woman's
acknowledgements.
WORK IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, of Boston,
National and Internationa Superinten-
dent of the Department. of Scientific Tenn
perance Instruction in Schools and Col
leges, made her annual report. She said.
in part:
We began thirteen years ago the work
of petitioning Legislature after Legisla-
ture for the enactment of laws making
the study of scientific or physical temper
ance a compulsory school study. These
petitions have been granted by the Legis-
iature of Al States, and by the National
Congress for all schools under federal
control. Only three States, Arkansas,
Georgia and Virginia, are known to have
failed to enact more or less stringent
law requiring the nature and effects of
alcoholic drinks and other narcotics in
connection with physiology and hygiene
to be taught all pupils in all public
schools. Georgia is expected this year tc
come into line.
There are nearly thirty different school,
different publishing houses, but neither
the Superintendent cor her Advisory
Board ever asked or received cent fol
endorsing the same. The public good il
the only object sought.
The National Superintendent gives bel
entire time TO the cause. From five tt
eight secretaries and helpers are in con
slant service.
Mrs. Helen 6. Rice of Boston described
the WORK of the Loyal Temperance
Legion. All signs were reassuring, she
said said and the enthusiasm of children mos
encouraging.
NOT A COLORED DISTILLER.
Work among the colored people was
talked about by Mrs. Lucy Thurman
(colored) of jackson, Mich. During the
year, she said, forty unions Of fcolored
women had been organized in the South.
Among the ten millions of her race il
this country, Mrs. Thurman said, there
was not one distiller or brewer.
The superintendent Of the narcotics de-
partment, Mrs e. B. ingalls, of st.
Louis, said more persons were interested
in the movement than ever before and re-
formers are beginning to realize that
soothing syrups, headache medicine and
cigarettes led to the use of opium,
choral, and other drugs. She said tbs
"bike" was decreasing the number OF
smokers.
: Mrs Stella b. Irvine of ST. Paul
Minnesota, spoke Of Sunday school work.
Mrs. A. S. Benjamin of Portland,
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