Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-12

IL the action OF tno nHtuorItIo1
Of two universities IL an indioa-
ton then 3 war Is 10 10 begun by
the higher educational Institutions
upon the use Of tobacco IN college,
The Boston University has made
the rule that those st1dontr who
are unwilling TO give up the use
OF tobacco while In the university
building may withdraw and their
tuition fees viii Be returned. The
step taken BY the Northwestern
University while not 20 decisive 10
nevertheless understood 10 mean
that the nee Of tobacco will be die
counienauced in that institution.
II s~tatistlcs gathered at leading
colleges have any weight Il win
have to be admitted that the free
uss Of tobacco has an injurious Of
feet upon the health of students.
The best known and most thor
ough tests to determine this ques-
ton we're made at Yale and Am
herst, which institutions can be-
taken as fairly representing the
larger and the smaller colleges.
In 1891 the physician at Yale pub
lished the results Of his observs-
tions on the use Of tobacco among
under graduates, In a class OF
TAT students be found that in four
years the n who never used to-
bacco surpassed the 20 who did
use It 10.4 per cent in gain in
weight, "A per cent In increase Of
height, and 26.7 per cent in growth
Of chest girth. But the most
marked difference was in the gain
in lung capacity, the noD-users re-
oording a gain Of IT'S per cent
greater than the habitual chewers
or smokers. This is q remarkable
showing, but It is surpassed by an
Investigation made among the un-
dergraduates at Amherst. It was
found that during the four years
Of q college students life at that
school the non-users Of tobacco
gained "A per cent more in weight,
81 per cent more in height and
- per cent more in chest Rirth
than the tobacco users, while the
increase in the lung capacity OF
the former was rs per cent greater
than in the latter. This larger
relative increase among the nom
users Of tobacco at Amherst than
at Yale is accounted for by the
fact that the average age OF the
students at the former school il
lower than at the latter school and
hence they are more susceptible
to any cause which affects them
injnriously.
But the physical effects + moi
the only bad results of tobacco
using. II harms the intellectual
facultias also. According to Pro-
lessor Fisk, of the Northwestern
University, when q college class
at Yale had been divided into -four
sections according to scholarship
it was discovered that the highest
section was composed almost en-
tirely of non-smokers, and the
lowest section almost entirely Of
smokers. Such demonstrations Of
the mental and physical results o.
the use of tobacco by college I'M
dergraduates justify the effort be
ing made by some college author
ties TO check It's use. But start
ling &c the results Of the investiga
ton among young men at cOlleg,
are, it is probable hat an ipvesti
legation as TO the effects Of-smokinl
on the health Of young school lad
would be much more startling
The newspapers record now an'
then the death or insanity Of som.
!, boy from the use Of cigarettes
But no account is taken Of th
stunting Of the minds and bodie
OF the great mass Of young lad
from the same cause. To be 81
. fectual the battle against Oh
harmful effects Of tobacco must b
. begun while a lad is still at hom
4 and under the direct influence q