New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-05

Hunt more than any ether one person 10 'e'p
sible. ,
Tho rresd,ng officers Of the Illinois Legislature.
the President OF the Senate and Speaker OF the
House with the chairmen of the House ana Se, ~
Committees on Educaion nave the oIownS
letter of appreciation for the services VINCE she
has thus rendered that State
Senate Chamber:
Springfield, ILL.,. June D. 1891
Mrs Mary H. Hunt Boston; Mass lass oc,csrs q, the
fortieth General Assembly of Illinois. extend 10 you
our heartfelt thanks and APPRECIATION op your
tees of Senate and House. and for your very Y ear
able and u1trng advocaGy OF 0 of the CHI
dren in the public schools of this State In the laws
Of hygiene Including d I the nature ara e'e''
A. representatives OF the citizens of the State we
G 2g yo 1a ho@ Ser ffS
your unsehsh labors for the cnilTen OF ti's O''i'
mOn"eah with great Es;RBSsii * 2I' FISHER
Presiient Of The lsr Senate
SPEAKER Of the House.
CHARLES BOGARDUS;
Chairman Senate Committee on Education.
Mrs Hunt has waged many hard-fought battles
for the scientific temperance education OF The chill
dren in the public schools of this country.
one who has watched her work in the National
Congress- in State Legislatures. with publishers ana
authors for a sound school literature on this sub
jer, and with teachers for right methods OF ihsruc
ton therein. says:
The secret of her unusual success lies in the fact
that while modest and claiming little for herself.
she is tremendously convinced that every child in
the Nation. has right to know and should know
relate to the use Of acohoic drinks and other
sentla 10 the future weI-being not only Of all the
children but Of the Nation soon to be governed by
the same and her skill in bringing such popular con-
S b to sSaT s Jus, o e b s ras me and place 10
An Illinois paper says:
1t is to the skilful diplomacy. rare tact and ex-
perence. 10 the consecrated wisdom and common
IT. ifc -hpl 1r1 n
and brain. that We now owe the fact that I.lnoi:
has one OF the best temperance education laws of
AIMS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The Worlds and National Department of Sci
entihc Temperance Instruction Of which Mrs
Hunt is superintendent aims such
legislation shall make the study and teach
ing Of the laws of health with special reference 10
the effects Of narcotics on the human body and
mind. obligatory throughout the entire system Of
Inspiration and prophecy have received new H.
lustratlon in The creation and deyslopment of this
rises TO greatness In an emergency" any more
than the oak tree rises 10 height Of trunk and tough
ness of fibre when some National exigency re-
9ures battle.ships, Descent from long line Of
Ts n as and
heart and brain demanded In creating this great
the TO her in 1875 the thought Teach the
children the scientific facts about alcohol to-day and
vehicle for this temperance education. and that
instrumental in writing the laws this subject
In all the States and Territories of the United
States except three. She set the standard for the
many series of graded textbooks which have been
issued TO meet the demands of these laws. and since
1892 has published a magazine called THE School
Physiology Journal" which Is devoted to showing
the best methods of teaching this subject In differ
grades of schools and also collecting for the
busy teacher valuable quot atoms from great
thorities on all cortrovcrted points
Foreign countries have taken note. and the tenn
perance teaching OF the world is being modelled
after tho American plan, and the American text
books form :he basis of that teaching throughout
the world From England India and Russia the
most urgent appeals are made to Mrs. Hunt come
and help them