The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-02

schools Of the country to be reprehended.
I have known Of cases where animals have
been cut and muthated before the eyes
of children in schools. so badly in fact
that some of the pupils have tainted from
the sight. 1t has a brutaLzing effect upon
children az can easily be seen by statis-
tics, and I may mention one incident which
viii show the influence which the sight
Of blood has upon school children.
In one of the East Side New York
school districts in which some slaughter
houses were located, il was noticed that
the general trend of the school chiidren's
characters was toward bloodthirstiness. It
became so marked finally that some hing
had TO be done to counteract this inf1u-
ence. So it was decided to introduce a sys-
TEN of humane education into this school.
This was begun by a series of lectures in
which the school children were taught
the blessings Of humanity as applied 70 he
lower animals. They were taught how
infinitely better it is to care for the
wounded stray cat and dog than it would
be TO stone them. They We're even given
lessons on how to care for these animals.
The effect Of these lectures was surpris
ing. Soon, children began bringing in all
kinds of MANNED and sick animals which
they found in the neighborhood. Finally
this practice attained such large proper
tons that the teachers were obliged to
diN0 some means Oh taxing care OF tntse
animals outside of the school rooms. A
humane person was procured VINO agreed
to pay a small sum for each one of these
animals brought 90 him. The animals, Of
course. were turned over to the proper su-
thorities, and the money obtained was
turned over to the school for use in the
physiological department. As a matter Of
fact, after a certain time had elapsed,
it was found that the character of the
cob "a OH fror of IL
thrstness to one of kindness.
Human Subjects Have Been Used.
NOW it is impossible to convince me
that the sight of blood and of operations
carried on in the school room will not
deaden the sensibilities of the children.
We are against il in this direction, and
also to it's being carried on in scientific
institutions. [ do not think that any
right should be given to scientific men to
MAIN helpless animals. At any rate. it
should be controlled. AS il is now car
ried on behind closed doors, there is no
knowing to what extent animals are made
to suffer We have known of cases where
the windpipes of animals were removed SO
they could make no noise when they were
experimental upon. We have known of
cases where the animals have been multi
ated Vilely so that the effects of suffering
might be watched. We have known of a
case where dog leg was bent up over
its back and held there for months with
plaster OF paris and finally, we have
known of a case in which a physician went
to South America for the sole purpose of
demonstrating the effects Of certain dis
eases upon healthy natives of the interior.
He innoculated some of these natives with
yellow fever germs for the sole purpose
of watching the natives die of the disease.
This seems TO me to be very nearly muir
der, and if humanity is to be benefited by
murders, it is surely a very odd way of
coping with the situation.
In our own journal we have publish
ed from time 10 time accounts of some
atrocities which have taken place in insti-
tutions throughout the country. Only a
short time ago we showed where vivisec-
ton was carried on in Yale College, and
where the doctors in that institution were
in the habit of buying stray dogs for the
purpose of operating upon them. 1t seems
that the supply of these stray animals
ran short. whereapon some miscreants of
the town embarked in the trade of steal
ing dogs and selling them at small sums
to the university. AS a matter of fact
the operating room was raided and a val
liable dog was found therein which had
been sold to the laboratory by some one,
pres mably the man who stole It,
yes, we are opposed to vivisection in
all its forms, and shall do all in our
power to prevent it,
Law should Regulate the Matter.
President John p. Haines of the Ameri-
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