The Portland daily press., 1899-03-11
TO BE TAUGHT TEMPERANCE.
Teachers Must Give instructions on thu
Effects of Alcohol.
ESPECIAL 10 THE fRrss.l

ESPECIAL 10 TIE tAESS.i
Augusta, March he Woman s
Christian Temperance Union this year
presented to the committee on education
bill extending the amount of the in
siruction in scientific temperance to be-
given in the pubic schools of the state
After IA hearing in which the bill was ad-
vpcetet by "a number of the ladies of tn .
Union and others. IL was reported by the
committee The bill provides in brief thu
avery pupil in the schools shall have the
instruction called for from the time he
enters school. little shaver in the lowest
primary grade until he has been IA year n
the high school. As the little folks in t e
three lowest primary grades cannot read
very readily, if at all, 1t is provided that
the instruction shall be oral. In ii e
higher gr DIES text books are TO be Us,
and in order that there shall be no
scrimping in the amount of instruction
the bill goes to the extent OF defining just
low many pages of the text books shall
b devoted to the subject lnasmuch as
academies rank with high schools, they
must give years instruction in temper
hENV as lHe bhi uIpilcs 10 sGuOOis IT,
Giving state aid. More than ,his, tn
teachers must gu .lify to teach TEN per.uce
as thoroughly as they prepare themselves
to train the young idea in the way it
should grow, and no teacher shall get Il
certificate who has NOT passed a satisfao-
tory examination in tails subject. The
measure by which the weareis of the
xxrhi nil he, ho
King Alcohol. is an amendment to section
one. chapter 267, Of the public laws #
1855, which reads as follows:
''SectiOn THAT the nature of alec
holic drinks and other narcotics and their
effects on the human system shall be-
taught in connection with the various
divisions of physiology and by giene, AS
thoroughly as ale other branches in all
schools u der state control or supported
wholly or in part by public money. and
also in all schools connected with reform.
atory institutions All pupils in the
above mentioned schools below the second
year of the high schools and above the
third year of school work, computing
from the beginning of the lowest primary
graded schools, shall be taught and shall
study this subject every year from suit
able text books in the hands of all pupils,
for ot less than four lessons "a week for
ten or more weeks Of each year, and mus
pass the same tests in this as in other
studies. In all schools above mentioned
all pupils in the lowest three primary
school years, or in corresponding classes
in ungraded schools, shall each year be
instructed in this subject orally for not
less than three lessons week Tor ten
weeks in each year, by teachers using
text books adapted for such oral instruo-
tion rs IA quite and standard. The local
school authorities shall provide needed
facility and definite time anu place for
this branch inthe regular course of study
The text books in the pupils hands shall
te graded 10 the capacities OF the fourth
year, intermediate, grammar and hi III
school pupils, or to corresponding CLASSES
as found in ungraded schools. For
students below high school grade such
textbooks shall give at least one-iifth
their space. and for students Of high
school grade, shall give not less than
twenty pages to the nature and effects of
alcoholic drinks and narcotics. The pages
on this subject, in u separate chapter at
the end Of the book, shall not be counted
In determining the minimum. In all nor.
NAL schools teachers training classes and
teachers Institutes. adeq late time and
attention sha ! be given 20 instruction in
the best methods of teaching this bra Oh,
an no teacher snail lie licensed who has
not passed satisfactory examination in
IL 5 -ubject and the best methods of
ac Ing it. Any school officer or officers
who shall neglect or fall to comply wi h
tie provisions of this act shall forfeit and
pay for each otfense the sum I'll not less
than i've dollars, nor more than twenty
five dollars
''SectioD 2,-1his act shall take effect
when approved"
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