The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-16

effort should be made to bring the mat
ter into the schools, as she had noticed
with sadness the increase of saloons in
the outside districts which We're traps to
the young Hawaiians. The w. c. I. U.
expressed q desire that the law on the
subject be made public for the benefit
OF teachers and parents 1t is as fol-
lows:
TEMPERANCE EDUCATION LAW
FOR TERRITORIES.
passed by U. S. Congress May 20. 1886.
land extended 20 Hawaii by Act of Con-
gress January, 1902
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled:
! Section THAT the nature of alcoholic
drinks and narcotics, and special instruc-
ton as to their effects upon the human
system, in connection with the several
divisions of the subject of physiology and
hygiene, shall be included in the branches
of study taught in the common or pub
lie schools, and in the military and naval
schools, and shall be studied and taught
as thoroughly and in the same manner
as other like required branches are in
SAID schools, by the use of text books IN
the hands of pupils where other branches
are thus studied in said schools, and by
all pupils N All said schools throughout
academies in the United States. and in
the District of Columbia. and in all In
dan and colored schools in the Terri
tories of the United States.
Sec 2-That it shall be the duty of
the proper officers in control of any
school described in the foregoing section
to enforce the provisions of this act; and
any such officer. school director, commit
tee, superintendent, or teacher who shall
refuse or neglect to comply with the re-
qurements OF this act, or shall neglect
or fail to make proper provisions for the
instruction required and in the manner
specified by the first section of this act
for all pupils in each and every school
under his jurisdiction, shall be removed
from office, and the vacancy filed as In
other cases.
Sec 3-That no certificate shall be
granted to any person to teach in th'
public schools of the District of Column
b!a or Territories, after the first of Jan
uary, Ammo Domini eighteen hundred anc
lightweight who has not passed a sat
isfactory examination in physiology ant
hygiene with special reference TO the ma
ture and the effects of alcoholic drink
and other narcotics upon the human sys
TEN.
Approved May 90, 1856
| Mr. Hartley. in his address to th'
Union. said that the Christian minister
and workers throughout the world ha'
found that their main hold is in women
and that from the time Of Mother Stew
art, and the organization of the W. {
r u, the. churches have found there i
a great strength in the womanhood o
the country The W. c. 7. l., he said
is a marvellous institution, and one o
its great achievements was the templ
in Chicago. the result of the great worl
of Miss willard He saw the necess!t!
of instructing the young in the school
upon the evils of strong drink. Persona
. information was what they needed, an
= this would result in personal convictions
He praised the quiet work OF the Flowe
l Mission. and said it went great way
in SLOWING men what was beautiful i
the~wOrld and what was not. The wor
= Of temperance was going on everywhere
: Spasrnodic work did not avail much, bU
II was the steady work that counted
j The w c. 7. T.. winter and summer
r in spring and in autumn, was always dc
;. ing its work. They were assisted in the
4 work from the church pulpits. thei
0 meetings were announced in the churche
: and the work had become regular TIL
name of the Anti-Saloou League NEAR
n only temperance society. Il was notf
o ing new-fsugled. One Of its features
= to study in every community the gener;
?. liquor situation. and to arrive at a cor
= sensus Of opinion as 10 what steps shout
a be taken. II was Observation-Disclosures
I and has the enforcement of the church'
Y and is non-partisan. Its aim was to re!