Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-03
RESULTS AT BREMEN
WHAT WAS DONE BY THE RECENT
ANTlALcoHoLlC CONGRESS.

Scientific Temperance InstrSctioh'
Mrs Mary Fl. Hunt of Boston, repre-
senting the Women's Christian lem
oerance union at the international an
tialcohol congress ut Bremen, has Is
sued the following synopsis or the
work accomplished at the convention:
"Ihe international alcohol congress
that meets biennially on the continent
has Just closed it's ninth session. IL
has been in the matter of attendance
and we'll known persons present the
most remarkable of any session OF the
congress. This body of 1,4O0 delegates,
notable in science and in the service
Of humanity as university professors
ar for their hereditary rank, came 10
E"rmen from fifteen different nations
on two hemispheres.
"Ouestions of religion and politics
we're wisely ruled ouk Of such varied
assernblage. The subjects discussed
were the teachings Of science concern
ing q moderate use of alcohol and the
effect of its use on every phase OF hu-
man progress. Two schools of thought
were represented-the moderates, VINO
call themselves the temperate school,
and the total abstainers, who are
called the abstinence school, By COM
mon consent the congress passed no
resolutions, but the applause tor the
testimony Of science and experience
nm behalf of total abstinence showed
the moderates to be in the minority.
"The statement of DR.. August Fore!,
one of the foremost authorities IN the
world on brain and nerve diseases, that
neither science nor experience FUR
nishes evidence to justify calling alco-
bol food. called out prolonged accla-
nations. The papers read by notable
members of the congress during these
six DAYS will fill two or three volumes
and soon will be printed for wide ols'
| tribution.
"The paper on alcohol and Art by
Professor Berens, director OF the Ter
man School of Art at Dusseldorf was
q classic. He said that alcohol by dull
ing the spiritual aspirations essental
to the greatest work was an enemy OF
the highest attainment In arr.
"a paper on Scientific Temperance
Education In the Public Schools In the
United States by an American repre-
sentative led to discussion IN Whlcn
twenty speakers took part and nearly
everv one of them commended the eX-
tension of the American method Tor
the prevention of intemperance."
One of the most interesting papers
was prepared by Mrs. Hunt herself,
the theme being the significance OF
temperance instruction in the pubic
schools. In the course Of her address
| Mrs. Hunt said:
"The thraldom of alcoholism can be
overthrown only by making the masses
intelligent in regard to the true nature
of alcohol and its consequent effects
upon the human system. This requires
| first. thorough scientific investigation
of the alcohol problem and, second, the
widest diffusion of truths thus learned
1.-THE people Of the United States, be-
lieving that such diffusion could best
be effected through public school in
struction, secured between the years
1SS2-19O2 the passage Of state and ma
tional laws by which the study OF
physiology and hygiene, including spe-
cial instruction as to the nature and
effects Of alcoholic drinks and other
| narcotics, became mandatory for all
pupils in all schools of the republic.
Temperance physiology has thus
been very generally taught for ten OF
fifteen years, and it is significant that
during this time the rate of increase in
the per capita consumption Of alcoholic
liquors has diminished materially; also
that there has been gain Of four and
one-tenth years in the average of life.
Thorough investigation in the NIT
populous state, New York, shows THAI
the study is restraining children from
forming alcohol and other narcoti|
habits and influencing their parents
against alcohol and tobacco.
THE teachings that have secured
these gratifying results are:
"First.-The nature of alcohol and its
| effects upon the human economy.
"Second.-The physiological reasons
for obeying all laws of health, since
unhygienic habits often cause craving
for narcotics.
Careful grading shows that the sub
feet can be adequately covered by a
minimum Of three oral lessons per
week for ten weeks in each primary
year and four textbook lessons per
week for ten weeks in each Of the five
grammar years and the first year of
the high school. Thus, with $50 les
sons a progressive development is at
tanned without crowding other branch
es during years in which the formation
of habits is especially active.
The textbook used by pupils Of all
grades above the primary are super
vised by committee nf physicians and
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