The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-29

the exercise of the functions of their
position. to make some changes in the
teaching corps that they thought neces-
sary. The pupils and many citizens of
the city where the college is located
took such measures as destroyed the
board of trustees and defeated the very
purpose of the life of the institution.
| plead for respect for authorities
pecially as it is expressed in our civil
and educational functions.
3. Another class that is menace to
the integrity of the child and man. is
composed of those who attempt to So
cure their rights by use of force. II
'heN are wronget, Or imagine they are
wronged, they fight. If they know now
to fight they are the more inclined TO
force their own rights and to disregard
those of Others. Just here is the dan
ger in what is called athletic training.
To possess Il healthy body is splendid
Certain sports indoor and field. tend to
/ P''N' '""' result. mere are others
that directly develop the brute instincts.
One of these is boxing. Pues are the
result of this training. The larger mort
OF tins business is done. not by those
who have need of healthful exercise
but by those who by force strive to get
the mastery of others. This is the
spirit cultivated. Boys that should be
IN shcool. or engaged in some profitable
employment. are most frequently seen
IN these places. As for these eyhibi-
tons it is safe to say that no man or
woman of refined sensibilities can wit.
ness them without moarl shock. IF
one can do so it shows that tbe sens;
biities are already dulled-a condition
that is most dangerous to the moral
health of the person.
4. Another class that are a menace to
the moral integrity of the worldwide
have contempt for rightful authority
are those who are ruled by the spirit of
covetousness, rather than right. They
desecrate the Sabbath for pleasure or
for gain. Any law may be disregarded
that stands in the way of their finan-
cial profit or personal pleasure. The
contests that constantly occur between
capital and labor, of which that at
Cripple Creek is an example, is the log
zeal and inevitable result of the con-
centration of force to secure a selfish
result Right goes down before might.
.. Still another class is composed of
parents who ignore responsibility in the
bringing up of their children. To God
and the world they owe it to bring them
up clean and true. To personally sup.
ervise their home and street life. TO
keep their associations safe. whittier in
church or school. this is duty every
parent owes to God and the world.
6. Another class that is menace to
integrity is those who foster morbid
appetite for vicious sensation. This
class has been greatly in evidence during
the past week. While certain salacious
cases nave been tried in court the court
room has been packed to suffocation
by men. women and children whose sole
business was to feed on the disgusting
details of womans shame and mans
vice. If the common law designates
crime correctly as anything that shocks
the moral sense" then these persons. bv
their attendance on these cases have
been guilty of a crime Certainly such
attendance and the hearing of this tes-
timony is not in the interest of the
public good. While it is true that the
court is powerless to bar the public from
attendance upon the hearing of these
eases. flor those accused of crime are
guaranteed of speedy and public
triaD. it is also true that these lecher-
Gus attendants are guilty of crime and
should be arrested and punished as a
protection to the public. These courts
promote the very things they are pre-
sumed to prevent and punish-not will
ingly, / believe, for our Judges, and
other officers are. in the main. DESTROYS
of securing the enforcement of law and
the purity of the public life. Senti-
ment should be created against these
exhibitions of nastiness so that re-
spectacle people will flee from them as
they would from a plague.
friends, will you not, with those
who see the danger. stand for the right?
Whenever people Take counsel togeth-
er against the Lord saying let us break
their bands asunder and cast away their
cords from us! Let us refuse to obey
law and ignore order!" for your own
sake and for the sake of your children.
for the sake of your own peace and the
safety of the people you influence, do
you take your place with those who
believe the virtues of moral and spir-
itual life are the most important things
in all the earth, and who are trying. by
the grace of God, to awaken their fell