The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-09
STUDENTS ASK
FOR Second one
A. C. STUDENTS REQUESTED
THAT SECOND LECTURE BE
GIVEN BY Nh. AND MRS. MAY
NARo-TALkED AT SCHOOL
TODAY.

Because of an almost unanimous
vote OF the student body for return
lecture on health by Mr.. and Mrs.
Maynard, second address was given
at the A. C. armory this afternoon by
the well known health advocates who
are In the city.
II Or. and Mrs. Maynard spoke to the
students yesterday at the A. c. and
n the talk was so thoroughly enjoyed
that the students wanted more. The
address given this afternoon was a
continuance of the health and hygiene
talks and the students were enthusi-
astic over the message that was pre-
sented to them.
Last evening DR.. Maynard pleased a
/ most appreciative audience with an
address, The Knife and Fork Suicide
| at the Fargo public library. He made
a plea for more simple living. and
greater care In the diet and proper
| food combinations of the citizens of
the country. mot riotuous living, or
dissipation, but the eating of food which
! is contrary to the laws of nature" was
the thought presented by the speaker
in assigning the cause OF death tor
many people.
| Mr.. Maynard last night. among 9TH
| er things, said: Society today. with
all its boosted advancement In science.
is grossly ignorant In matters that
most closely affect the welfare of the
| individual and the race. The death
rate is a disgrace to civilization.
Think of it. The average age at which
| the human being dies is 81 years. We
lose one baby out of every six born,
during the first year The next great
death harvest ~ between 40 and so
Gears. in which the human creature
should be at its prime in bodily
strength, as well as ir mental and
| moral maturity. There is absolutely
no excuse whateNeI It is due to gross
ignorance and the common manner
OF life born of that ignorance
Probably ninety mine deaths Sut or
every hundred are preventable, or
could have been prevented if the vic
TINS had known how to live, and had
mental and moral stamina sufficient
TO live in accordance with that knowl-
edge. We know that typhoid fever
and tuberculosis are preventable if
society were altogether sane as well
as sanitary. We do not realize that
most other diseases would be prevent
ed if all knew how to eat what to
eat in what combinations, how to
think, how to exercise, and all other
items of right life.
overnourishmenr Dangerous,
Senator Dolliver died at SO. The
calamity of his death is commented
upon everywhere. but who faces the
fact that it was a social crime that he
should have died thus. having barely
attained the prime of life? ANY INTEL
ligent person should have known that
he could not weigh forty pounds more
than was normal and not be in dang
err OF fatal illness. Yet who was to tell
him7 Professional advisers and lay
men are alike ignorant of the most
commonplace principles of health or
ailment If not ignorant Oyernourish-
ment Is thousand times more dang |
erous than germs. YET nine people out |
If ten are under the threat of this |
danger all the time and no one even |
whispers warning
I'm matters Of life and strength we |
are more ignorant than our savage an |
cestors. They succeeded against ter /
rible odds in building splendid phv |
slques Civilization has done il worst |
is undermining the bodily strength |
gained at such fearful cost Man has !
been on the earth they tell us now, |
at least 100000 years Civilization
is only counted as covering o few
thousand years, vet in that little time |
the race has woefully undermined the |
physical development and endurance |
gained by the slow struggle of the |
ages. Is IL not about time that some |
intelligent attention was paid to hu-
man conservation