Willmar tribune., 1912-10-30
STUDENTS, TAKE NOTICE.
Unlawful to Smoke Cigarettes ana Un-
lawful to Furnish Cigarette to
Minors. Read These Facts.


Granite Falls Journal: The boy stu
dent who thinks he can use tobacco with
following:
Every person under the age Of eight
cen years, and every minor pupil in any
school, college or university, who shall
smoke or use cigarettes, cigars or to-
bacco in any form on any public road,
street, alley, park or other lands used
for public purposes, or in any public
place of business shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and punished for each Of
fense by fine of not more than ten doll
ars or by imprisonment in the county
Jail for not more than five days; and
every person who shall furnish any
cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form
to any such minor person, or who shall
permit any such minor person to fire.
quent any premises owned, held or man
aged by him, for the purposes of In
dulging in the use of cigarettes, cigars
or tobacco in any form, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, ana punished by a
fine Of not more than fifty dollars, or
by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
Revised Laws of Minnesota, Section
1898.
Since the above was in type superin-
tendent Phillips handed us the follow
ing:
The question is often asked, What
is the attitude of school men upon the
tobacco habit. and it's bearing upon the
public schools? I shall attempt to dis
cuss the haoit and the ha.4. in partic-
ular as related to student life, AMI to
the bearing it has upon the develop
ment of our young people. From sta
tistics I shall draw somewhat from the
experience and study as made by Prof.
j. w. Seaver, director Of the gymnasium
of Yale University. For years he kept
careful record Of the age, weight, height,
chest, girth and lung capacity Of all
students who entered that university.
During this period the smokers who en-
tered Yale averaged Is months older
than those who did not use tobacco IN
measurement they were heavier, but
less in height, and had less lung capac-
ity than the nonuser. Now considering
this difference in age we should eXpeCt t
them to be taller, and of greater lung
capacity. He also kept a record of the
physical development of all students
during the four years Of college life.
TO ascertain the tobacco effect, he
grouped them into three classes, those
who had never used tobacco, those who
had used it not to exceed year, and
those who were regular users. His rec
Ords show that those who never used it
increased in weight about Il more than
those who used it for a year, and nearly
OF more than those who used it regular
In height the gain of non-users was Il
and Il over the other groups. The gain
in chest gITth. was 4 greater than that
Of the smokers. In the gain in luns
capacity the non-users gained y more
than the year smokers, and u more th.ul
the regular smokers. This much is ply.
eical development. You may wonder il
the effect is similar in mental develop.
ment. OF the 100 men who took high.
est rank at Yale during these nine years
only s were smokers. The other 9;
were non-users. OF all students rank
ing below this 100, 3-5 were smokers
These are the figures, and similar rec
eords kept by other men of authority on
ly repeat the story.
Here is another view of the sam,
habit. Competent physicians and polio,
officers, long experienced with Grimm
ais endorse the theory, that cigare:t
smoking is conducive to crime, and par
ticularly to murder for real or fanciet
wrongs. It is a we'll known fact tina
Harry K. Thaw is cigarette fiend o
the most pronounced type. Before com