The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17

lS1 So west and do little whole
sale arrestlng? They need
you in Denver-they 90. indeed
The advanced" system OF educa-
ton in that city is teaching eugenics
in the public school and teaching
That somewhat pu4zling science n the
open classroom to mixed classes. with
sometimes a man teacher and some
times "a woman TO lead the class.
Lovely idea, isn't It?
I'd bo ticklel TO death to nave my
little 9-year-old girl go into class,
room with q. lot OF srinning boys and
have some eump OF a masculine old
maid tell her all tho things ! don't
want her even TO dream about till
shes old enough to know that thcro
are some facts in life which must
Wouldn't you?
Fine plan. that Denver scheme,
] wonder who on Garth originated il?
Some woman who never had a little
girl or q real, ma tur3l. wholesome,
healthy, Inlschevous. curious, human
boy TO bring Zip In all her starved.
theoretical, gloomy and peculiar life,
I'll warrant,
Eusonlcs iu the public school; and
speech made by a perfectly decent
woman in the National Education as
socjation the other day. | did. and
] had all ] could do TO believe my
own eyes.
No, can't tell whAt the perfectly
decent woman seid In dead earnest
10 Il lot Of toachcrs. I'm afraid this
paper wouldn't print ii if did. and
/ could moi look my own little girl in
the face and do 1t.
But. oh common sense. oh 6ecency,
oh plain, everyday reserve, and just
ordinary rodestyl What In the world
ought to be done with woman who
would advocate the teaching in the
haldcst and most revolving way the
deep and vital facts Of nature that arc
too poignant 10 ne even thought about
long ut time by a well grown man
and fully matured woman
Sane, safe. reasonable" that's
what the advocates of this new sys-
ten call their weird idea, Well. IL
they ars "safe and sane and rcason-
able" get me 4 straitjacbet and an
Ice cap, and put inc in a padded cell
right now. for that's where belong,
Eugenics: Dear, dear my gooS
can change the nature Of n thing
by giving il new name? You may
be interested in 'cuscn!cs" and the
''helterment Of the race" when YOU
tell your questionable stories to 4
Glars fun Of gaping BOYS and con-
fused and miserable lituo girls. but
those boys srr interested in the
came thing that interests them WHOM
they scrswl uncomfortable pictures
OH the fence and hunt up all tho
doubtful words in the dictionary and
grin over them.
Eugcnlcs What no YOU suppose
tweivc-year old BOY knows or cares
about the "ecience" Of any ything nr
anybody when he can get come such
thcorist a you to tell him lot or
thInEE that Red indian wouldn't
tell his bog until he vas old enough
to have some kind of protective In
sfinct about him2
Mock nodesty, false shame is II.
to want children TO he children and
not wiso little know it -alls - Well,
rheu 7 plead guilty 10 the charge.
I'd rather child OF mine should be
mock modest than to lLays her
snameless: rather boy OF mine
should be ignorant than too wise
Why. you don't try to make a
toy OF L. understand calculus. do
youT You don't expect girl OF II
10 know what YOU mean by the
fourth dimension? Well. then. how
shall YOU hope that you can lead
them luto the very deepest maze OF
The most puzZling set OF facts on
carti, mud expect tham to get any
Lind OF real idcn OF them as they
arc. CIR as you fondly think they
are7
root mating, Fine study for the
laboratory. great field for the spec
,,Iator in IuertaI problems, but. il
YOU please. Mfr. Scboolmaslor, count