Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-12-03
THE RISING
GENERATION
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proven that smoking affects THE
heart action, making ut very Vigor-
Gus ait first and afterwards very
weak. 1t is durinG this weakened
period of heart aGtion THAT THE boy
is easily led tnlto almost amy kind OF
vice.
A master mechanic of one OF the
leading R. r.. systems says, We re-
fuse ITO hire mem whose hands 'lndl-
cate that ,hh9y are mVeherate c!Sa-
ret users. We find THAT they almost
invariably fail to pass the eye test
for perfect vision"
Smoking Affects Scholarship.
During an experience of nearly
is years as superintendent din three
different schools, the wu,iter has
chad considerable opportunity to
study ythe effects of tobacco upon
the physical, MENTAL and moral
growth of boys. We know from
observation as we'll as from album
damt STATISTICAL proof that THE boy
who begins the use of tobacco at am
early age saldoun gets very far IN
school. Scarcely ever does ne
reach the lhlgh school. He usually
fails to pass Ia one of THE lmte11ne-
diate grades and drops out of school
unless the compulsory attendance
law enforced by a truant officer
co1npels him TO attend. We have
yet to discover a boy using cigar
cts, snuff, or tobacco in any form
TO excess, who lis even a fair stu
dent. i'm school. The scholarship of
even the moderate user lis usually
below THAT of the one who keeps
the poison oalt of THE system during
school life.
Following lis the scholarship re-
cord of boys from Is (high schools:
Age .-........--...........---. u 10 ~ IS Is II
Av'age grade non
smokers parcent 81 81 50 IS 80 Sc
Av. grade of smok-
ers ....-..-.......!74 IS IL II 70 81
Again we give the record of so
smokers and so non-smok ers an
college. These were taken from the
State Agriculture college of Kansas:
Smokers Non-smokers
Average grade 62.28 pct. 1888 pct.
Studies dropped & q %
Failures 406 80
Records have been taken from
other universities and colleges with
about the same results. The UNI
Versity of WISCONSIN made a study
of this matter last year and found
that between 70 and 80 per cent OF
the failures were cigarette smOk-
ers.
There are a number of young
men in every town who would now
he making a splendid record in the
thigh school 1had they not become
victims to talls habit several years
:agO. We have lin OUT grades at The
present Time several who will mot
reach the high school largely be-
*cause of snuff amid cigarets:
Records Of 1886 smokers attend
ling public schools have been tabu-
,aated. Only Mere reported Upright
sStudentS," 10 Wene reported, aver
age :whHle the rest were reported
as "pOOr' or WORTHLESS" students.
Several of the very youthful ones
were reduced almost to the cOndi-
'tion of isrbeuales.
Does anyone blame a teacher for
fighting this enemy when it works
such havoc among the boys OF our
town and land? 1t seems to me
that any father, yes, ewery father
and every mother should constitute
a united band TO wage eternal WAT
upon this vMtipu;s enemy to Ameri-
can boyhoua.
Great Business Concerns Don't
Want Cigarette Smokers.
The boy who has chosen the ciga-
ret has not Gully made it impossible
for thiunseaf to Become an educated
man but he has compelled many of
the great business concerns of the
country ITO CLOSE their doors in his
face when tla applies to them for a
responsible posfuiun. They cannot
afford ito trust a responsible posi-
tion to fdls boy whose very finger
tips tell what lis ilais MASTER.
The ability to smoke cigarets and
spit tobacco Juice don't recommend
a young nsaas 10 "a good position.
Judge 6AaIhs of indianapolis,
names p great business establish
nneTt5 Wflac1l refuse to employ ci-
garetists. Tlto lst includes Swift
& Co.. MaansaaAl Field & Co., Wanna
makers of Phiaadelphaa, and sever
AL great railroads. He Saws. 1.-The hist