Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-12-03
THE RISING
GENERATION
IN THE INTERESTS OF A BETTER
CROP OF BOYS AND GIRLS
(By Supt. E.. M. Mitcheu.)

The following arttcle has been
'Wnijtten, mot i'm the spirit of fault
finding and c;riticis1n but rather i'm
;the spirit of helpfulIess and with
a firm conviction that there should
be a revival of Public Conscience
on the questions discussed herein. .
The true teachers work lis not
confined w1ibhin lBhe four: wallis of
the school room. The real teacher.
by precept and example, stands as
am opposing force to all that him
ders the progress of the boys and
glrls, whether witihin or without
the school room. The. eaahAr whose
work begins ait 9 a. m. and closes at
A p. m. lis apt to he a r .oal1ld peg in
a square hole for the good teacher
must work a much longer thine each
day. :@',
In speaking of the harmful effects
OF tobacco, we do not forget that
many great and good men use to-
bacco i'm some form, but almost
without exception, they admit its
evil effects upon boys attending
school and we are sure most of
them would greatly prefer to thave
their own boys abstain from its use.
We believe these men are Wtilling to
lhelp enforce THE state law against
tits sale to minors and its. use by the
same.
HON: Edward Hyatt, Supt. Public
instruction, CAL, speaks as follows
to boys:
Boys, the fun and success of your
whole life and THAT of your friends
are going to depend very largely
upon what you do dunimg THE next
item years; and urge you, one and
all, to resolve to do without cigarets
for the next TEN years and to hang
ITO that resolution Like grim death.
You have a long and tough old fight
ahead of YOU ITO keep your head
above walter, and make a MNinr for
fifty years. ALI THE time youth
heemly need every ounce of strength
and steadmess and dlind you can
summon to your aid.. But if you
take ON the habit of smoking, be-
lore you are grown, the other fel-
LOW Will get away with you and you
Will often go down ito lluunil ating
defeat simply because i'm boyhOOd
you dnugged yourself so that YOU
are not so tough and strong in body
nor so cool and steady i'm mind as
you would otherwise be. =.
VIM. A. McKeever, Professor i'm
the University of Pennsylvania.
says, "One of thegreateN menaces
TO our moral and lmtellectual we'll
be'lmg to-day is the fact that cigaret
smoking lis becoming a popular fad
among boys and young men, while
the use of" a strong pipe lis a close
second lin favor. Go where vOa1
will in THUS broad land of ours, and
the pale faces, blear eyes, trembling
fingers AMID the foul stencil of ciga-
rette fumes tell the same pauhetic
STORY. This most serious bhght up-
ON 'the bloom and beauty Of nilr
American boyhood lis cihargeable to
parental Ignorance and careAass.
ness. For the past eight wears /
have been Eracimg out the cG;garette ~
boys geographically, and L have
aound ltlat m practically all cases
ble Lad began his smoking habit
Gland ndestinely, tat an early age. and
with little or no Thought Of its se-
rlousness, while 4'tihe fond parents
belleWed that eheir boy was too gpod
ito engage i'm such a practiee.
Physical Effects.
The cigaret smoking school boy is
we'll charact cterized as "sallow. sore
eyed, puny, squeaky voiced, sickly,
short Minded, and extremely nery-
Gus. llhe younger the boy the
worse the smoking hurts him for
usually the youth inhales THE fumes
and that is the most harmIful part
on the practice. E1perin have
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