Belding banner., 1914-07-01

into our schools, not philanthropy or
sentiment but religion. and 10 this
must be added the teaching of male
and female purity. as necessary for
the foundation OF the progress of hu-
man society.
The Christian church stands
against all that defiles manhood and
I il IS a mighty force back of all up-
lifting and il brings life and JOY 1t
\ has looked TO the women to a great
extent in the killing Of the liquor
traffic. A brewer once said the
church could kill the saloon if il
would. and the saloon would kill the
church if ii could"
The sixteenth grand diamond medal
contest was another great feature of
the convention. Miss Jessie Duncan
son, of Cass City was the winner i'm
the contest. Her subject was, How
the Ship Went Down." The supreme
part of her address related to the
sinking of the great ship, the
Titanic. She told i'm a graphic man
ner Of how in the midst of merriment
and banqueting, hundreds of notable
Americans met their death. "Ameri-
&
sober" she said.
A splendid address was given TO the
convention by DR. Westgate OF Adrian,
on the last day of the gathering. His
subject was "Eugenics." He spoke
I for an hour answering many ques-
tions. His talk is given in part.
The future generations is in your
hands and my hands," he said land
the boys and girls of today will be the
brains and Drawn OF tomorrow. The
history of the United States SO years
hence will be written by our boys and
our girls. Science i'm the treatment
Of the human race has made special
regard in the relation of the sexes and
the study Of ii should be in three
, courses-heredity environment, and
purity.
Science has demonstrated that up
to the time a child reaches the age
when environment can react the char
acteristics of that child are of the
father, mother or grandparents. Un-
til they reach manhood and woman
hood, when they enter into the third
factor they are the reproductions of
these.
"Heredity Of alcoholism" said the
speaker, lis factor in the records
of many Of the insane asylums, where
ii has been found that 80 per cent use
the beverage. We have been given
proof that insanity in parents will
cause the same in children"
In speaking of divorce, DR.. West
gate said that if the parents could
"a ph
there would not be so many divorces.
Every child has the God given right
TO a home" he declared, "and that
right should only be taken from them
by the death of the parents. If we
are 10 maintain the vigor of the Am
erican manhood and American wom-
anhood we must prevent marriages.
Of those who are physically unfit. If
a child is placed in an environment
Of filth he will absorb filth. In some
instances he has inherited sufficient
will power to overcome these environ
ments.
The third factor is the relation Of
the sexes and il is a fit subject for
thinking men and women to speak
upon i'm public. Through all natural
we find the counterpart or reproduc-
ton of man. 1t is the divine plan
and there is nothing unfit to speak
Of in the divine plan of the human
race"
In speaking Of venereal diseases
the speaker said that IS percent of
the city boys have been infected and
that 60 percent Of the operations per
formed upon women are the results of
some OF these diseases. In speaking of
what should be done he said there
are three things that can be done
agitation, education and legislation
I'VE are in the period Of agitation
now, then teach your boys and girls
what they should know and then we
will have legislation.
at has been said they can not be
cured but years ago we would have
scoffed at the idea of tuberculosis be-
ing cured and today so percent Of the
cases are cured. 1t was not thought
that typhoid fever could not be done
away with but it has and it is rare
thing now
DR.. Westgate said when a boy be-
gins to drop his boy chums and seek
the society of girls and the girls drop
thelr B1rl cnOmS anu SUN thV ~
ciety of boys, then ii is time for the
mothers and fathers TO explain all
these things in the way they should
be explained.
lie said in speaking of the teach
ing Of sex-hygiene in the schools that
he thought it would be impractical at
this time to do so as we should first
teach the teachers how to teach the
subject