The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-05-27

son, II. Hayden; Potato Race: Dun
can, T.. Tisdahl; so Yard Dash-E. VAL
ker, NJ Underdahl.
Starters: Potato Race. Tisdell; so
Yard Dash--L. Larson.
Timers r. johnson, NJ. Shefveland.
O. Rom.
Referee: G. Altman.
Similar contests are being held for the
Normal school girls, over $50 taking
part.
At three o'clock Tuesday afternoon DR..
Harry Ward gave the first Of his series
of lectures at the Normal school,. en-
Dr.. Robertson. Of Wesley College
Grand Forks. preceded Doctor Ward in a
short talk pertinent to the occasion with
Wor Of p ars and
ton of the Hazlett Foundation, its OBJ
1ect and its development in North Da-
In, opening DR.. Ward quoted the words
%dst Of she By S aons this by )" PUT
ting a child in the midst Of our commun-
ity life we can best accomplish the OBJ
jects for which the life is meant.
Followi9 9 are a fey Of , the T., many ny
address: The largest contribution
ton Of the famiiy-the sacredness Of
e Ssd to the aHsf iris ian
benefit of the ,parent-,and this pagan
idea still holds in the abuse of the child
in the industrial world-its abuse is be-
ing held as a return commercially into
the so-called home to which he belongs.
We do not value the child life-leg-
islators can easily be persuaded to ap-
propriate for better hogs. but how often
do LEGISLATORS appropriate for better
This is true because we still labor under
the impression that the family alone
will care for the child-that the COM
| munity does not enter into the question
of child valuation. The health Of the
child, under our present day. conditions.
can not be taken care Of by the family
it has become a community question.
! the community must, safeguard itself
hence it must take the responsibility.
| The same is true Of the moral life of the
child. 1t is no longer possible under our
alone Safeguard the child morally. it is
/ now a community problem. The organ
! lied community life must back these
| movements as it must back the. school
values of the child are carried over into
the organization of the community.
Home, school and church must center
tanned for the child.
First, the child must be we'll born
that is his right. Recent laboratory in
| vestigations have shown race poisons,
which demonstrate the Biblical phrasing
|
the children unto the third and fourth
generation"
Race poisons most clearly pointed out
are alcohol and sex diseases. The break
ing of the standards that reli gion in its
teaching on purity have long taught. 10
preserve the child Of the future, we
must attend to it that these race poisons
are eliminated.
All the scientific instruction that can
be given in the school room will not at
| ont pf,Sr' 90 r1oNr hn
| religious dynamic motive or force Is ap-
preciated-that this life is not all-that
there must be an ideal of morality and
purity obtained thru an atmosphere
which is clean and pure.
Second. right to be well housed, shell
ter sufficient to preserve the childs men,
tai and physical being. Poor housing
produces a low order of morals. It can
! be proven by conditions in any city or
over-crowded sections, where the stan
! dard of morality is invariably low. This
| is also true in the country, even in
North Dakota.
lem in the cities is not that of North
Dakota where in the city it is the
supply problem. The standard Of food
supply that places vitality is that of
northumberland the men to supply
the materials of which a wholesome diet
may be secured.
Fourth, development of their capaci-
| Ties. 10 the SCnOOl group belongs the
development of the mental capacities of
the child. What proportion of our pop
ulation is developed higher than the
eighth grade? 1t is Unite dto the
| daily paper to the moving picture story,
or to cheap Journalism.
Nine-tenths Of what is being done in
churches and SCHOOLS is being undone in
the community life, by a low type Of re-
creation. We must appreciate the nat
ural play instinct-educate for leisure
for pleasure. The need Of today is for
properly. organized recreation--play.
! Few things are more valuable to the
community than getting the people to-
gether in clean social centers.
AS soon as we appreciate that a child
| has a right to be we'll born, we'll housed
and given an all around development
| with the strength and JOY that comes
thru recreation, then we may some time
hear:
"Inasmuch as you did it to one of
these. my little ones so also shall I do
it unto YOU"
On Wednesday morning, May Goth, at
9 o'clock the topic prevention of Social
Waste was presented. which was fur
Their discussed in the afternoon lecture
| in the 9SSpmblv