The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
DOCTOR THE SPEAKER
DEALT PLAIN WORDS
MABEL s. ULRlCH TOLD HER
AUDIENCE THE TRUTH
Threw Into Discard Old C0nven-
tions and Spoke of Things
That Are


history of Mankato mixed audience
of men and women listened this
morning to lecture on sex problems
DR.. Mabel s. Ulrich, of the Mime
sofa state board of health, represent
ing the government in it's great work
of safe guarding the health of the
country, gave the old idea of the
necessity for double standards OF
morality for men and women an awful
jolt during her address to the South
ern Minnesota Teachers association
at the normal hall, and declared that
the double standard idea is thing
of the past.
Conventions of the past were torn
aside as relics of the dark ages by
Dr. Ulrich, as such conventions are
now being torn aside all over the
United States by the mighty hand OF
the government, and educated men
and women. side by side, listened at
tentively to an expose of the dangers
of sex immortality, and the conse-
quent venereal diseases which impair
and undermine the efficiency of hui
man beings. The government plans
which have already cleaned up the
zones surrounding the army camps,
and furnished healthy recreation
centers for the men of both army and
navy, and which are now being ex-
tended for the welfare of the civilian
population, were clearly outlined by
the speakers
Teachers are now called by the
government to give time and atten-
,f,,I <~f
ress, and the government stands
ready to furnish all aid necessary
free of charge. Teachers are asked
to report any cases of suspicious ma :
ture to the service bureau of the State
Board of Health at st. Paul, and free
treatment, free literature, and every
thing possible to rid a community
at once. Free speakers will be sent
of dangerous condition will be given
wherever needed. to instruct the
people on matters of physical and
normal welfare. The government is
standing back of the movement, dig
and strong, and will see that it is
carried through.
State And Government Interested.
I'VE have the state and govern
to the educators. "They ask moth
ing but that you face the problem
squarely. You cannot leave it alone
because it is unpleasant. 1t is up
to you to work for the government.
Saving the youth of the country is
the big task that has b cen given
you, and you must see to it that the
boys and girls have. a clean, decent
community in which to live. You
have had given to you the biggest
thing the country can ask of any
group of people, the care of the next
generation"
DR.. Ulrich spoke of the pride with
which everyone reads of the army
of Americans, the cleanest and
healthiest army of all, and the fact
they must be the very best She
stated that all this was possible
because the United States govern
ment had opened its eyes to the
gravity of the situation. America is
the first country of the world to put
aside the precedent of ages, and
bring out into the open the problem
of sex. For the first time in the
history of the world a government,
the United States government is
sending oft speakers on this SUBJ
ject, which has so long been hidden
in darkness, to speak on these mat
tiers to mixed audiences.
Would Have Been Vulgar
DR., Ulrich remarked that two years
ago such thing would have been
impossible. 1t would have been desig-
mated as extremely vulgar.
"Why has dark silence in re-
gard to sex enveloped the world for
all these agese" she demanded. sit
has taken a world war to awaken
people to it's Importance, and the fact
that everyone should be fully in
structed on these matters. The
government is now waging a big
publicity and educational campaign
and will continue to work out it's
program. 1t is public health meas
ure entirely apart from the individ-
ual Statistics at government head
quarters prove that the boys of the
army and navy are cleaner and
healthier than the men in our home
towns 1t has been proven that it
is safer for a boy to be in the army
or navy working for Uncle Sam. than
to be in our cities.
sYCu teachers are called to this
big patriotic service, and must in
form yourselfs as to the conditions
in your communities. You must use
the machinery of yonr state to stop
any immoral or dangerous conditions.
1t is up to tie teachers to take adj
vantage of the government machin-
cry and the state machinery, andl
give the children fair and decent J
start in life. Minnesota has machin- /
cry for everyone of you to use.
eliminate Double Standards.
We are not going to have double
standard for men and women any /
more. 1t has been proven medical .
ly and morally that the double stand |
ard is not necessary and is menace ,
The double standard of morality has +
fallen down.
I'VE can now come right out in
the open and stand for clean child
hood and clean maturity. Get rid of
that old idea that nothing can be done.
and big results have been noted. In
two months time an enormous in
has been made This is one
OF the big changes by the war which
will work for happiness, as most of !,
the happiness of the world is direct
" or indirectly tied up in this ques-
ton. During the first twelve years