Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-06-15
PRIZE AWARDS FOR
ESSAYS AND POSTERS
W. &. T. L. SCIENTIFIC TEMPER.
ANCE INSTRUCTION GIVES TWO
PRIZES TO THIS CITY-THE
WINNING ESSAY,

Prize awards have been received
from the state superintendent of
scientific temperance instruction,
Mrs. Lille Manning of Seattle.
The high school of Olympia was
awarded first prize for the essay con-
test of junior-senior classes, Dorothy
Wallace receiving SIS.
The Neutrality-suspicious. classes
of the local school did not enter the
contest, but one poster was made by
freshman and it was given the state
award of IS. Miss Ada Wray was
the successful artist.
Following is the winning essay:
The Value to Young People of an In
telligent Study of the Harmful Eff
fects on Their Bodies and Morals
of Alcohol and Tobacco.
(By Dorothy Wallace, Junior.)
Why should I. young person,
carefully study the harmful effects
which alcohol and tobacco have upon
the body and morals? In the hrst
place, because youth is the time to
learn about the important things.
which affect our daily lives. Though
many of the facts that the young per-
son gains do not ordinarily remain
with him long, yet some will be re-
called when the subjects are men,
toned and those which are we'll inn
pressed upon his mind will continue
to paint clear pictures.
Are alcohol and tobacco, then,
such important matters that they
should be intelligently studied?
Some say there Is no need to learn
about alcohol since the national pro-
hibition amendment has gone into
effect. This is not true. The study
is necessary, now, that the young
people may know why such a law
was made. Let me give a parallel
example. A mother tells her child
that he must not do some certain
thing. as In most cases, that he must
not play with matches. Unless she
Immediately explains to the child the
reason for his leaving the matches
alone she has not done her full duty
but has served to aggravate his GU
riosity. So it is with alcohol-if the
young person learns about its harm
full effects he will not care to use It
any more than when he learns how
opium, which is likewise forbidden.
Injuries the user.
Also, as time goes on, there will
not be the examples, formerly seen.
of drunken men abusing those with
whom they came in contact and Of
families destitute of food and cloth
ing because the money had gone for
drink. Without these forcible pre-
sentations of the curse to mankind
some other means of education must
be used.
But why study tobacco? II use
1t in any form may say that 1t has
never hurt me, so why should
worry? On the other hand, II I do
not use t.. may say that what the
other person doas is none of my busi-
ness. Is that good reasoning?
Aren't we all individuals who must
daily come into contact with other
individuals? Aren't we all united to
form this great nation Of ours? Then.
as such individuals and as such a
group can we be so self-centered and
so selfish as to think only of our
selves? No, indeed! If we are the
kind of citizens who will do whatever
is best for our country we will look
into any subject which so vitally con-
Germs us. The fact of the matter is
that all of us are affected by the use
of tobacco either directly or indi-
rectly
Since this is the case it will be
necessary to notice some of the harm
full effects that alcohol and tobacco
have upon the body and morals as
the young person will learn from his
study.
Good health and clean morals
should be two Of the most sought for
qualities in the life of every person.
Do alcohol and tobacco aid health
and morals?
When alcohol is taken. the blood
carries it to the brain where it affects
the brain matter. The new cells are