The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-10


Editor World: Just one more expression Of
opinion indiscriminate lectures TO our chill
dren
II Is my understanding that tho lecture do
livorod in Tulsa before tn eschool children was
one In which tho lecturer Doctor Barker
portrayed IN realistic manner showing in
crnyon drawings tho successive stagcs Of filthy
diseases that attack, under certain unccan con-
ditions, tho organs of the human body. and also
that during that lecture five girls in the hall
tainted from some cause or another. Tho fact
that the weather was cool, prccludes the pos
sibilc assertion that II was the hot weather
there any mention made of the hall
being overcrowded therefore, the reasonable
conclusion liz that IL was the nature OF the
lecture that caused these young girls to he over
come
Tho writer il opposed to lectures such as
those mentioned above for several reasons
Such practice is an invasion OF the home; it Is
directly opposed 10 American ideals, Is radical
and soclalistic indicating that the children be-
long TO the state. The practice OF allowing n
stranger to come into the midst ~ community
and pirate and bawl from public platform
which belongs to the people OF the community,
with crayon illustrations Of filthy diseases that
attack the body under certain unclcan condi-
tions, having as his audience young madens
within and past the period of adolescence, ia
ahhorrent and antagonistic To every feeling OF
culture and refinement IL Ia an invasion Of the
unit of government which, according to Amcri-
can ideals, begins with the home circle. As far
as tho writer Of this article is concerned, should
there he no other redress, IL the Lord gave him
tho strength to do so, he would boot from the
platform any loud-mouthed apostle OF the
societ of Russia should he attempt to outrage the
dccency OF the daughter Of his home.
There have been humorous articles written
about that matter some OF the writers having
praised the said Doctor Barker and have de-
scribod tho hue and cry raised against such
high idenls' as expressed by the doctor. The
writer OF this article fails to connect high
ideals with such lecture as that mentioned
above. II such practices carried TO their
fullest development 1t would not he long before
the old order Of natural selection would be
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laws governing marriage, SO enforced as to
produce race OF superior men and women,
something on the order Of the blooded Duroc
swine and the famous Hereford children would
he surrendered TO the state; sex hygiene would
he served up in all It's revolving phases to
adolcscent boys and girls by strangers. But the
fact that we have such people advocating prac-
tees foreign to American ideals is not surprs-
ing at this time for at present we have lots Of
such people; We have the genuine Russian
bocheviki in comparatively large numbers, as
well AS fanaucal advocates OF the sovient form
| OF government However. these people do not
represent American ideals and have not so
/ iournod amongst the people OF this country long
| enough To imbbe its principles or else theN
! have grown away from them The place fol
such people rs In Russia whore they can ma.
/ uonali2e" their daughters II they 50 desire and
/ adopt to the fullest extent the practiccs OF so
/ cIalsm and raternal government. Tho arGumcu
/ might be advanced tina "A great many peopI,
/ favor this procedure Of strangers attempting {,
/ teach sex hyEcino to school children, taking
/ such matters entirely out OF the hands of ihcu
/ parcuts and to those I would say that Eugene V
/ pehbs has great following even at this time
/ there are great many people who would stil
/ vote for ". j. Bryan for president; La Fopctt'
/ stun has a bunch that would he running arount
IN circles should he SO direct them; there ar,
| people in the United states who love Lcninc
| So the fact that there noisy minoritie
/ bowling for the adoption OF these new fads anC
| importauons from Germany and elsewhere, L
go the place Of ideals and principles as old a.
/ the hills themselves and that have withstood tn,
/ assaults of the amorphus many for ages is M
! argument Tor establishing In our midst thing
| that foreign to our community life, Thu
! thing to do rs to stamp them out as you woul,
| grind your heel on a vicious viper, as they arr
/ the forcrunners OF what Is 10 como by indulginl
| these fads and cults
Tho Tulsa World very property denounced tn
| practice of allowing such lectures as mentionc,
| herein, and the good people Of this city gcner
. ally I feel sure, have warm pride i'm the faC
that they have a newspaper in their communit
that viii take such an uncquivocal stand re-
Eardmg things that are patiently foreign Il
American ideals. Every community shoul,
have school board that represents tho com
munlty and will not cater to leaders of cult
ana tads,
\ PARENT.
rulsu, March ,.