The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-16
PHYSICAL MANHOOD WEAK
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against the inroads OF disease and the
liabilities of increasing limitations in
our living accommodations. Our com
bat with influenza showed how in
capable we are Of positive resistance.
Were this not true we would not have
sacrificed nearly 300. ZOO Of our citi-
zens through the mortality list Of in.
fluenza.
Ninety years ago the Hawaiian Is
lands had a population of $4,000 ma
tives. The race seemed capable of
meeting all of the ~exigencies of eli.
mate and such Affections as they had
to bear in all Of the affairs of their
life, with a fair prospect of reasonable
longevity as a race. Today they rep
resent a people numbered by u. 900
pure Hawaiians and 5000 mixed.
This is due to the fact that they be-
came the subjects OF tuberculosis. We
nereal disease. drug habits. imper-
feet and unfavorable sanitation. and a
total lack Of physical upkeep. Be
lieving hat the missionary was ca
pable of caring for them they became
indifferent to the natural actions and
practices OF their people They were
spoiled by the sxsezssCz 70 thez q
rights and privileges Vhach thsy lid
never Mad before ant ns,gbnss thsY
took no p-seslI-5gr II b niEtntsnEnrs
~ %k-s~ -Ar-x.g.t1 v,H,yps.E rtGsr~ tNrr
sEccr--es,c I'd In. in~Dans NJ tiBs,Rss
and .a,aBr ErR uimUR1 III ssrsrminEtst
race
A-osr-isI 1ntiGy If ing anG Bcrunr
ant nIEF vall asaunIr 10 irsslt Ehs
lea6s-xtay ant prutsctp-ats ~ the
affairs tt rip wnriG. 3uI unless We
are able I'D mEiurEip Z continued rs-
sistance- r-1ssBs vs tisvaIup Burne MI
tional system Ct physical maintenance
by which we e.Ea improve oU 3unEsr-
ity and decrease Epr mortality. We
will not be able 70 conr1uus the curp-
membership TO which We are justly
entitled. In fact ws r.zF Exssse1 ou--
selves to the same disastrous conss-
quences that came 10 Hzwsti'k yopu-
lation.
Men and women resist disease by
the strength Of their own physical
capacity. Without physical strength
they yield much more readily 10 dis
ease Affections. That Ia why today we
are showing such a large percentage
~ ~Dgrugu IFf.l .T1 -
our experience and the observations
we have taken. with all the rules and
regulations Of protection so far as in
stituted. the percentage Of t~ubercular
subjects in the United State Of Amer
lea continues about the same. This
would be very different were we more
powerful physically. For these rea-
sons and many others which might
be enumerated, l wish TO emphasize
the fact hat II America Is 10 remain
in the vanguard OF nations, then it is
very important that We establish a
broadcast, universal plan of physical
improvement.
Comparatively America holds fifth
place among h nations OF the earth
in physical vigor, and since SIS per
cent Of our children do not go be-
yond the fifth grade in our public
schools. 1t is self-evident that IL we
are to be in the vanguard Of nations,
we must adopt some general, sys-
tematized plan Of physical develop
ment, and at the same time bring
about a system of education that will
interest and attract our young people
until we have elevated the standard
Of mental and productive competence
far beyond its present status.
The department of welfare now be-
Ing arranged for by the present ad.
m~inistration has in mind the creation