Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23

doches: eleventh, Mrs. w. T. White.
Henderson: twelfth. fdrs. J. II. Bar
nett; thirteenth. Mrs. T. b. Yeager,
Mineral Wells; fourteenth. Mrs. S.
II. Watson. waxahachie: fifteenth.
Mrs. Roger Cooke, Marshall.
A buffet supper In Matamoros
Wednesday night and a banquet
and dance In honor OF the retiring
president featured entertainment
Wednesday night.
ii. Lawrence II. Mayors Of Chi
cago. professor Of medicine at
Northwestern university. with a
paper on "A Concept OF Arthritis"
and DR.. Benjamin H. Orndoff of
Chicago with a paper on "Electri-
city in Medicine and Surgery" were
the principal speakers at the gen.
eral meeting Wednesday.
Recommendations that sexual
education be included in the cur
ricula Of grade and high schools
we're made by the division Of public
health. concluding its sessions al
the State Medical association con-
vention Wednesday afternoon.
The vice problem today Is IN the
home" DR.. w. c. Cox of Fort Sam
Houston. declared in the symposium
discussions on methods of controll-
ing the spreading of the vice evil.
He said that parents should be edu-
Gated. and should learn to teach
their children those facts which
they should know. The home in
fluence has been let down since the
war" he added.
Girls are as amorous as boys
DIR. Z. "A. johnson Of Amarillo said.
"and they should be lectured 70 and
instructed as well as the boys
MY last lecture in the course on
hygiene at the girls college" DR.. j.
NJ. Frazier Of Bolton stated. was on
sexual hygiene. The groundwork
for correcting the evil Of Taxing
morals is inhibition and prohibit
ton"
Directors are Wrong
Some parents object TO having
these subjects taught" DR.. J. @.
Waterman pointed out. but they
are making a mistake. These are
things which cannot be learned too
early"
Many persons afflicted with dan
gerouS social diseases do not realize
the menace. was the opinion ex-
pressed by DR.. Lee Edens Of Austin.
Later. he added. they become sub
jects Of charity and expenses to the
state.
K. w. Prothro of Fort Worth told
Of the plan now in operation in the
Fort Worth schools where girls and
boys in separate groups r as
sembled for lectures on sex matters.
The educational work will help the
future generations" he stated. but
other methods or control arc neces-
sary for those Of today"
He recommends in his lectures,
DR.. Prothro told the group. that
the bows and girls find other things
than sex to occupy their minds.
thereby preventing the development
Of an unhealthy sex attitude.
Alcohol Not Leading Cause
alcohol is not the only cause that
makes girls go astray." he declared.
although that seems to be the
general opinion. AS many girls 20
astray without alcohol as do with
i'll"
He painted a picture Of conditions
in Texas and over the country which
he said need immediate correction.
Many widows r turning their
homes into places Of instruction for
young girls. teaching them the in
tricacies Of vice which lead TO the
brothel. These things usually start
with so called wild parties and end
in wrack and ruin"
Parents leave children to their
own resources and 20 out seeking
pleasure and stimulation" DR. Cox
Of San Antonio. added. The very
pillars Of society are wormeaten. IN
1860 conditions were Is bad as they
r TODAY. Since the war many
chances have taken place. Clan
destine prostitution Is the favorite
indoor sport today. Youth reads OBJ
scene matters IN magazines and
newspapers. In some journals the
advertisements give them a serfse
of security. There must be the re-
Sponsibility fixed somewhere for
giving the youth Of the land the
the simple facts through which they
can interpret the stories they hear
in the streets"