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

| doches; eleventh. Mrs. w. T. White,
Henderson; twelfth. Mrs. j. III. Bar
nett: thirteenth. Mrs. T. b. Yeager,
Mineral Wells: fourteenth, Mrs. s.
VI. Watson. Waxahachie: fifteenth,
hrs. 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.
DR.. Lawrence II. Mayors OF Chi
/ cago. professor Of medicine az
Northwestern university. with a
| paper on "a Concept Of Arthritis"
and DR.. Benjamin II. Orndoff of
Chicago with a paper on "Electri-
city in Medicine and Surgery" were
the principal speakers at the gen.
cral meeting Wednesday.
Recommendation that sexual
education be included in the cur
ricula OF grade and high schools
were made by the division Of public
health. concluding its sessions at
the State Medical association con-
vention Wednesday afternoon.
THE vice problem today is in the
home" DR.. w. G. 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 hes been let down since the
war" he added.
Girls are as amorous as boys
DR.. z. A. johnson of Amarillo said,
and they should be lectured to and
instructed as well as the boys
MY last lecture in the course on
hygiene at the girls college" DR.. J,
M. Frazier of Bolton stated. was on
sexual hygiene. The groundwork
for correcting the evil of Taxing
morals is inhibition and prohibi-
ton"
Directors are Wrong
Some parents object TO having
these subjects taught" Or. j. G.
Waterman pointed out. but they
are making a mistake. These are
things which caSnot be learned too
early"
Many persons afflicted with dam
rerous 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.
r w. Prothro Of Fort Worth told
Of the plan now in operation IN the
Fort Worth schools where girls and
boys in separate groups are as
sembled for lectures on sex matters.
The educational work will help the
future generations" he stated. "but
other methods OF control are naces-
sarv for those Of today"
He recommends in his lectures,
DR.. Prothro told the group. that
the boys and girls find other things
than sex to occupy their minds,
thereby preventing the development
Of an unhealthy sex attitude.
Alcohol Not Leading Cause
-Alcchol is not the only cause that
makes girls 60 astray." he declared.
although that seems to be the
general opinion. AS many girls 30
astray without alcohol as do with
it,"
lie rainted a picture OF conditions
in Texas and over the country which
he said need immediate correction.
Many widows are turning their
homes into places OF instruction for
Young girls. teaching them the in
tricscies of vice which lead 10 the
brothel. These things usually start
with so called wild parties and end
in vrack and ruin"
Parents leave children to their
own resources and so out seeking
pleasure and stimulation" DR. Cox
Of San Antonio. added. The very
pillars Of society are wormeaten. In
1860 conditions were as bad as they
ere TODAY. Since the war many
changes have taken place. Clan
destire prostitution IS the favorite
indoor sport today. Youth reads OBJ
scene matters in magazines and
newspapers. In some journals the
advertisements give them a sense
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"