Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 498, 16 January 1902 — [Illegible] TEMPERANCE [ARTICLE]

[Illegible] TEMPERANCE

ILL TEKHEBS lUST STUDY IT SUBJECT TO BE CONSIDERED LIKE OTHER BRANCHES OF SCHOOL STUDY. Board of Education 0 .e» Nctive That Certificates Will Not Be Granted to Teachers Unless They Pass Satisfactory Examination i.i PHy. tiology and Hygiene. The- attention of teachers and oth- ' er persons interested is caiird to the following Act of Comerthe provisions of which apply to this Territory. TEMPERANCE EDUCATION LAW FOR TERRITORIES (Pass*.! by U. S Congress May 2". and ext aded to Hawaii by Act of Congress Jaguar} - . ISMI.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled; Section 1 That the nature of al roholic drinks and narcotics, and special instruction as to then - effect j >,.pcn the human system, in connection with th“ several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, shall be included in the branches of -tidy taught in the common or public schools, ami in the military and naval schools, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like required , branches are In said schools by the ; use of tf«t books in the hands of pupils where other branches are thus studied in said schools, and by all pupils in all said schools throughout THE TERRITORIES, in the military and naval academies, in the United Stages, and in the District of Cohim- | bia. and in all Indian and colored schools in the Territories of th* United States. To Enforce Provisions. Sec. 2. That it shall bt the duty .tf the proper officers in control of j any school described in the foregoing section to enforce the provisions of this act; aud any such officer, school director, c maiktee. superintendent. • r teach r who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of this act, or shall negKct or fail . to make proper provisions for the In- , struction required and in the man--1 ner specif! d by the first section of this act for all pupils in each and ev t ery school under his jurisdiction, fhall be removed from office, and the vacancy filled as in other cases. Sec. 3. That no certificate shall be granted to anv person to teach in the public schools of the District of Columbia or Territories, after the first , <»f January. Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, who has • not passed a satisfactory examination 'in physiology and hygiene, with ! rpecial reference to the nature and the effects of alcoholic drinks and , other narcotics upon th«y human system. , Approved May 20. ISSti. Examinations to be Held. At the next examination for Teachers' Certificates, and at all such examinations subsequent thereto, candidates will be examined in accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of the foregoing Act. The work on “Elementary Physiology and Hygiene." otherwise known as “The Human Body and its Health,“ by William T. Smith. M. D.. has been adopted as the text book on physio logv in the schools under thiji Department. and the examinations will be based upon what is contained and . taught therein. 1 By order of the Department of Public Instruction. C. T. RODGERS. Secretary.