Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1912 — Dr. Hurty Thinks Children Should Walk, Not Ride, to School. [ARTICLE]

Dr. Hurty Thinks Children Should Walk, Not Ride, to School.

Declaring that one child out of every four born in Indiana dies before it is two years old, Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, Saturday afternoon spoke to a large audience at the farmers’ institute at Winchester. “Every child has the inalienable right to be born free from disease, free from deformity and with pure blood in its veins and arteries,” he said. “Every child has the inalienable right to be loved; to have its individuality respected; to be trained wisely in mind, body and soul; to be protected from disease, from evil influences and evil persons, and to have a fair chance in life, to be brought up in the fear and admonitions of the Lord.” Dr. Hurty said that when simplicity and frugality of living is achieved, voluntary celibacy will become discreditable, and the premature deaths of bread winners will disappear. He condemned many of the cars now being used to haul children to schools, and said that when he was a boy he had to walk to school, and that it would be better far the children, of today if .they would do the same thing, provided the distance was not to exceed two miles.