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170 JUVENILE ASSOCIATION FOR
lessons proceeding at the same moment. The children
were requested to sing a song of their own selection,
and again they favoured us with " I love my
native land the best."
Juvenile association for the Suppression of Profanity.-I
visited also the "(Hawes Common School"
in South Boston, and found one peculiar institution.
The children have been formed into " An Association
for the Suppression of Profanity," which the teacher
said had been eminently successful in banishing not
only oaths, but rude language and violence from the
school. The organization of the association is very
similar to that of a temperance society. It has a
president, vice-president, secretary, and a standing
committee, elected every three months. The teacher
kindly presented me with a printed copy of " an
Address," delivered by one of the boys, George
A. Stevens, at the public annual exhibition of the
male department of the school, on 23d August 1837.
It is highly creditable to the young gentleman's talents.
' The members of the society," he says,
" wish to begin life with fair prospects. We believe
it to be important to gain the mastery over our
tongues; and to aid us in so doing, to excite us to
watchfulness, we have formed this association.""
The society has a pledge which its members sign,
and a constitution by which all its proceedings are
regulated."
Article 5. of the constitution provides, that " any
member who shall be known to be guilty of profanity
may be indicted by the standing committee, and
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/210/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.