38 TOBACCO. 



merates the following as the result of the use of 

 tobacco in the school : — 



" Functional derangement of the digestive, cir- 



culatory, and nervous systems, manifesting them- 

 selves in the form of headache, confusion of intel- 

 lect, loss of memory, impaired power of attention, 

 lassitude, indisposition to muscular effort, nausea, 

 want of appetite, dyspepsia, palpitation, trernu- 

 lousness, disturbed sleep, impaired vision, etc., 

 any one of which materially lessens the capacity 

 for study and application. 



"The Board are of opinion, therefore, that the 

 regulations against the use of tobacco in any form 

 cannot be too stringent." 



The New York Times rebukes Commodore Par- 

 ker for allowing naval students to chew and smoke, 

 notwithstanding the expressed opinion of the 

 Board ; charging that it was done " with an impress 

 of ignorance not creditable to the commanding offi- 

 cer." It goes on to sav : " The boy who smokes 

 cigars or chews tobacco poisons himself, and the 

 teacher who does not know this is not fit to be 

 trusted w r ith the charge and government of boys. 

 He who permissively encourages boys to smoke or 

 chew is a corrupter of youth." 



Justice to Commodore Parker, however, requires 

 the admission that he conferred with a prominent 

 physician, claiming that it was almost impossible 

 effectually to prohibit the practice, and concluding 

 that, on the whole, it was better to allow the bo}'s to 

 smoke under regulations than to punish them con- 

 stantly for violation of rules. 



