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Hartshorne.l ^^^ [Oct. 11, 



An important contribution was made, also, by Dr. 

 Wood, to the organization of Girard College, in the 

 form of a report of a committee of which he was 

 chairman, upon the clothing, diet, etc., of its orphan 

 pupils. This report comprised a brief but clear and 

 systematic statement of the principles essential to the 

 healthy conduct of such an establishment; such as, 

 if carried out, must have secured to it from the start, 

 excellent sanitary conditions. 



Among other subjects upon which Dr. Wood wrote 

 well, as he did upon all topics which interested him at 

 all, was that of the Temperance reform. He contri- 

 buted to the United States Review, in January, 1834, 

 an article about fifty pages in length, on the " Tem- 

 perance Cause." His views, in this article, were ad- 

 vanced for that day, although confined to an exposition 

 of the evils attending the use of ardent spirits as a 

 drink, and of immoderate indulgence in the use of fer- 

 mented beverages. That, with longer reflection and ex- 

 perience, his mind did not greatly change upon this 

 subject, was shown by a note appended by him to a re- 

 print of the above mentioned article, in 1872. "Were 

 our efforts confined," he there says, "to the exclusion of 

 ardent spirit or distilled liquors from use, there might be 

 some hope of success in the end ; as a people among 

 whom temperance could be established, with this limit- 

 ation, could never, so long as the rule continued, be- 

 come a nation of drunkards." 



It may be remarked that Dr. Wood's retired position 



