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the highest per cent of immorally afflicted, are here given:

0.59^^— Six of the states Oregon Iowa Ohio Georgia South Carolina Rorida 1.63^3.24%5.60%. 8.04%8.90%- It is a remarkable coincidence that Oregon, which is reputed for the purity of her men, was the first state to organize a society for the promotion of sex education. In DB. ALLEN GILBERT, OF THE OREGON SOCIAL HYGIENE SOCIETY. LECTURING AT THE PORTLAND SHIP YARDS

1910, some men organized the Oregon Social Hygiene Society in Portland. Until that time there had been a conspiracy of silence concerning matters of vital importance regarding health and purity. Young men and women were