The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-13
TIE SCIENCE OF HEALTH.
why 1T sBOULD ne POPULdRIEED
NOM SCHOOLS
Something that Education Can do More Thor
Oughiy than BcVizIatiOn-The sanitary
Condition of BrOOkIyn's schools.

Something that Education Can do More Thor
oughiy than LcVislatiOn-Tbe sanitary
Condition Of BrOOklyn's schools.
BALTIMORE, Nov. II. The American
Public Health Association met ate A. N. The ex-
ecuiive committee was instructed to memorial
ize Congress In favor Of such legislation az will
bring about proper co6peraton between the
general Government and the several State Gov
ernments for a uniform and efficient system Of
recording births, deaths, and marriages.
Prot. f. W. Claypole Of Antioch College. Ohio,
read paper on " The Repatriation of Sanitary
Science In our Schools" Of which the following
Is an abstrict:
The Importance Of sanitary science he measured
nc, by DS' an e so,r stand
NV fc WHEN ~ ~ nv, npiv hn,nan M artssmv
profitable TO eliminate, especially as the present cond
POI sib AMI hows the tops by which may 9e ted
ne H. ~ na r. S be sS o o. truths SoSs
the immunity second the conversion OF the cOumu-
ton Side by sd stand the principal dnicutIcs That
and Other on Which sanitary Science rests
and second b,as n wrong erection re- utlng TON
me school the beat possible The next gen
ln9n can be eleyitsd IN sanitary amt 1ond tao 10y
present by ,gisla on not by text book memotnng,
hort spencer. that right knowledge. rightly In:
prc,sei Il OF primary mP6rancs in scheme 3i
inenti Of expert teachers IN sanitary scence
men ana women able to teach physiology broadly and
conncciedv In whose hands bone of any other organ
furnishes lesson structure, from which, In orderly
sequence. now the lessons on functions and at FUR.
Their remove all the wider relations of sanitary science
when the best condition ~ the perfection Of
the funciions illustrating the whole subject BY ref r.
cnce to mechanics, chemistry, physcs, aud optics
that shall contribute to tho perfect
knowledge 81 the human body. Inexpensive local
schools for the instruction Of teachers during portions
OF the year are needed WIN aG S
sircOns not to teach but to supernteud the work Of
direction at the Anderson scnoo Of Natural History
under Prof. Agassiz. the sumner theological Camp
school conducted by PROT sna er az S9mnei nnd zap
aud the kirkland summer school ot Natural History IN
Cleveland. whore all the work ~ done IN the laboratory
aud IN ~. neld t't HOOK, bong wio,y discarded
lem orary OF periodical scholars OF TINS KIND undef
good manal cement, would do more Tor the ra ing 81
teachers IN true methods Il training than al me text
books m mlhua. ISSUING rom ihc euu aloha pre-..
He then alluded g. tue waste - time, waste OF labor
and waste ~ words at the meetings of teacher ns
~ gaining practical acquaintance with the f9unda
lions OF sanitary science, anatomy pNsluogys ches
Ike water. now downward In order, therefore to di
fuse sanitary science let VA nrst improve our my 1og
higher institute 81 learning that their students may
know the right and choose u Il they VIII. Let US pro.
Nd physiological ana sanitary INSTRUCTION tor clchtts
whose age, Means time will not slow theni to take
college course Let Us, a. far as possible, utilize all
existing organ zatuns. such teacher nsutuis Let
t Of false economy Of school trustees uhsttuc
teachers and scholars Ia tue arr and practise OF heal hy
In the face Of the sanitary law that two thousand
cubic feet Of fresh hourly needed for single
from hundred and eight to twentyfOur Gu nc
feet to each cnild a possible while the temperature
| school from My 10 nincty.nve degrees Lunatics
maintained at the public cost receive better treatment
criminals ave in better condition. The II the sanitary
education children gct-rccitlng lessons ventila
ton In polluted atmosphere. or on the evils Of ghi
examples prove that IN the way Of sanitary teaching
| ere LEG dirculty far greater than mere need Of
sanitary knowedgc. The teachers must be men anu
! women with whom to know N to do.