The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-30
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The London Gl0ts gives a iu-ti-fvGs
. illustration of the results of phy >s".ast
cal teaching IN the giflt schools ~ e."
English mr:rupoti, I, seems that &c
National Health society. luiably Go.
sirous If promoting the Increase ~ pTay-
teal ph, s,oiogical intelligence "aerc'i
prizes Ia be- competed tnr b. The Tupl.,
of the riilS' schoo's uudcr toe ,outlul
of the LoEdon School Board III" rr-
spnusc. however. was net very hN.'t
Out Of two hundred and thirty f.tr
T schools ouiy eleven sent cnuuTct tsts. ~
being presumed thai la the othct schoH
physiology - either nut tan III ~ att.
ar - poorly taught that there va So
emulation. The eleven schools NHth
were represented in the rNtHtnst oH.
No are To- suppose. were ia" best Eiy'
school under the %lufi"iirt" on oi Co.,"
Board. Two hundred ani nftr"u ciFs
attended aud competei Tor The pr.vs.
the examination being conducted ly
: MI. New, lllam. who reported tsc tr-
suit To the London school BoaT.t
The bfo3c SAYS "Many of the ,htl
drcn appear to have been utterly un-
abla to understand the terms at tho
( quest Mention nny ucruIa-
lions which You consider &" D.
injurious Ia health. giving reasons ior
your answer This question. VIZ NJ"
! Williams says. especially appears t'
have puzzled them One gtr = com
plctc answer Ia this question -. Wien
you have y illness u makes oar health
bad. ~ well - having "a d,sras" hn
other says. Occupations which are la.
furious Ia health arr carboltc ar.i ga
, which il impure blood Arojasg com
pic;e answer Is. We ought toy, IN tho
countr, for a few weeks Ia take plenty
of fresh AIR To make uS hoallhs aui
strong every year.' Another completes
answer j.. why tho heart. iunss.
blood. which - very dangerous. III"
word function was alsn a g,rat rus i".
Very many answered that the Kin Dis
charges n function called Precipitation
One girl saws. The fan ,ipu IT the
heart il between the lungs Another
SAYS: what II the function 81 the
hearth ThOraV.' Another g3rl. la an
swe to the sixth question. say. To"
process OF digestion -. We should never
eat fat. because the food does not iii.
gest.'
Another class of errors il That Of
exaggerated statements. one girl an
sweT4ng. a stone. masun's work j. IN
furious. because when he 10 chipping
he Breaches in all the little chips. AMI
then they are taken into the lungs.
Another saws. a b~oo,makcs's trade -
very in urious. because the booimakcrs
always press the boots agains, the tho
raS. and therefore Il presses the thoraS
in n 10 touches the heart. and ~ thcy
do not die they are ~cripplss for life
Several gir.s insist tina; every carpenter
or mason should wear ~ pad over tho
mouth; and one grl sas That. Il q
sawyer doe. not wear ~spctiarl,.. b.
will be sure 10 lose his eyc<ight final
is. onc girl declares that 'all m"chan-
icai o - injurious Ia health. An
other child says that in inpnrc air
there Is not ans oxygen. Il Is al
bon!c acid gas' Another SAYS that q
We 10 not wash ourselves an onn or
two day al the peTsPirat On y II turn
into sores
zone girl states iila; when fool il
swallowed !; passes through the aind-
pipe and stops ut the right s,'ie. SONS
of u goes To make blo.1. and what -
not wanted passes into the alimsutagy
canal Another gir. from ia. same
school says. Venom. blood !. Il n dark
black color. aud when IL reaches the
heart u Is msde by the heart 4 bugl,,
red color Several girl- from ths same
school repeat ihs last error Another
girl says. The ehyls flows up the nail
die of the backbone AMI n arhrs tbs
heart where IL meets the Oxygen and i.
purified Another says. The work Of
the hear; Is 10 repair the different or
gsns IN about ba I n minute an1thsf
SAYS; We have an upper and a .o~er
skin; the lower skin moves ai is vii.
and b upper skiD moves ~hea ~
do. "-FoPniar Scteaes Monthly.