The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-02-15

light. Insist that those that are
badly affected shall consult their
occulist, and don't give them lessons
to take home for study at night.
HYGIENE OF THE EYES.
DIR. Lincoln, Of Boston, in The Annals
of Hygiene, fOrmulates the following
rules to be observed in the care Of the
eyes for school work.
1. A comfortable temperature, and
especially let the feet be warm and dry.
2. Good ventilation.
3. Clothing at the neck loose; the
same rs regards the rest of the body.
4. Posture erect; never read lying
down or STOPPING.
5. Little study before breakfas. Or
directly after a hearty meal; none at all at
twilight or late at night.
6. Great caution about study after re-
covery from fevers.
z. Light abundant, but not dazzling.
8. Sun not shining Oh desk, or on
objects in front of the scholar.
8. Light coming from the left hand,
or left and rear, under some circum-
stances from in front.
10. The book held at right angles to
the line of sight, or nearly SO.
IL. Frequently rest by looking up.
II. Distance of book from eve about
fifteen inches.
THE EAR.
a great many children in our schools
are affected more or less with deafness,
which may be the result of colds. dis
eases of the nose CIR throat, enlarged
tOnsils, attacks of measels, scarlet fever
or other eruptive diseases. 1t has fire.
uently occurred that children so affect
ed were classed as stupid or stubborn
for not responding promptly to questions
propOunded by their teacher. Be eX-
ceedingly careful in your judgment of
these cases, and if by careful inquiry
and test as to hearing you find they are
even slightly deaf, they should be re-
ported to the principal that he may see
that something is done for them. Nasal
and throat diseases are not only most al
ways associated with slight deafness,
but are coupled with weakness of MEM
DRY and attention. If you notice
mouth breather you may be sure of
nasal and throat disease which should
receive prompt attention if you wish
them vigOr Of mind and advancement
in their studies. In the schools of Ger
many, France, England and many of
the cities of this country the pupils at
regular Intervals undergo the scrutiniz.
ing test of regular physician, l would
therefore make plea today for you to
take the physician in your parnetrship
towards developing this higher physical
education. And tell you it would not
only add to the usefulness and fame
with which the Dodge City schools are
already blest, but would be great stride
towards stamping out contagious dis
eases and and banishing the headaches,
back aches, and that tired feeling that is
so often complained of.
And now permit me to apply the nat
ural method to the physical division. 1t
is natural that little child, who has al
ways been perfectly free, should, imme-
diately after entering school, be obliged
to spend five hours day in an attitude
suitable for taking its photograph, and
this upon hard seat and in funeral at
mosphere? Can you have scraps of pre-
pared information, or peptonized decoc-
tons of science, hammered into the cells
of dull mind, or have essays, poems
and systems of philosophy wrung, as
Milton says, like blood from the nose?
l cOnjure you to rather see what is the
cause of the dull mind.
But it seems that teachers now days
are concerned not with pupils but with
papers. l beg of you don't cOn:ern
yourself SO much about their depOrt-
ment as their mental, moral and physi-
Cal condition. l aliude now to the
childish restIessness and lack of muscu-
lar tIOl in which no mOval principle
Is evolved. Do you not know that it is
a well recognized law of nature that all
powers are first developed before the
ability to control or restrain them un-
folds: G. Stanley Hall certainly has
true appreciation of the necessity Of
physical culture when he feelingly says,
acknowledge bought at the expense of
health is not worth what it COSTS" Health
conditions all the highest joys of life,
means full maturity, national prosperity.
May We not Ieverently ask. what shall it
profit "A child if he gain the whole world
Of knowledge aud lose mis- health, or
what shall he give in exchange for his
health: Would it not be the part of wis
dom to use the natural methods, which
I am convinced are Gods methods: