Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-24

Deafness Among School Children.
The fact that myopia is frequent
among school children is well known.
1t is not so we'll known that i'm
paired hearing is also frequently met
with. The children thus affected are
often accused Of being lazy and mat
tentive. when in reality their ears are
at fault. Helot shows that these cases
are quite common, are easily recOg-
nized, are generally durable. and when
cured a large number of children are
transformed so to speak. both from a
physical and a moral standpoint. Ac-
cording to We'll, of Stuttgart, the pro-
portion of school children with impair
ed hearing is 30 per cent; according
to Moure, of Bordeaux, II per cent.
Helot agrees with Gete and other aur-
lists that the proportion is % per cent,
or one-fourth. All the children in a
class should be carefully examined
and the semi-deaf pupils will always
be found among the poor scholars"
The cause of intirmity is to be sought
fOr-naSopharyngeal catarrh following
measles, scarlatina. whooping cough,
adenoid negotiations, hypertwphied
tonsils, etc.-and normal conditions are
to be restored by appropriate treat
ment.-Popular Science News.
About to BE Sc titled.
The settlement of the Manitoba
school question is again near at hand,
though the announcement has been
made in 4 somewhat indirect manner
SO indirect indeed that many people are
slow to believe that the much-desired
result of peace and cooperation has
been reached at last. The whole ques-
ton, 1t is to be hoped, will now resolve
itself into matter Of good or bad ad
ministration, and. as in the case Of
Nova Scotia and the other Maritime
Provinces. the parties who thought
themselves at first aggrieved because
they could not get what they wanted,
will be more than gratitied in time to
come to find that they have more than
they could have got in 1896. had they
then obtained from the Federal Gov
eminent all that they craved for. There
will be no separate schools in Manito-
ba, as there perhaps ought never to
have been in Ontario; but there will
be good public schools with which ev-
cry Protestant and Roman Catholic In
the province will be satisfied.-Canada
Educational Monthly.
Notes.
Vienna University has just granted
the degree of NJ. u. to woman for
the first time.
The House Of Representatives Of
Missouri by decisive vote. killed
resolution to abolish the State Normal
Schools
Milwaukee has adopted n new meth
| cd OF choosing Board of Education.
! The Mayor names four electors, whose
| duty it is to select q Board of twenty
| one members.
The Board Of Albany. n. Y. forb!ds
the detention OF pupils after school
| hours on the ground that a pupil con-
| fined in n school room all day needs
| fresh air and exercise.
Japan is going to spend $4,000 put
| ting twelve young Japanese students
! through three years course of study
Of naval architecture and marine en-
cheering in England.
The Legislature of Oklahoma Terri
! tory has passed school bin, which
| makes it Il crime for white and colored
! children to attend the same school or
| in any way participate in school mat
| ters together.
The Minnesota Legislature passed
| the Soule sectarian bill. which pro-
| nounces unlawful the use of any creed
| or sectarian textbook In any public
school. The wearing Of any sectarian
! garb or costume IL prohibited. and also
the teaching Of any sectar4an denomi-
national instruction.