Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-10
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recess question In the Times, and are glad to a
last receive one. Also we did see an excellep
article so far as the subject was touched upon
taking 1t up one side and down the other. Tn
"some one" who "without a moments thought
says the pupils work too hard. was indeed rash
We have not seen the assertion in print TIL
most conclusive and convincing argument W
have seen in any Of these articles IN FAVOR O
a fifteen minute recess was the one presente,
by H. B. L. Only think Of it! 1t requires onl
from 10 to is minutes to change we'll venti
lated room into "a hot-bed of disease" unde
existing conditions. and yet, what MUST tina
same room be at the end of several hours? We
are glad H. B. l.. was candid enough to treat al
| equally fairly. for tho ailments mentioned in
cluded nearly every family in town, one way OF
another. But CAN 1t be possible that in little
town like Cresco there are families where the
bath tub or its equivalent is unknown, and the
clothing in the condition described by H. b. u
As we never mingle with that element we fnd
these assertions trifling.
Must our broad free acres be confined to the
densely populated and suffocating Germanyf
Or was this simply a suggestion as the quotation
marks imply? Surely we parents who live fol
those inclosed within the walls of the public
schools must strive to the very best of our
ability to get at the bottom of the matter with
all fairness and good will. If in spite of our pre-
caution regarding health, diet and cleanliness,
little ones do not thrive; when we dress them
comfortably and keep their feet dry; when the
ones who attend school droop, while the ones
who have never attended are models of rugged
ness, as we find In our own experience, and
when the more there are In a room, and the
more they are restricted in cases deserving of
no restriction, the more they droop. Let us not
hasten to arrive at one thing as conclusive.
Why does not SOME ONE suggest furnace?
Are not taxes more profitable than doctor
bills?-and little work to pay them more agree
able than caring for sick child? Why does
not some one suggest that No. be divided and
the vacant rooms on the south side, and on
which taxes are annually paid be put into use?
H. B. L. says "'Tis not alone to llye," etc. We
fnd this true. No. 4 Is about the smallest room
we have, yet into it are crowded 81 pupils,
enough for two teachers to care for properly,
and then someone says they can stand it so ono
year. Possibly, but how about the teacher?
Perhaps some are not aware that No. has a
teacher not found every day, and one whom the
school can Ill afford to lose. Yet this does not
mean one year for her, but continual forcing
of the nervous energies to one of rare patience
and plain sense. Is this not a poor return for
her kindness which she Is NOT obliged to
bestow? If you have never filled teachers
place, have you no daughters of your own? If
you have them, put them In her place. feel
snre there is not a parent who has suffered from
causes existing in the public school who is not
willing to do all in his or her power to remove
them. Let us not wonder at the manifest
lldlllerence toward tne pupnc library until We
Ny W place tnose @hom We WISH 70 Deneht
1lierepy ~ conaition 70 De penehetea. Inc
hygenlc conditions are Just what we meant all
the time.