The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
Care In Selecting an Educational
Institution.

The subject of sanitation in schools
and colleges is receiving Its proper
share of attention from parents and
others responsible for the education
of the young. No better evidence of
this could be found than the inquiries
which come to the editorial depart
ments of papers like this, and which
are sent from all parts of the country.
These inquiries about the hyglenic
condition of educational establish
ments show the anxiety felt by the
guardians Of youth, and their determ-
ination to satisfy themselves that the |
school or college that they send their
charges, the best class of our schools |
and colleges are justly famous for
their excellence in this respect, and
for the great care taken by the man
agement to insure the health of the |
pupils against danger Neverthe-
less, the fact that parents are exactng |
sbout sanitation, and recognize the |
danger of its neglect, shows a very
good disposition and calls for the
strong commerdation of sanitary
journals.
The american Journal Of Health
has always been foremost in insisting
upon the Importance of this question.
Again and again have we editoriaily
referred to It, sometimes in reply to
inquiries we have received, and at
other times in order to express salts
faction at the excellent sanitary pre-
cautions and hygiene that are found
in our leading educational institutions.
1t is always matter of satisfaction
when we can unreservedly praise, and
a striking case in point many be found
in speaking of the State Normal
School, at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
This institution, indeed, Is worthy of
hygienic endorsement in the highest
sense, inasmuch as its entire economy
is arranged with a view to observing
the laws of sanitation, and securing
good health among the students. 1t
is thus also entitled to the best atten-
ton of parents and guardians who
know the special importance OF
maintaining the health of young peo-
Pile during the years when they are
receiving their education. For, unless
there be bodily health, there will not
be mental vigor, nor eventual success
in studies.
S Among particularly noteworthy
, hygienic advantages at this State
, Normal School, we shall name the
adequate, and we'll designed, system
of ventilation, to which is due the
purity of the air IN the class rooms
and dormitories. Of course nothing
is more essential to health than this
Again, the class rooms are lighted
with intelligence and disCretion-the
ooms being constructed with view
! to this effect--and as a result there is
no strain upon the eyesight OF the
students, and no danger of the nerv-
Gus troubles which are often caused
: by overtaxing the optic nerves. Sanl'
- tation was evidently, TOO, the first
y consideration with the designer of the
y. toilet arrangements, which are SC
= excellent as to prevent any possibility
, of danger from that quarter. Such
II are some of the chief features of the
> sanitary system at the Bloomsbury
State Normal School, which cannot
be 100 highly praised from a hyglenie
! standpoint. Those who investigate
!, . the matter will, we believe, be equally
Il we'll pleased with the educational facil
y tiles of this school.
/ II is indeed the bounden duty o
those who are responsible for the
e young to see to it that they are placed
It in healthy environment. And it il
y with undisgulsed pleasure that thu
t, Ameriean Journal Of HeaM draw
e attention to the hygienic advantage
l. of the Bloomsburg State Norma
School, which is none the less, w
may remark, advantageous and rep
utable in the purely educational sense
Judged from either standpoint, it
n position is an enviable one.-A. X
y GRAY, NJ. D., in tie Ameriea
n Journal of Health.