The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-16
CARE OF EYESIGHT
DURING SCHOOL LIFE.
AN INTERESTING PAPER READ BE
FORE THE COUNTY TEACHERs' AS
ISOLATION.

ISOLATION.
At the Urgent Reaa aest Of Several reao,,ers
Who Heard tho Paper Read DIR j. nj
kibler Consents to Its publication.
The following paper was read by
DIR. James M. Kibler before the
meeting of the County Teachers
Association on Saturday, the 10th.
inst, and at the urgent request of
some of those who heard it, it is pub.
lished.
THE ADDRESS.
l have been called upon to address
you today upon subject which un
til quite recent years received no at
tention from any Of our public
schools, North or South.
The hygen MIC laws governing other
organs of the body have Justly re-
ceived proper consideration; and the
industrial hygiene regulating the
school room and premises as to filth,
i'll ventilated class rooms, over.
heated rooms, draughts of cold air,
accumulation of foul gases, ETC.,
have commanded the closest atten-
tention of the public boards of all
our schools.
Advice as to an overworked brain,
frail body, a slowly developed brain
or body; rules as to the best methods
OF imparting instruction to the pu.
pills; the question as to the number
of school hours per day, and whether
it is better to have one long session
with intervals of two short recesses,
or two sessions with q long interval
for noon or dinner; the question of
how many pupils one teacher can
manage, or when a room may bo
considered overcrowded; the ques-
tion of co education etc, have all re
ceived their due consideration from
this association.
Health rules al to the proper care
of the mouth and teeth and skin, the
proper clothing to wear in doors and
out doors, food and diet, how to pre-
serve the throat and voice, how to
keep good hearing, have been time
and again given to all grades of
school life from the elementary
schools to the special technical col
leges, but rarely ever does one see
advice given upon the proper care of
the eyesight during school life.
No subject is of more vital i'm
portance.
Upon good eyesight often depends
the success or failure OF pupil, not
only during school. life, but also his
whole life afterwards.
The child may have ever so bad
vision and be backward in learning,
and fall behind his class add become
discouraged, and never know why he
cannot compete with his fellows.
When we remember that what ever
he learns must be gotten from proper
and careful reading, and this cannot
be had with imperfect vision, we are
not surprised at his fate.
shall offer few suggestions for
the proper guidance of the teacher,
and hope that from them some good
may result.
Before doing 30, however, it il
necessary that at least an elementary
knowledge of the anatomy and ply.
siology of the eye, and the simplest
laws of optics be understood.
The eyeball 80 delicately con-
structed and adjusted resting in a
honey socket for protection from
outside blows, surrounded by fatty
tissue and the muscles which control
it's movements, covered and shaded
by it's lids and lashes and brows to
shield it from dust and an excess Of
light, bathed in it's own tears from
the lachrymal gland, placed in the
forefront of the head as pilot look,
ing out for the safety of the body,
is one Of the greatest wonders OF
Nature.
1t is nearly spherical in form and
about one inch in diameter.
For convenience Of description il
is sometimes spoken of as consisting
OF three membranes or coats ant
three humors.