The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

meliately declared that the teacher
was right The home and school en-
tered upon an active campaign alons
the methods Indicated, and now after
eighteen months, he is a manly hap
py little fellow doing fairly good
work.
All bodily functions in a normal
child can be trained to be habtuaL
The confusion and interruption u
work, caused by requests TO leave the
school room during sessions may be
reduced ia 4 minimum among wen
children, if the mother and teacher
cooperate in training physical habit
a tiny baby can be trained by care
and attention for comparatively
short time, Often in our first grade
there will be no requests for leaN @
Of absence during sessions, while in
our seventh grade we have obstinate
eases of disease which bid fair to he
chronic and incurahle, resulting, be
lieve. from habit in the beginning
of being excused every half hour be
cause some other fellow asked to
leave.
Suggestion will sometimes start
an epidemic of the evil which 4 firm
refusal and the Introduction of some
specially interesting thing to be done
will often check Helen said the
other day after the close of a similar
experience, you may so now | do
not need to, thank you" was her
immediate answer. aud she went ON
with her work Any real
teacher soon learns to read Childrcns
faces and actions and to distinguish
real needs. aud may train habit thor
oughly 10y wise dealing With her
little people
In the matter of physical temper
ance. it would seem that the home
ought to do the bulk of the training
but unfortunately it does not do all
it might along these lines, We try
TO interest the children in the athletic
training rules on exercise, food and
sleep and this often exerts great
nuenCe | know twclveyear-old !
boy in Chicago who deliberately
chooses TO follow good hygienic rules
If living in order that he may grow
10 be a big strong fellow by and by.
Il is unnecessary to add that his ply.
siquc is more than ordinarily good, |
md that he forScs ahead in his class
One of our own lads in the school
has been the victim of la grippe for
| winter or two, and is now in Cali !
'orna. Since he understands what Is
he danger and how ii has TO be met. |
he has undertaken this notion of ply |
,ical temperance. and will come back !
o us May stronger than he has |
leen for a long time,
come to the final topic in my list |
hat of alertness and dexterity. With
mt question the work in manual |
raining is the proper avanue OF de
felopment for these qualities. Pa
,ers on manual training read before |
rs in convention assembled are apt |
O place the weight of their argument |
lpon manual training as a means OF
raining the mind through the hand. !
L does so without doubt. but | con
end that the training In alertne5s !
md dexterity of the physical organ f,
SIN itself is of great value from q
practical life standpoint. Manual
lexteritv means freedom and inde' |
lendencc in so many conditions IN
ife.
All these lines of training we have |
discussed should begin early, be iul
owed persistently with as little lapse !
rom the new habit as possible. II /
he primary teachers are to succeed !
II any great degree in training ply
iical habit It can only be through /,
he vital sympathy and cooperation !
# the parents of the children and /
through the great faith in the ell |
acy Of example and suggestion.
| have purposely omitted from this
discussion the subject Of the tobacco !
labit in the primary schools. 1t ~ /
here. and we fight II day by day. but
IS long as the business world and /
he parents of the children offset az
,ur teaching by direct example and /
nggestion on the other side, we ar
lighting a losing fight. and do not /
wish 10 talk about thing | can not /
onquer.
An old friend Of mine who delights
o drink the health of his friends IN /
iatures oRn liquid. always preiaccs |
lis compliment 10 you by sayIng
Here's hoping" SO ! close my paper I
With the same phrase Here's hop
ne" that We viii all have the courage |
f our convictions and determine that
o far as IL lies in our power, each
hid snail have sound mind I'D
'erfect body.
Another collection By the .. / n VI