Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-14
FEEDING
SCHOOL
CHILDREN
In England School Children
Are Fed BY the AB-
thOritieS

The time was, and in many seetion
Of our country still is, where the sehoo
districts objected very strongly to fur
uishing text books f5l pupils.
1t was eminently proper to build
school house. furnish it with desks and
seats. but for many years, in school
equipment, progress ended there.
Later. some daring spirits suggested
charts. maps, blackboaris, and even
dictionaries and other reference books
but this was supposed to be the limit
Of liberality on the part Of the tax,
payers
In England the facilities for adj
vaneement in the common public
schools, at present surpass in many
ways even those Of America.
There, in many cities, not only all
Of the things mentioned are supplied,
but in the hop, and with the purpose
Of making at least a common school
education possible for all, the children
Of the poor are given their meals at
school In the January.Mareh Forum
Thomas Burke discusses this depart
ure and the following will shed some
light on the situation:
"The whole matter, therefore, under
present conditions, centers around the
question Of school work. / can testify
to tho wonderful change in the phys
ique Of the children-l2OO in number
in the day industrial schools in Liver .
pool. In swimming competitions they
have beaten every school in the city
time and again, while in cricket, foot
ball, and other outdoor games they =
have been most successful They all 4
belong TO the lowest strata Of society Q
md all live in slumdom. Fed three 0
ines day by the school board and .
low by the Liverpool city council, .
hey manifest the benefits Of good food .
supplied y
Concerning the Manchester schools
II the same type, it was stated by a =
witness that Of the children who were \
unable to go through 4
curse Of drill on entry, only two per q
ent. remained unfit after week $ q
eeding. II was also declared that one %
ould easily pick out Industrial school :,
oys in the ordinary school after his 3
ischarge
"The remarkable feature about the 9
liverpool children is that despite the
act that they return at 6 p. m. to
heir wretched homes they all escaped
eing enlicted by recent epidemics of Q
ymotic diseases, which was not al
ays the ease with other members of
he family who were attending the or.
mary schools and were not fed. To
e 1t is incredible that these children
'e made strong and healthy, while .
.e girls in London school for want D
food are unable. TO the tune Of so ~
y cent, TO take part in new scheme =
drill, which had, perforce. to be a
'andonsd. Ample evidence was pro. (
iced 10y heads Of schools that the 7
entail powers Of the children were :
teebled by want OF food. and the Z
iole situation was summed up by Sir
'uder Brunton when Dc said. in an.
er TO an economic objection. that
here Is no more danger in feeding (
ddren physically than there is in
'dlng them mentally" A great evil
; 20 be met and at once, pending
day when royal commissions and
'arimental committees are formel /
inquire into the bedrock cause ~
.sc evils, aud not their results NoIk
form method Of procedure is s1g. ~
tcd in the report, but each local am. -
.rlty, once tho question is taken nm :.
earnest, will probably work ON lines 4
ied 20 its locality, taking car. Ia