The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-01-21
County BOARD of Education.


The Burlington County Board of Ed
cation met at the Court House on Satu
day. There was a good attendance of l
representatives. from the various local board
These officers were elected: Presider
Dr. F. G. Stroud; vice president, Isaac
Uncle; secretary, Franklin Dill; Treasur
Charles Andrews; executive committe
Warren c. Pine, Daniel Evan, Spencer T
Powell, Thomas B. Candy, Robert
Evans.
DR.. Stroud, after thanking the men
bers for rejecting him chairman, spoR
on the subject of heating and ventilatin
school buildings. This is very in
portant matter, often overlooked an
little considered. The overheating of ba
air affects the brain of the scholars, caus
ing headache, nervousness etc., and put
the child in condition to take cold. TIL
sudden change of air by opening win
dows also causes colds. The Temperature
of the room should be kept from $50 t.
zoe, and should be Judged solely by the
thermometer, not by the feeling or judg
ment of the teacher. Some system of ven
tilation should be used that will keep thu
air approximately pure. Mechanical ap
pliances to do this are recommendation
system that will introduce the heat six oil
eight feet from the floor and have an out
let for impure air at the bottom of the
same side of the room.
Prof. Smallwood, secretary of the State
tuberculosis Association, made an address
on tuberculosis. That the subject is i'm
portant cannot be doubted, he said, when
that disease caused 1000 deaths in New
Jersey last year, and it is estimated there
are 1000 cases in the state now. There
are more deaths from consumption than
from all other diseases.
His association advocates that advanced
cases should be isolated; that persons
having the disease in mild form are not
dangerous to the community If care is ex-
ercised by the patient.
tuberculosis is germ disease. Because
a parent or grandparent died from that
cause is no reason whatsoever that the son
or grandson should. 1t is communicable
disease and a house disease. Plenty of
fresh air and sunshine, exercise, and keep
ing the body in good condition to resist
germs are the methods of prevention.
There should be registration of all
cases of tuberculosis. There is no law
compelling this, but bill will be intro
duced in this legislature having that and
other aims. Education and some super
vision of these patients will then be pos
sible.
The Tuberculosis Association has divid-
sd the state into seventeen districts, with
some local organization in each, through
which it is endeavored to educate the
on this important subject,
and thus finally to eradicate the disease.
A state sanitarium for the treatment of
has been established at Glen
Gardner, which is open to the public. If
/ patient can pay for treatment he is ex-
oected to do so; if not, no charge is made.
Several other hospitals are to be estab-
ished soon.
The importance of aid from schools in
the public in the principles OF
the disease cannot be overes-
mated. The board has prepared list of
lphorisms to be printed on large charts
md hung in the school rooms, for the
,ducation of the scholars on the subject.
rhe speaker urged, also, the Importance
# a systematic medical inspection of pub
ic school children.
The aphorisms to which Mr.. Smallwood
eferreI are given below:
Fresh air is necessary to good health.
Cold air and damp air do no harm If the
kin is kept warm.
Night air is as good as day air.
Try to breathe through your nose.
Avoid draughts when sitting, especially
f you are perspiring.
Avoid rooms that are crowded, smoky
yassy, dusty, dirty or damp.
Live much in the sunshine, whether
outdoors or indoors.
Live on plain food.
Take meals at regular hours.
Avoid fried food, pastry, cake, candy,
md much sugar.
Eat slowy and chew well.
EXERCISE AND REST.
Exercise or work is necessary to all I'M
ess they are sick.
Go to bed early every night and have
jhe windows opened.
CLOTHING.
Wear only loose clothing.
Wear no more clothes than you need for
warmth.
Never sit in wet clothes or shoes.
CLEANLINESS.
Keep clean.
Wipe and dry your body quickly every
day.
Wash your face and hands before you
eat, and keep your finger nails clean.
Never hold money, pencils, pins, or
other things in your mouth.
Never lick your fingers when turning
pages or counting money.
SPLITTING.
Consumption and other diseases are
spread by careless splitting, because spit
contains the disease germs.
Spit is dangerous on the floors of rooms.
halls, shops, stores, cars, etc., as 1t Will
surely be breathed in the form OF dust.
If you must spit. use spittoons, or
cloths, or paper which can be burned.
DIR. Louis Bevier, State Inspector of
High Schools, made an interesting address
that had Better Education" as its foun-
dation and he made special reference to
the necessity for systematizing the work
in rural schools. New Jersey, he said, is
attracting attention from other states as
result of its public educational systems
and in this broad work being carried on
much consideration must be given to the
first steps that lead to success in the higher
branches of grammar and high school
grades. In rural schools generally reor-
ganization is necessary, as the present
system of having one room schoolhouse
with only one teacher and pupils studying
in different grades does not accomplish
much to be desired 1t is almost impossi-
BILE for one teacher to take such country
school and give proper attention to the
various branches of primary and grammar
work under her control. There is no
denial of the fact that these country
schools should continue, but only so far
as the primary world is concerned. Under
the mixture plan" the pupils are denied
the attention and instruction that they
should receive. The accepted system for
rural schools is to have a supervising
principal who can direct the work until
the pupils have become far enough ad-