The San Francisco call., 1909-04-02

KNIFE OF SURGEON
TO CURE STUPIDITY
Enlarged TOnSiIs and Adenoids
Send Many Pupils TO the
Ounce Block
Parents and Teachers Urged to
Understand Necessity of Sur
giCal Operations

Surgery 10 relieve stupidity is one of
the recent important discoveries in the
medical world, according to DR.. Per
elVal Doiman, assistant surgeon Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat clinic, Cooper
Medical college. who addressed the
members Of the Teachers institute yes
terdsy morning on The Backward
child" and who gave numerous new
facts regarding those trying little oc-
eapants Of many schoolrooms.
Adenoids and enlarged tonsils are
responsible for much Of the mental and
moral deficiency OF young children, DR..
Dolman says, and the removal Of these
VIII often cause a frightening up of
talnd and an Improvement Of conduct
which is wonderful.
ADENOIDS AND BAD ToNsILS
Many Of the facts stated by Dr. Dol
man he illustrated by statistics. OF
nifty boys, selected at random from the
Aew York truant school, thirty-nine
had adenOids OF bad tonsils. In the
London schools it was found that ~
per cent OF all the school children had
enlarged tonsils and per cent had de-
iective vision. OF the adenoids and
tonsils removed 1t was found that 4
per cent were tubercular growths and
The same, DR.. Dolman said, held good in
san francisco He urged an adequate
medical inspection of the schools here
and missionary work among the par
ents IN order TO overcome the oppOsi-
ton 50 often met with regarding oper-
auons, however simple.
He urged the use Of the excellent
free clinics OF the city for those chill
dren whose poverty prevented the
necessary medical care otherwise.
Mrs Lizzie Burke OF the Columbia
school spoke briefly in praise of the
work OF the school physicians and
nurses here Deputy Superintendent of
Schools James Ferguson read an in
strucuKe and interesting paper on
Commercial Education in the United
states and Abroad" the result of his
Investigations made during his Euro
pean trip last fall
COMMERCIAL EDUCATION
The speaker gave many facts regard
ing the plan OF commercial education
ia European countries and then criti-
cised the method Of education in vogue
here He said; The controlling motive
IN our courses Of study for the public
schools has been that the work of one
year should lead to the next and that
one school should prepare for the next
higher. Our public school system is
regular university limited train with
no way stations and making no stops
en- route Those who jump of land
nowhere But the alarming thing is
that the great majority jump OF from
necessity or otherwise. It is nothing
short OF & crime against the individual
and against society for US to take a
pupils time until he is II or Is years
old and then turn him out without any
direct preparation for some useful oc-
cupation in life.
DR.. Richard Cause Boone of the State
university spoke on the Fundamentals
IN Education" which he declared were
alertness Of mind. efficiency and self
Initiative He said further that II was
not what one learned that was of value
but the use one was able TO make OF
this knowledge. His speech bristled
with epigrams and kept his audience
in state Of interested amusement.
Mrs Cecil ". Mark and Mrs T. Van
Ness Cox sang a duet, THE Gipsies.r
accompanied by Miss Mabel Gordon.
and Mrs. Mark also sang a solo, Loves
Rapture
The institute convenes this morning
for the final session.