Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

That the child ls father 90 The man
De- being more generally recognized in
the truost sense every year The im-
pouout place Doe occupies Be- attrat-
inr the -.tcnJon of che best thought
of tha world The statesman rocQg-
nizcs that the contamination and pcr-
nctuity OF the national ldonls Doe is
striving for dopeuas not on himself so
much as ou the laughing school boy at
play Boo the street Tho political ocouo-
mist s busy conserving the assets ot
his country mot that DE- fears they win
fail him.. but that tho Growing babe
may not De horaft of hls heritage Tile
educator is kccnly alive to the ncccs-
.lty of the growing mind. md his best
Thought ls put forth iO supply this
necessity. The laWmaker De- jealous of
ihe rghts of the helpless innocent ana
loucoa him around with wise and safe
laws both for his moral and mental de-
Nsloumont The physician ig bcstrring
himself in his behalf Hc demands
pure food shall bo provided, healthful
hygionic surroundings Doe secured. He
De- kcculy alert and puts much of hts
best effort into research after new
methods 90 prevent infant and child
mortality and morhidlty He knows
the future of lhc race depends not on
curing Of asthma. the gout tho rheu-
mut.sm OF the paudather. important
as these be-. hut ln giving the infant
in arms and the babe yet unborn hot
ter chances 20 avoid and greater pow
crs TO combat the rctrogrudc forces
OF tho world And he ls not satisfied
with am effort 10 shield the child from
diseases and conditions which are more
or less fatal in themselves. as tuher-
culosis. diphthcria, scarlet fever etc.i
and the terrible scourge OF impure food,
represented particularly I'm milk. which
ovCry year claims its myriads But he
is reaching ont Co preserve unim-
paired every function Of the growing
body The eyes must Doe looked after
simple Camrhe with its train Of
diseases often ending On death from
meningitis or partial or complete deaf
ness must not Doe allowed To 20 on UNI
checked Faulty habits Of speech
which hinder development must be
corrected. faulty attitudes which lead
Co permanent dcformity must be noted
and changed
10 is with this phase Of the ques-
ton that this article wishes particu-
larry 90 deal; and tho attention OF tho
honorable members Of the Legislature
now assembled is respectively called
20 the matter. The members OF the
medical profession have been and arc
much exercised over tho prevalence
of deformltios iu the spines of growing
u-doformities in the iudivid-
ual vortebfao. but which arc the re-
suit of faulty posturos occupied during
school hours, these often being una
voidahle because of the nature Of the
school furniture.
10 has not been thought practical to
it the bench and the desk TO- the child,
but the child 90. the bench and the
desk A certain normal standard has
been adopted and the school room Tor
say the fourth grade is fitted with this
standard. 10 does very well for the
average pupil but here is a big over
grown boy whose body ls out OF all
proportion TO his mental development
What must he do? lie must lean over
hunch himself up in a knot FOR from
four to six hours daily. A long, lean
GIRL with the sylph-uke lines with
which she win later astonlsh her
friends, an hidden I'm angles and bones
and hands and feet. she must do tho
same, and they are not two, but a fair
percentage Of the class on the other
hand, here is little Johnny fun OF