Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
EDUCATION THAT COUNTS.

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ested in this because the Board o
Education in this city is working
along the same line. While Their,
has been no effort made to feed-tht
scholars who go to school improperly
nourished, the board is planning tt
provide sufficient clothing for thos,
who are kept at home because they
have nothing to wear. or who go t.
school pinched with the cold.
The interesting part of the article
published Saturday is the fact tina
while many children have parents
who are able to give them enough tc
eat, ignorance of food values on the
part of fathers and mothers is large
ly responsible for the condition OF
the pupils. 1t would surprise those
who have never given the matter a
thought how many heads of families
there are who do not understand this
principle of right living. DR.. e.
Mather Sill, who is quoted in the
article published in the EVENING
Saturday, believes all chill
dren should be taught the nourishing
value of food in the schools and how
to prepare it before they are permit
ted to graduate. He would have the
boys market and the girls COOK His
observations show that the best food
often is the cheapest and that appe-
tizing dishes can be made at a low
This same idea has been suggested
by a member of the local Board of
1t is possible that before
the terms of the members now in
expire we will hear more
along this line. Not only should
girls be taught how to cook and what
cook for their own benefit, but
'or the sake of the children of the
next generation. A girl now devotes
aer time to study, learning much
about literature, languages, history
and mathematics, and then within
A few years after she graduates the
duties of housekeeping fall upon her
in a home Of her own or in
that of her parents. In many in
stances she knows absolutely moth
Ing about such cares and has to learn
as best she can. OF little use are her
history, mathematics and all the
)ther "book learning in such cases.
She would give them all to know how
o cook a steak SO that 1t would be
ender, or to bake a pan of biscuits
like mother used to make.4 Then
he children come and they are fed
rs best she knows, but still they
Ire not properly nourished. What
s the trouble?
We believe that DR.. Sill has sug-
the proper remedy. The girl,
in school, should receive a
course in cooking so as to know how
o serve the ordinary dishes proper
y. She should be taught the differ
ence between the various articles of
'ood, the nourishment in each and
what they mean to the upbuilding
and strengthening of the human
body. Such a course as this could
go right along with the other studies.
but in the after life 1t would be
by far the most valuable.
Teach the girls who are now going
20 school these things and the prob
lem Of looking after the physical
condition of the children of the next
generation will be entirely solved.
for they will be looked after in their
homes.
These are the modern ideas which
are being developed in the schools of
today. Perth Amboy IS fortunate in
a Board of Educatfon com
posed of men capable or taking hold
of such matters and pushing them to
successful conclusion. 1t will be
found that the educational training
in the common schools of the future
will be more and more along this
line. Let Perth Amboy lead as she
always has done.
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