The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-23
GIRLS OF A. C. ARE TO BE
TAUGHT HOW TOKEEP HEAL THY
Miss Alice 6. Haggart Has Been Secured to Have Charge d
the Physical Culture Department at the Home
Economics Building

In spite Of the fact that more Is now
known Of sanitation and what 1t takes
70 maintain good health sickness seems
| 10 DC more common than ever. AS in
loustry develops 1t makes 1t necessary
FOR some people to spend a good deal
or their time indoors, and 1t also makes
living more complex thing. People
i've closer together and also have
more Intercourse with each other SO
mat 1t is easier for disease to be car.
Fted than formerly.
with our present knowledge OF dis
ease and of how to keep healthy there
IS really no excuse why anyone should
De sick, unless 1t be from some acct
dent and perhaps In some cases where
1t Is hereditary. 1t is the mother of
the nome who Is largely responsible
for the health of its occupants
nome economics building at the agri-
nome economics building at the Agri-
cultural college is taking steps to make
battle against disease and sickness in
the nome by training the girls in how
10 De healthy, In how to keep their
MONIES sanitary, In how to select foods
ana SO to prepare them that they will
give the best bodily vigor, in how to
care for children so that they will be
healthy and grow into strong, vigor-
GUS men and women. Miss Hoover,
VINO Is In charge of the department, is
very much elated over the fact that she
has secured Miss Alice q. Haggart to
look after the girls physical welfare.
Miss Haggart is a graduate nurse of
the Cushing hospital of Boston, where
sv.N
Tor the last seven years had charge of
nursing and physical training In the
Kansas State Normal school where she
had from 1900 to 1000 women in her
care. She is a very capable woman
and 1T is very fortunate for North Da-
kota that 1t has been possible to secure
her for the important work that she
will have charge Of here. She will
teach home nursing and hygiene. will
take charge of any cases of illness that
may arise and will teach and advise
the girls in regard to matters OF health.
She will also have charge of physical
training. She is graduate of the Sar
gent School of Physical Culture, in
addition to having taught the subject
for many years.
Course in Home Nursing.
The course in home nursing will in
clude such things as what to do in
emergency cases, such as burns. cuts.
broken bones, antidotes for Wilson's,
training in care of children, of sick
to use sick room appliances,
to make bed with patient in 1t, how
to lift patient without hurt to nurse or
patient, sanitation of sick room, dis
posal of wastes from the sick room,
modern methods of fumigation, how to
fumigate house when the modern ap-
pliances can not be had. It Is not the
thought to do away with the doctor.
but to give such training that the fu-
ture homemal1er will know what to do
when waiting for the doctor and to en-
able her to work with the doctor intel |
Iigently.
For some time the boys. have been
given physical training In the gymnas- |
um, now provision has been made SO |
that the girls can have as careful |
raining as Miss Haggart, the instruc-
tor has good knowledge of anatomy, /
Of physiology, Of hygiene, and has had |
very thorough training in this line of /
work, both in preparation at the Sar-
gent School of Physical Training g.
1t Harvard university and in having /
had charge Of the girls in the Kansas
Normal school for seven years.
To partly meet the expenses of the /
Nurse small charge will be made not
'ver 80 cents a month a sort of a
health insurance. This will furnish 1
my girl who may be sick the services
# trained nurse who has had wide
experience. So that the girls will have i
IS good care in case OF sickness as |.
an be provided perhaps even better
han can be had in the home as 1t is
lot always easy to get a trained nurse. |,