The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-17
Becoming Necessary to Impart
Education Along Sanitary Lines

L In one of his immortal poems Will
liam Wordsworth, said, THE child is
father to the man." and this terse but
comprehensive statement has caused
many people to think, and, in think
ing, the inevitable conclusion which
has been reached is that the words
are true. AS the child is taught so
will the man be. This is the funda-
mental principle of educa ton, for il is
only the benefits which accrue from
long preliminary training that have a
telling and lasting effect upon the
adult, which In turn makes its i'm
preston on the city, state and nation.
Strange to say. it Is only within the
| last few years that the most important
of all educational subjects, health and
sanitation, has been taken up generally
in the schools Of this country. If 1t
is true that for the past few decades it
has been the custom in American
schools to take up the study Of phys
iology . Although this had aided the
young to some extent in making an in
trospection into their daily lives with
view Of ascertaining the effect of
habits on the body, the subject was
generally presented in such an unat-
tractive way that the pupils for the
most part regarded this simply as a
part OF the routine work OF the school.
with the result that a minimum of
good was accomplished where there
should have been a maximum.
Routzahn's Suggestions.
These suggestions for the schools of
the country are the results of the able
work Of e. G. Routzahn, director of
the American tuberculosis exposition.
The hints. just as they have been
handed to the teachers, are as follows.
and 1t will be clearly seen that il
these plans are carried out that the
standard Of scholastic efficiency will be
raised 100 per cent.
Publish a written newspaper every
day or at weekly Or monthly intervals
Call the paper Health News or Jour
nal of Keeping Well
Have a health library of dummy
volumes made up by the boys and
girls, the book titles to represent
health topics within the range of the
children. 1t might be possible to have
chapter headings, each heading being
given a title page on the inside of the
book This would give on the inside
OF the book. This would give an op-
portunity for practice in analyzins,
subject matter preparatory to detailed
English work.
Organize the class room into a |
street cleaning department or sanitary |
inspection department of q. city, the
aisles to be ON the streets and each
desk house. Ordinances to require
that each householder keep his prem !
ises and street clean and free from |
untidiness. Inspectors to be appointed |
for each street and a chief inspector
Tor each city. # the entire school
takes up the game each room might !!
pc ward. with ward inspectors and [
chief inspector for the entire school !
building or city.
Z Children to make cartoons to con-
trast a bedroom closed and tight
against one open to the air and sun
shine, contrast between a dirty, UNI
tidy, dark room and the same room
made clean. bright and wholesome: /
lilies leaving filth when entering the
house, going to the food, etc; dusty.
airty street against clean-lookinr /
streets; the possibility of dust infec-
ton through It's falling on CANDY
bought and eaten by school children:
; visiting nurse going to the rooms