The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-03
EDUCATORS TAKE
 UP B|G PROBLEMS
Health of Teachers and Chil- dren Is Principal Subject
DISCIPLINE IS NEEDED
Members of National Education Asso- citation Meet in Indianapolis to Discuss Matters Affecting
 School Children

Indianapolis, March 2--The relation of the physical to the psychological condi- tion of school children was discussed to- night in the convention of the department of superintendence of the National Educa- ton association.
 That the health of the teacher, influences the health of the pupils was the opinion expressed by Dr. Luther IIalzy Gulick, director of the department of child hy- giene of the Russell Sage foundation. New York, in his address on "The Health of the Teacher" tonight. Dr. Gulick spoke at joint meeting of the depart ment of superintendents of the National Educational association, with the Amer iean School Hygiene association, Amer ican Physical Education association, and the Public School Physical Training society.
 "The good health of the teacher said Dr. Guick. profoundly affects the good health of the pupil, because the feelings of the teacher are controlling factor Tn regulating the temperature of the class room. Teachers in poor health, with low vitality, feel cold in those temperatures which are best for learning and best for | the comfort or well
 In view of the importance of fthe per sona health of the teacher and her knowledge of and ability to teach hy- | giene, Dr. Gulick in conclusion suggest ed that these things be recognized in the | following ways:
 Personal health and knowledge of an ability to teach hygiene should count in examination of teachers for licenses. Hygiene should be an important topic | in the normal schools. Promotion of teachers should depend partly on their personal health and the ! health of the class.
 Few children today know how to work profitably Whether this is the result of the recent liberation from former state of straight-laced school discipline, or whether it Is a part of the spirit of the times does not seem clear Neverthe- less, lack of genuine industry as well as the inability to concentrate the attention for a reasonable period of time is a mark ed characteristic of all children today. This lays a foundation which is unsuited for future needs and tends to produce nation of intellectual as well as social de- pendents."
 Such was the assertion made by Dr. Thomas F. Harrington, director of school hygiene, Boston, in an address today at meeting of the department of superin- tendence, held in connection with the Ma tional Educat tional association.
 "Our entire nation seems to be suffering from certain widespread nervous irrita- bility, and as the school child Is part of the nation, he must necessarily partake of the influence surrounding him. con- tnued the speaker The speaker said that medical super vision offers the greatest promise in the efforts to conserve the health of teachers and pupils.
 Tea drinking by children was charac- terized as a great national evil and a cause of much i'll health.
 Dr. John H. Musser, professor of elini- cal medicine in the University of Penn sylvania, and Dr. H. H. Horn of the Uni yersity of New York. delivered addresses reporting investigations into the results of III health on the retardation of the development of the mentality of public school pupils.
 Officers were elected this afternoon as follows:
 President, W. N. Davidson, superin- tendent public schools at Omaha. l First vice president. J. A. Schwan su- perintendent of the public schools of Co., l lumbus Ohio.
 1 Second vice president, l.. c. Shulz, state superintendent of Minnesota. Secretary A. P. Call, superintendent of the public schools of Hartford, Conn. 1 Mobile, Ala, was chosen for next years convention.