The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-26
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hf,ealthful and to keep It so. The next
thing is the right breeding of the
race to healtli--fuller and higher levels.
After these right organization. BY
mes. .hese methods--and by these only,
shall we move forward move forward
,ndeiinitely. And no poet has had an
imagination vivid enough to see the
END or the limit of mans continuous
growth-in health. in happiness, in
aachieVement, in the rounded satisfac-
ton of living. Sometimes we hear
discussed the question as to whether
virginia could produce a great poet
or great artist. tell you that With
me proper training, Virginia could
produce man as great as any the
world has seen.
Health Pre-Eminent.
In the first place, the school must
see that the boy is physically we'll.
are his eyes good? If they are not, the
school must sec to 1t that they are
made right. His ears? Most OF us
are az = somewhat deaf. and yet most cases
I q, deafness were at some stage of our
aNes easily preventable. And his
teeth and his nose2 II the boy hasn't
started right in these respects. the
sSnooi must at once see to him-see
lnat ne is brought back to the
TO become healthfui, normal man.
More than likely in our climate the
little fellow has hookworm His
i y os..,r thought the ground Itch was
tritiing ailment. tell you that the
hght against hookworm and other
diseases. as prosecuted in Virginia
ny me state Health Department is
the most valuable work that has been
done for hundred years.
boy when he goes to school will
reeve physical examination equal
70 that which he would take If he were
examined for. life insurance policy
Is ne properly fed? If not, his parents
WIZ be taught how to feed him. Sup
pose every man in Virginia had beer
dea properly from early boyhood. The
be as great as the difference in men
thousand years apart
a. The Doctor.
=. nave the sincerest admiration for
me family doctor, who brings us into
patches us up as we go along. But
the, time will come when the teacher
and the parent will attend to most
OF the health Of the community.
NOR a meeting of doctors in Balti:
electric light in the room Every ten
seconds 1t went out. Every time this
b ign disappeared it sIgnihed that a
9any died In the United States. One
dies every ten seconds, six every min
ute, $50 every hour. $500 every day--
babies who are the victims of our liz.
norance Some beasts in the jungle
propaoiy preserve as large a proportion
81 ,he!r young as the people OF the
United States.
Education means setting a boy to
work under thorough and enthusiastic
guidance, at doing all sorts of things
.-uolnS mind YOU not merely being
told how to do. In this view almost
anything becomes good matter OF ed
ucation Take any or all OF the best
occupations OF men. select almost what
you Will the ordinary voca ttons the
mechanical trades and the arts as well
m Can You:
Are You educated? Did YOU ever
make a beautiful piece OF furniture
with your own hands, or can you play
a great piece of music? Can you put
the plumbing in order in your house,
Can you write sonnet? Can you read
Virgil? Did you ever plant a tree TO
make any sunny place more shady? Is
there an acre of ground in this COM
monwealth that IS more rich or more
lertile because OF anything that you
nave doneo
When man reaches middle life
and tries TO make true judgments of
values and no longer accepts conyen-
tional values. then nothing counts so
much as the solemn gratifca ton that
comes OF having unselhshly served