Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-10-17
Girls Wear
Foolish
Clothes
THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE SPINAL
CURVATURE MORE THAN MEN
SAYS AN 0. A. c. PROFESSOR
PROVES HIS ARGUMENT.

oregon Agricultural College, Cor
lege, Or, Oct. 16.-That girls wear
foolish clothes, and for that reason
more frequently have spinal curvature
than men, was the assertion Of Prof.
Miriam Thayer, director Of physical
training for women at the oregon Ag-
ricultural College in the first of a Sc
ries of health talks" before the young
women of the institution this noon.
Miss Thayer explained to the girls
the sort of shoes they should buy for
winter wear, and why some styles
cause FLAT foot" of which she has
found many cases in her examinations
of the physical condition of the stu
dents under her care.
Tight belts and tight clothing of all
sorts, especially corsets, were con-
demned as the great cause of much Of
the spinal curvature which occurs far
more frequently among women than
among men. In the last few days a
number of more or less serious cases
of such spinal trouble have been dis
covered among the girl students, and
special treatments are being prescrib-
ed in the gymnasium to correct the
difficulty,
In order to give the director more
complete information on which to
base her prescription of exercises for
the individual girls, each one was
given today two cards to be filled out,
one to contain the personal and fam
lily history, the other schedule Of
exercises to be taken regularly.
The history card contains on one
side a record of the illness and all
ments to which the girl or her family
have been subject i'll effects following,
strains, injuries, or operations under
gone, previous physical education and
two special questions: Are you inter-
terested in having an erect carriage
and perfect physique? and, Enough so
to work hard for better physical de-
velopment?
On the reverse of the card are the
name and address, date and place of
birth, birthplace Of father and mother
and their nationality, the fathers oc-
when the child was born, re-
semblance physically to father or
if either parent is dead, a
statement Of the cause of death, the
health of parent before the birth of
the child and at present, the number
of brothers and sisters and, if any are
dead, the cause, the number of years
lived in the city, suburbs or country,
the appetite, digestion, susceptibility
to colds, and whether subject to head
aches and backache.
II there is any trouble as to breath
ing equally well through both nostrils,
trouble with the eyes or ears, fainting
or shortness of breath, 1t is recorded.
Do you sleep well, and how many
hours? How many hours Of the day
are spent in the open air? Do you use
stlmulants in any form? These are
some Of the questions asked. The
girls must also state whether they
habitually use medicine drugs or head
ache powders, the kind of work they
are most often engaged in, what ex-
ercise they are now taking, and the
number of hours each week they de-
vote to recitation, to laboratory work
and to home study
A list of sports is included, and all
which the student has practiced are to
be underlined, and the favorites
crossed out Tennis, skating, noun
tain-climbing, hunting, fencing, hook.
ey golf, running and jumping, dane
ing, horseback riding, baseball, basket
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