The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-06
CASS COUNTY SCHOOL
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at present Is not a pra:tlca! solution
because it ran not be adapted for
country schools. When, as it a OC-
cur in the near future, the consulidat-
ed school, which is the ideal n for
rural districts, Is perfected and adopt
ed. then a nucse may become a neces-
sity. In the meantime some compe-
tent physician acting rs a school In
spector, will not only ne helpful, but
very beneficial, in keeping TIE children
up to a healthier standard.
What have you dont to secure good,
pure, fresh water 20 slaKe the thirst
Of the pupils" The old fashioned we'll,
rarely cleaned, the Curblng rotten and
the basin unprotected BY i proper
covering, IS one If the aboninaEle
nutsances to say nothing about the
dizziness of the surroundings. To let
the water trickle back into the well is
certainly not sanitary. 1t costs so
little to dig a surface well, put in a
tile or concrete curbing, an v on
crete top as a covering, insuring no
contamination from the outside and
giving you clean water for your pu-
pills to drink.
An ordinary earthen jar with a
faucet provided with. a bubbling
drinking device, does away with the
crude method of all the children using
the same tin up. The individual
drinking cup which is cheap, can be
discarded by each school district in
stalling one of the modern bubbling
devices hitched onto the earthen Jars.
with pure water provided to keep the
earthen tanks filed, one Of the many
sources of infectious diseases is de-
troyed and much a~voidable sickness
averted.
What about the children's teeth? De-
cayed teeth LUIS i'll health. If a child
has decayed teeth, one of the results
which is sure to follow is that it can
not properly chew it's food. This
causes indigestion, which in turn
causes poor general health. A child is
poorly equipped for the work it is
expected to do in the crowded curri-
culum Of today, who is not in the best
of general health. To keep up with
it's studies, the child must have good
health. If in DOR general health,
the child is more likely to contract
contagious disease. A dentist should
be seen at once if the child's teeth
are decayed. The teeth should be
brushed after each meal, using a
tooth brush and tooth powder. De-
cayed teeth cause an unClean mouth
and equally unclean mouth causes de-
cayed teeth.
A frequent cause of decay of the
second teeth is neglect of the first
teeth. In Boston last year, out of
1881 school children examined, de-
fect3 were found in Sc per cent and
of these "a per cent were found to
have originated about the mouth.
The mouth defects noted included be-
sides defective teeth. defective nasal
breathing, enlarged t~onsils, defective
palate and cervical glands. Cervical
(neck glands) glands which were
formerly thought to be tubercular in
their origin, have been proved by re-
s~everally done to secure good roads?
lection in the mouth. Defective nasal
breathing is mostly due to adenoids.
Lastly, but not leastly, what nave you
severally done to secure good roads.
Good roads are among the chief needs
in the providing of proper school ia
~cilities especially so If the CONSOLE
dated schools are to be the solution
Of rural life. The public schoolhouse,
the social center and making it not
only a place in which our children are
trained to be better citizens, happier
men and women in the future; but the
place in which we, the men n Wo-
men OF today, are getting together to
take advantage of the opportunities
of citizenship m to find the happi-
ness that car come only as we gath
er. ~ .'... rt rf
At the center-the social center.
T. place where everybody feels at
home.
Forgets the external. .~.
Becomes fraternal., ..r r..- .
And knows the time for friendliness
has come. .-. v.....@- 49,. Us
The money that is annually expend-
ed in the making of country roads is
one of the useless expenditures that
Is productive of small returns for the
labor that is performed. Why will we
insist In damaging a good road be-
cause perchance 1t is adjacent to our
home and g. convenient point to work
U the "a tax and leave a rough
and almost impossible highway which
the traveller n farmer are compelled
to use and haul their grain to market.
IT Is the one great waste Of rural
life and If you have any influence with
your representatiyes-insist that the
good roads bill which will be introduc-
ed at our next meeting of the lesisIa-
ture-soon to be convened, shall re-
Icetve their endorsement and become a
law. SO that we can at least follow
In the wake of our foreign neighbors
and begin to make the public highway
one that can be used with comfort to
the driver and occupants and one that
will make it possible to, haul greater
loads with less work for our dumb
animals. Give us roads or ~appropria-
lions equal to the taxes the state
should pay on her land and in ten
years time We will show you the best
schools-the finest gardens and the
most productive and prosperous o :
try in all this broad land for nowhere
can you find better climate-richer
soil and more progressive, energetic,
j Wide-awake people than In this pro-
ductiye Red river valley.
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kissing is forbidden In public places
in Switzerland. Undoubtedly on the
4, ground that there is more than enough
danger there without it.