Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-21
KEEP CLEAN, LIVE RIGHT
Health Authorities at Agricultural
College Tell Students Rules
OF Hygiene.

straight from the shoulder TO the
students Of the Oregon Agricultural
College at convocation last week, as
20 rules of hygiene ana sanitation.
DR.. E. J. Stewart, director OF physical
training for men, spoke on baths;
Miss Miriam Thayer, director of
physical training for women, spoke
on air, exercise and proper clothing;
and Professor T. d. Beckwith, head
of the department of bacteriolosy,
talked on disease and its prevention.
Baths as taken by the students
are not always beneficial" said Dr..
Stewart. Sometimes they do more
harm than good After violent eXer-
else on the field, in the gymnasium,
or even after a brisk walk, a student
may have so stimulated his physique
as to have brought it to the point of
exhaustion. If he takes a hot bath
after it, the effect is further exhaust
ing, as it stimulates him still more.
The proper temperature for bath
after such exercise is merely tepid,
about the same as the blood in the
body, SO degrees. Such a bath has
the effect of soothing and reducing
pressure on the spinal column and
the brain, acting as a generally rest
full agent
Shower and plunge baths should
be taken with care. A plunge in wa
ter 20 to IS degrees acts as a bracing
tonic to a robust person. The action
of water under 70 degrees is to stim-
,ulate heart action If taken sudden
ly it has a tendency to shock the
nervous system, and therefore a per
son who is not robust should never
take a cold bath unless under doc
tors advice. A tepid bath, which is
soothing rather than stimulating,
is good for all sexes and ages. The
athletes who have become bruised
and sore take a warm bath, 50 to
105 degrees, which has a soothing
tendency. Everyone should take a
bath of some sort every morning, if
it is only a rundown with a wet
towel with a brisk rub afterward
to stimulate circulation"
Miss Thayer said, speaking of
physical condition in the home and
gymnasium:
No matter how much you develop
your mind, you will never attain to
our highest educational efficiency un-
less you have the health to use it.
| have noticed many students houses
in which the windows were not open.
We were meant originally to live out
of doors. Every student and mem
Der of the faculty should have all
the ventilation possible in class
rooms and at home. When possible
you should sleep out of doors, or
make your rooms as open as you can
~ Jle fresh ar.
"The subject of diet is also impor-
tant. Fried foods and plenty to do
make muscle, strength and good dis
positions. Good plain, substantial
and wholesome food is what you
need. Almost no student, or teacher
for that matter, eats as slowly as he
should. A great many headaches
and other ailments come from eating
too fast and failing to chew the food
properly. | will speak to the girls
later on hygienic and sensible cloth
ing. The boys, who have their fine,
sensible military uniforms, do not
need such advice"
There is living cause for almost
all diseases, popularly known as
germs said Professor Beckwith.
The normal human being in the
pink of condition should be free from
these living causes of disease. For
tunately we have in the body certain
organisms which tend to kill off the
germs, but they are only good to a
certain point, and when the number
of germs becomes too great these
natural safeguards are broken down
and we suffer from disease. There
are four paths through which germs
enter the body, by the mouth. by the
nose, by abrasions or wounds giving
entry through the skin, and by way
of the reproductive organs. Among
the diseases entering through the
mouth are typhoid, dysentery, ton
silitis, tuberculosis, scarlet fever and
diphtheria. They must have some
method of transportation. through
the water. other drinks, as milk, OIL
food. The water supply of Corvalli:
is one of the purest | have ever hat
TO deal with, but 60 per cent of the
wells about the city are bad, so
would advise that you make sure yol
are drinking city water not well wa
ter. Look into the kitchen wher,
your food is being cooked and Sc,
that there are not germ-distributinI