The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-14
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH COUNTRY LIFE?

Hcar the words oi the Immortal
George Washington in hl, larcwc,. ad'
.rc,~: Promote, As ohleCt' OF primary
'mpuriau.n. institution. tor ths grucrt'
diffusion oi knowledge.
History furnishes no counterpart tu
The scene when Washington, resignng
his commission to Congress, presented
8 carefully tented account %! his per
.Jnal expenses during eight years OF
war and refused to accept compensation
Of any kind for services that freed pco'
pie aud established a continental re-
public. In his case for the first time ~
such circumstances there were no
2riuccly grants Of money, 10 drcora.
ions. NJ titles, and no suggestion OF
laden, aud sccptcrs. Here rests
Wa,hlugtuus immortality. Priceless
honor attends priceless, iaNur,. Re-
uouucng 81, he gained all, In . day
gwen t. money madness, when wealth
% land and money III prospect seem 20
determine the station aud activities ni
men when money /, sought ~ public
.fe %, we.. 5s in private ,i'r for lle own
stsr aUi without much regard for
source COZ consequence. Americans
have more need than ry, 'rtIrc { IKE
=, hDn ih,, distinguishes '"'a. I
heir frs. President.
The most grlc, aus single uN-1.." 10
Inc was # the .prctI ni runul ",u"a'
upuM principle. +. .hr rpuls yl.w
fuli the essential. o' education rr
limited o. instruction 90 r"IlHul. ""'
ng and arithmetic.
1t mea. ufly be musI u. "'h
Cd 4
., much know l,lg, 40 %. rr % positive
Ar,rim,u! 90 human being, especially
f that knowledge Ut. been -t.Uu. al
che expense OF phy ,rrl and moral habits
.a,yh 90 educational value tr outweigh
-grh mr-r. intellectual attainment
tn, story of the way U which this
m-eour.Wlou has mbgdicd itself IN
.us popular consciousness, together
.,tth the larger confusion IT education
narh instruction, 4, long one and need
not bcrcr. united here. it Is sufficient to
say that sound educational theory to-
ay find, up place for any mrutl. train
my which Uvcrlop. the relation IT
mind any body aud n, h}giruly and
ethical import
1t !, not too much to say that health,
It, provision and protection t- all con
trolling in present DAY educational the
.ory, although 1t H. unfortunately far
from being 50 IN practice. The chief
reason for ,hl- discrepancy between the
ideal and real Is simple ignorance.
Teacher, and parents do not rccog
pilc TINT cvcslght !, being impaired,
normal growth prevented, blood pul,
,nci lnI the body starved, because II
e a.
ard conditions. School buildings are
CONSTANTS erected with view 10 Is.
tcrior effect alone, nri an adequate ~y--
fem ol ventilation and proper heating
ur pronounced too costly. Years of
Hsrlul, happy Idr tor "ure- of human
being eruai ~ nothing l@ pHWrIr!- %
with the opportunity Tor immediate say.
my of iyw hundred dollars. ShOu.
boards. nor their constituent would. of
.Iur-c, consciously pn,s An. such Judy.
ncut It I- lacI. OF appreciation OF the
facts which make Il possible. Iut THIS
reason our compulsory attendance laws
need to be enforced with great dl-cre-
ion In many @! our rural schools lest
hey defeat then own purpose. The
ritter has done . SuccIai service m rN- !
mining, with particular care, the by
lyuiC aspects ui mauy schools i'm this
art OF our state, aud IN passing IN re.
lev the general conditions there Ob-
aiming. We have come to realize that .
the connection between ply sica. hcI,,h f.
aud the power Of voluntary Coutroi, and T.
consequently ui conduct, IL very close .
Preservation Of health Is therefore so
aid to character building, and the SUBJ
ect OF school health makes a double
appeal To us.
Ventilation,
Our present knowledge " The mean, T.
II securing proper ventilation has been
3 matter Of SLOW growth II l. the Jut-
-omc OF an iuyrcdah,c expenditure OF
bought and money aud its develop
nrnt is marked hy a long list OF fail.
ares a, well as partial successes.
As is true in every other sphere ui al. .
the failure, have III reality I
been helps IN securing the advance .
Since the broad appreciation OF the /
fact that the III health aud mortality Ut .
soldiers in barracks were markedly les .
,cned by the employment OF q crude I.
means OF ventilation, Investigation has 1
succeeded investigation with the end .
IN yiew IF determining what It is about .
initiated air which produces the injutl. .
Gus results attendant upon continued .
breathing ui it.
Let us for the sake OF brcvity here /.
accept the well known fact that ii is
INJURIOUS, and whatever further invcsti I
cations may determine as TO the nature |
If this poison, II g. an unquestluned |
fact that persons ~ an improperly ven I
tilated room are uncomfortable, and /
further, that persons in n well ventilat
ed room can perform mental and physi- |
cal work without that feeling OF discOm !
fort, that sense OF physical and mental !
fatigue, which are experienced by per |
sons who work IN vitlatcd air,
II is fact OF common experience that
when a number OF persons breathe the
aiL.in a closed room, or room III which
there is very little renewal OF the air,
he air becomes oppressive and often
,ive. The term "Crowd poison has
long been used by psychologists to
characterize the quality fsuch air. In
stances have occurred where death act
ually resulted from the crowding and
OF stccrage passengers be
low decks IN storm. The air, as Or.
Bergley has suggested, is further cou-
lamuated by the respiration OF persons
with decaved and uncledu teeth, and OF
persons with disordered digestion.
NIoreo"cr, in school rooms a great