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oregon Agricultural College. Cor
valley Ore, Oct, "a. - Health experts
talked straigh, from the shoulder 10
the students oC the Oregon Agricul-
tural college at convocation last
week, rs to rules of hygiene and SAN
itation. DIR. N, j, Stewart, director
OF physical training for men, spoke
on baths; Miss Miriam Thayer, di-
rector OF physical training for wo-
men, spoke on air. exercise and
proper clothing; and Prof 7. ID, Beck
worth, head OF the department of
bacteriology, talked on disease and
its prevention.
Baths rs taken by the students
are not always beneficial" said DIR.
Stewart. Sometimes they do more
harm than good. After violent ex-
ercise on the field. in the gymnasium.
or even after q brisk walk q student
may have SO stimulated his physique
as to have brought It to the point of
exhaustion, IL be takes a hot bath
after IT, the effect Is further exhaus-
ting. as it stimulates him still more.
The proper temperature for bath
after such exercise is merely tepid,
about the same rs the blood in the
body, 80 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 Gaze. A plunge in
water 20 to Is degrees acts as a
bracing tonic torastotust person. The
action of water under 20 degrees is
to stimulate heart action. If taken
suddenly it has tendency to shock
the nervous system, and therefore a
person who is not robust should never
take cold bath unless under doc
tors advice, A tepid bath, which is
soothing, rather than stimulating. is
good for all sexes and ages. The ath-
letes who have become bruised and
sore take warm bath. IS to 105 de-
grees, which has q soothing tendency.
Everyone should take a bath of some
sort every morning If it is only rub
down with wet towel. with a brisk
rub afterward to stimulate circula-
ton"
Miss Thayer said. speaking of ply
sical education in the home and
gymnasium, mo matter how much
you develop your mind. you will never
attain TO your highest educational eff
ficiency unless you have the health
to use it. 1 have noticed many stu
dents houses in which the windows
we're not open. We. were meant or
iginally-to sftAskouF Of doors. Every
student and member of the faculty
should have all the ventilation pos
sible in class rooms and at home.
When possible you should sleep out
of doors, or make your rooms as
open as you can to the fresh air.
The subject of diet is also i'm
portant Fried foods and pastry do
not make muscle. strength and good
dispositions. Good plain. substantial
and wholesome food is what you
need. Almost no student or teacher
for that matter. eats as slowly as he
should. great many headaches and
other ailments come from eating too
fast and failing to chew the food
properly. l will speak of the girls
later on hygiene and sensible cloth
ing. The boys. who have their fine,
sensible military uniforms. do not
need such advice"
There is a living cause for almost
all diseases. popularity known as
germs" said Prof. Beckwith. THE
normal human being in the pink of
condition should be free from these
living causes OF disease. Fortunate
ly we have in the body certain or
ganisms which tend to kill off the
germs because they are only good to
a certain point, and when the num-
Der of germs becomes too great these
natural safeguards are broken down
and We suffer from disease. There