Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-29
PROMOTE SCHOOL
HyG|EN|C WORK
Fourth international Congress On
School Hygiene opens AT
Buffalo

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BUFFALO. Aug. Is. The fourth
International Congress on school
Hygiene for which Preparations have
been making for many months, was
opened in this city today with an az
tendance remarkable for its size ana
representative character While the
majority Of the delegates, az was 10
be expected come from The United
States and Canda there are many and
eminent representatives here from the
nations OF Europe No'ed educators,
scientists, physicians. health officers
and civic welfare workers to total
running into the hundreds have reg
lstered. For an entire week they
viii exchange views and listen 10 pa
pers and addresses on every important
phase Of work having to do with i'm
proving the health and efficiency Of
school children,
/ The present meeting is the fourth
trlennial session Of the International
Congress on School Hygiene. the
congress was organized at Nuren-
burg in 1904 welfare workers to toal
held In London in 1907 and lie third
in Paris in 1919 Twenty-Five nations
have membership on the permanent III
ternational committee of the congress.
Among the topics that will be con
sidered by the congress during the
week are the following. Tie rela
ton between school hygiene and
home conditions; rural school by.
glene, school children as carriers Of
disease, the relation OF athletics to
heath, eye diseases among school
children, the ygiene Of paly, the by
giene OF the defective child. and the
relation OF spinal curvature and fiat
feet to the health of the child
Numerous papers to be presented
by experts will treat of open air
schools. lunch rooms. drinking facf
tiles, village schools, summer camps
rest rooms. school architecture. the
prevention OF epidenies. school nuf
SEES. and school decorations.
The subject Of Open Air schools
Speakers from numerous cities WIN
deal not only with The work Of the
open air schools, but also with thel
effect Of the open air treatment upon
the pupils.
A symposium Of Sex Hygiene" viii
be conducted under the auspices 81
the American Federation for Sex lily
giene. Prominent among the speakers
who will be heard are United States
Commissioner OF Education philan
der P Knox. Dr. Hugh Cabot OF tie
Massachusetts General Hospital, Pros.
ident William r. Foster Of Reed Col
lege, and DR. Thomas NJ Ballet of
New York University.
The American Physical Education
Association will conduct symposium
on Physical Education IN the pub
lie Schools" Tuberculosis Among
School Children will be discussed
under the auspices Of the Society for
the Study ad Prevention Of Tubereu
losis. The Society for the Proven /
ton of Blindness will coduet sym
postum on the Conservation Of Wis
ion in School Children" and the Illu
mating Engineering Society VIII con
duct similar discussion on the sub
ject Of school Illumination.
The president Of the congress and
the presiding officer at the general
sessions Is Or, Charles w, Eliot presi- I
dent emeritus Of Harvard University
The vice presidents are DR. William
r. Welcb, the great pathologist o.
johns Hopkins University, and Or.
Henry p Walcott. chairman u the
Massachusetts, State Board Of Health. |
Many educators. medical men and
health officials Of prominence are in.G
eluded among the honrary vice presi
diets OF the congress. Among them
are Sir James Grant one Of the fore
most representatives OF the medical
profession in Canada Dr. Rupert
Blue oftheUnited States Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service;
DR. Abraham Jaeobi. president Of the
American Medical Association; Dr
David starr Jordan, president Of I.e.
and Stanford University; Dr- T1eo-
bald Smith. Of the Harvard Medical
school; Or. # NJ Bracken. secretary
Of the Minnesota State Board ofl
Health. and Or NJ tiribey Troneoso,
chief OF the Department Of Hygiene
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