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importance The committee ii there
fore anxious to secure papers relat-
ing to rural school hygiene and vii
lage school hygiene as well as 10 city
school hygiene"
In report issued at washington,
United states Commissioner Of Edu-
cation. Philander J. ClaXton calls At
tentiOn to the subject OF the Little
Red school in the following terms:
Until very recently few careful
studies OF the rural schools have
been made and We yet have little sc-
curate Information about them and
little knowledge Of the factors enter
ing into the problem Of their improve
ment We do know In general way
that their terms are short, their sup
port inadequate. their teachers poor
ly prepared. their attendance irregu-
lar. their management unscientlfic
and wasteful OF money time and en-.
ergy, their courses Of study ill-adapt.
ed to their needs and the houses in
which the children are taught cheap
and poorly equipped and furnished
That this Is not true OF all rural
schools goes without saying. but II is
unfortunately true IN large measure
Of most OF them"
teacher little red school houses In the
United States alone, according to the
Washington report prepared by A. {
MonahRn. In this report there Is a
picture OF one teacher rural school
house which Is characterized as A
fair type OF about one half Of tho
2l2,00O one teacher rural schools.
Most Of tie original red paint SO ms
to have been washed off OF these
schools.
"A general impression has been
created" says MT Monahan, that
there exists an American school sys-
TEN which IS sufficient and nation
wide, with equal educational oppor'
tunities in all parts OF the country.
The impression IS erroneous. II ia
probably true that the public schools,
both urban and rural, have made
considerable progress but tho mark
I'd progress has been confined almost
wholly 10 the city and town. The
majority Of rural schools are housed
in uncomfortable buildings insult.
able from every standpoint. without
proper furniture or facilities for heat.
ing, vcntlating and lighting. without
adequate provisions for guarding the
health and morals Of the children and
with comparatively little equipment
for teaching
Or. Fletcher B. Dresslar. school
hygiene specialist in the Bureau -
Education. who is chairman OF the
committee on scientific exhibit at the
Fourth international Congress, has
recently been making a special study
OF the rural school building and
grounds The result Of his inVestisa-
tiou. which is TO be published in n
special bulletin. viii he called to the
attention ~ the delegates at Buffalo.
pr Dressler found that although
there is great need for reform. new.
ertheless the indications at the pres
ent time point toward marked i'm.
provement in the rural school build.
ing ground and equipment. New
are under construction in
large numbers in many sections and
IA a rule. the new buildings are q
great Improvement over the old ones.
Among the papers to be read at the
Buffalo Congress on the subject OF
the village school and of the rural
distriC, Will he the following.
THE Sanitation of the Rural
T. u. wood professor
of physical education. Teachers Col.
leee. New York.
Health Rural School Problem
Or. A. T. Mccormack. state board OF
health. Bowling Green. Kentucky.
Relation OF the state Board to the
Rural Schoor'-Dr. r. l.. Dixon. exc.
cuuve officer. Michigan State Board
of Health.
Rural School Hygiene in Michi.
gan Burton :. Tefft Commissioner
of schools. Saginaw. Michigan.
Hygiene in Rural schools OF Mis-
ssippi"-Suzie v Powell. Supervis.
pr Of school improvement Jackson.
Vi sslsslppi.
a study Of Sanitary Conditions In
the Rural schools of Virginia Allen
W. Freeman. Assistant Commissioner
" virginia State Board Of Health.
sanitation Of the Rural School