Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
WILEY WANTS SCHOOL
|. CHILDREN SAFEGUARDED
Would Have Sanitary Inspector Sta
toned at Door of Every
Building.

The public school as a clearing house
of disease was discussed by DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley last night before the Parents
Association of Franklin Thomson
School. AS a hopeful note, he said that
the evolution in school administration
has begun elsewhere. although Wash
ington is backward. to insure adequate
health inspection Of children and also
inspection of their teeth.
Since DIR. Wiley has become parent.
he admitted. he has become an expert
in the welfare Of the child, not only in
the matter of pure food, his general
speciality, but in all matters pertaining
to their physical we'll being. He an
nounced that until there is a proper
inspection of the health of children at
tending public schools-expressing the
hope that it would happen in time to
save him the necessity-he will teach
his own children even if he has to take
them into the health giving woods Tor
proper environment.
Inspector at Every Door.
He predicted that the time will come.
and socn, when every school Will have
sanitary inspector. whose sole duty
will be to remain at the door Of the
schoolhouse during every school hour
passing upon the health condition OF
every child who attempts to enter. send
ing home every one who Is In the ieaSt
a menace to others. The school should
as a tenet of his belief. and should be
maintained on principles to make and
keep children healthy. He also set forth
the necessity of inspection Of the teeth
o. children on an adequate scale.
| Pure air he regarded as quite as. If
not more than, essential as pure food to
the health of children and their parents,
too. He denounced the new school OF
sanitation that advocates the Idea that
| foul air is not Injurious. He told his
audience that tbs was a serious cult,
engaging the approval of reverend scien-
| fists, who were old enough to know bet
ter. He ridiculed their propaganda, and
denied that there was any rational
| foundation for the creed they profess.
| Every building-school church. other
| place of general assembly and the
| home-should be constructed on ven
tilating principle to allow thirty cubic
feet of fresh air an hour to every In
dividual within the confines OF the
| structure.
Food for Health Preservation.
Food qualities for the preservation of
the health of the child were extensive
ly discussed by DR.. Wiley. Among
other things he urged that the food
should have those chemical properties
essential to the building up of the
teeth.
| Stephen E. Kramer, assistant super
| intendent of schools. called to make a
few remarks, accepted the criticisms
of DR.. Wiley He pointed out that these
| wrongs are only to be righted through
public discussion. as no school progress
has had its inspiration from school
| circles. He told the parents that it
, was for them to make the public school
what it should be; and urged them to
| lay the deficiencies of the system Of
| the District of Columbia before Con-
| gress and insist on remedies. He ex-
| pressed confidence that this is method
that will produce results Mrs. Leyden
| White, the president, presided.