The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-16
PHYSICAL WELFARE
OF THE SCHOOLS.
GLOW Might Tea chers Hope to
Secure Hygienic Conditions for
lildren in Their Homes"
(By Miss Catherine Bachelor,
Copeland Schooi.)

closely related we teachers must be-
gin our work in the schoolroom and
work outward into the home life OF our
patrons. You have already been told
of what we should and should not do
in the sChoOlroom so | shall pass on
rand give few suggestions on how to
take these improvements into the
homes.
Let us make our schoolrooms a per-
iect example OF sanitation, forming
good habits in the daily school duties
OF our pupils SO that they will require
and demand cleanliness and healthful
conditions for their own comfort.
The teachers attitude and her own
example will speak with greater weight
and authority than any amount Of ad-
vice. When the school-house and its
surroundings have been made clean
and sanitary or when we are working
toward that goal then only can we
hope to impress the necessity of this
upon the community.
Ask yourself how many of your pu-
pills make a daily practice of washing
tho teeth. When we have taught the
children the danger Of disease from
gems they will soon be as anxious for
sanitary conditions as the teacher, and
We will have taken one step in the
right direction.
But when we have a model school,
rool in respect to hygiene that is only
the beginning as the hardest part lies
before us-to bring the people to such
a mind that they will see the import
ance Of hvgic.:c conditions and when
the people want and demand santa
ton they will get 1.-THE final outcome
is With them.
A teacher, especially Of the rural
school must hold the esteem and con-
iidcncc Of the people OF the community
otherwise large share Of her work
would be wasted. We must remcm-
bcr that our work is not wholly in :"
rcadin', writing and 'rithmatic", but
also to build up the standard of the
community
With the good will Of the patrons,
We may have working organizations
with the people themselves as mcm-
bcrs and workers but led by the State
Board Of Health. local physicians and
all the educators Of the county Their
work would be closely allied to the
School Improvement Association, but
q M n
the homes. The whole aim and pur-
pose OF the organization is to eradicate
all the unnecessary sickness and ply
steal defccts-and have Cleanliness
and Health" the motto. The monthly
bulletins issued by the State Board Of
Health should be in every home-thc
help that Is offered us should not be
disregarded to such an extent as 1t
now is.
We had for some time on the School
,Calednar, Arbor Day, Field Day, Clean
Up Day. Let US have a Health Day,
when scientific talks by well known
and respected doctors who would tact
fully show to all, our many errors
against the laws Of health. One great
reason why our rural homes Of today
are unhealthy Is want Of instruction
in the way they should live. In order
to practice health laws people must
be informed as to what to do, when
to do It and how to do 1t, and just as
important what not to do. 4
/ IN ~ t-ko
who would have the authority to force
people to keep homes in healthful con-
d!tion, and whose duty is to work to
keep people we'll.
The Isthmua Of Panama has been
almost entirely rid Of malaria by CO.
! operation Of health offlccr and people
in an organized. systematic way. Ig-
norance and prejudice have done much
to interfere with vaccination. South
Carolina is the only state which offers
anti-typhoid treatment free and we
must take advantage of 1t.
Medicl examination Of schools should
be much more regularity enforced and
the parents forced to correct as far as
possible the physical defects Of the
child. We would like to see the Di-
rectors Of Rural Sanitation oftener In
our schools.
If we do all this I think that in a
little while we would be all rewarded
with a noticeable Improvement OF the
hygenic conditions Of the homes
In summing up / would suggest:
4 !. Form good habits in pupils.
2. Health Day organized