The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-24

will issue aa once a clear cut state
ttteftt tf minimum essentials for maxi
mum efficiency, vii provide for proyes
for the best conditions in one-room
country schools, and Will promote dem
onstrations of the best genuinely rural
school plants. and for the greatest
Improvement IN rural school houses
and grounds.
Statistics show that most physical
defects are AZ prevalent or more prev
alent, among pupils In rural schools
than among those who so to school
in the city.
School buildings and grounds in cities
and towns. are. in general. more at
tractiye. more sanitary and more AIDE
quate for the education OF children
than school buildings and grounds in
the country. Many country schools
are In school houses and outhouses.
not only dangerous in health, bat dead
euing to the finer sensiblities and de
grading TO the morals of tho pupils.
This country school should be as SAM
tary and as wholesome in all essen
tial particulars as the best private
dwelling In the community.
The expense Of the things which
really affect the health of the pupil
in school should be estimated in terms
Of child life and efficiency, and only
Ipf- convenience EGdutti 10 Qpli8Fs ana
cents.
The welfare OF our country depends
upon no factor more Indispensable,
more vital than the welfare of rural
life. The rural school is the univer-
sal. the strategic, the <incomparabie
Az eney for Improving rural life, These
Influences OF the rural school affect not
only methods of agriculture, but all
phases and standards Of the lives OF
IL, prai faI
and moral
II the rural school Is to be consiG-
cred Fundamentally and passablp eff
hCicut. ii must be sanitary enough TO
conserve all health values, and a sure
and sufficient supervision of personal
health of rural school children must
be instituted and maintained,
Medical Inspection OF pupils has been
instituted in about 400 cities Of the
country. Not one State In five pro-
vtdes even nominal medical inspection
and health care for children In country
schools
The health committee Of the National
Council of Education with the CO.
operation of the committee of the
American Medical association. is com
mitted with conviction and enthusiasm
10 the program of promoting improve
ment of sanitation of rural schools,
The committee Is considering "A plan
for stimulating Improvement of rural
schools through prizes to be awarded
Ia states and communities which dem
onstrate the greatest relative improve
ment in their own schools.
Programs For Today.
Programs for sessions today Of the
various councils, conferences and
committees of the National Educa-
tional associa ton. and the places OF
meeting are:
National Council of, Education.
$50 A. Nj efferson auditorium.
Standards and Tests of Efficiency.
sion~-G. u. Strayer. professor of
educational administration, Teachers
college. Columbia university. New
York, n. Y: Paul II. Hanus. profess
scr of education. Harvard university.
Cambridge. Mass; f. Il. Spaulding.
superintendent OF Newton schools.
Mass ,-Ren-R leWett,
superintendent OF instruction. public
schools st. Louis. Mo. Il. G. Elliott,
director, course for the training of
teachers, Universit. OF Wisconsin,
Madison. Wis; G. II. Judd, director.
school of education. University OF
Chicago, Chicago. ILL.,; c. N. Kendall,
state commissioner OF education,
Trenton. N J.; Adelaide S. Bayler,
assistant State superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, Indianapolis, Ind, Il.
l.. Thorndike. professor OF educational
psychology. Teachers college. Column
bia university, New York. N, r.; j.
ii. Van Sickle, superintendent OF
schools, Springfield, Mass: John w.