Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-07
ITNCHES FOR SCHOOL 5; 4
CHILDREN


current magazines. This III the quex-
tiou which has been occupying TIA
Committee on School Lunches or tke
Philadelphia Home and School League.
and after much experimentation they
believe they are able to answer it AZ
curately- At the schools where the
noon lunch Is served, the pupils have
a different menu for each day In tlsa
week, and, in fact, choice Of ssafz
every day. On Monday they May have
baked beans and roll for five cents.
II this seems too extravaganza, they
may have cocoa and milk fo< two
cents, or plain crackers or ice CREASE
for one cent Tuesday offers vegoka-
BILE soup and a roll for q nickel ansK
the same penny lunch as Monday. On
Wednesday five cents win buy creamsK
beer on toast and roll. One eoax
will buy creamed beef ON toast and n
roll. One cent will buy the sxrnu
food as on Monday, and in addition.
dates. Thursday finds macaronf witHn
tomato sauce and roll for FIVE cents.
and a jam sandwich for one cent, an
we'll as the regular one-cent dishes
which may be had ON any day. On
Friday the chief dish is creamed safmnn
and roll for FIVE cents.
THE school luncheon" says Marw
Wright, director of domestic economy.
is not relief problem, but an edu-
cational problem, for, as Lord Bacnn
expressed it, The action OF the brain
depends in some way upon the stnnK-
ach.' The under-nOurished child.
whatever its home conditions NAV be.
is usually the inattentive, wiIlfuI ana
generally the troublesome child in
school; as it advances toward adoges-
cence it evinces more and more q Iacaw
of self-control and generaY Weakness
OF viii. A well known specialist In
neurology stated recently at a public,
meeting in this city that the maynard
ness and criminality of children
brought before the Juvenile Court in
not due to defective mentality, but gs
most often the result of stunted pay.
sique or mentality, due to improper
nourishment of either.
THE purpose of the school lunch
con as part Of the regular business
of education is not primarily to feet
the hungry, but to provide daily, fow
all children alike, certain portfoa,
of the nutrition which they must have
in order to produce healthy physical
and mental development
The luncheon is not confined to shS.
grammar grades or high-schOols, bu&
is also served in the kindergarten. The
children are seated together at ts-
lies, provided with paper napkins and
the lunch is served by little walters
Since the introduction of the crackers
and milk luncheon for little chiIdrew-
the greasy bundles which used to hs
brought to school are no longer seen
Many of the children show a greater
disposition to work than when they
were used to taking heavy food when
the luncheons were first served. mang
of the children ate and drank as rapid
y as they could, but the teachers saw
that they are rapidly learning tabys
manners and seem to enjoy exercising
their knowledge of them.
Experiments made in PhiladeIphIs
show that the children taking tia
school lunches gain in weight, height
and lung capacity much more rapidly
than those who do not take them. That
hey are more attentive and do better
work is also shown by their conduct
and lesson marks. Investigation proves
that each child spends less than two
dollars a year on lunches at recess.
When the lunches were first fns3i-
tuted in the italian school it was diff
cult TO persuade the children to leave.
off their macaroni cooked in oil. and
their thick, greasy soups, and try the
milk, bean soup, rice Pudding ara
cocoa which were offered in addiio