The sun., 1916-08-27

the school garnet. For the poor. life
has just W things worth ~while-get-
ting a living and keeping in health. To
genuine educators II has always
seemed absurd to spend millions on
teaching the olo0ies to the poor be-
fore they have learned how to get q
living and how to preserve their
health. It was not difficult for per-
sonal hygiene to get a strong footing
in the educational system. hence the
growth Of gymnasiums and text books
on physiology. Strictly speaking,
hygiene has no more right to q place
in the school curriculum than cooking
or manual training; but the democracy
wanted II instead Of the culture idea,
It Is now strongly ~intrenched. and we
have here to discuss only the reason
for its presence and the best uses Of It
It Is we'll to Zeal in mind how strong
a hold the science and the art Of n.y.
giene have upon society at the present
moment. The pair are but a little
more than half a century old. yet in
Vulnerable scholars devote their lives
to the science. physicians to the art
and millions to the practice Of per-
sonal hygiene. Splendid books have
been written about all Its divisions.
narSnro1 rfx.in 1nnta1 Tee u.nndnrf,t1
achievements have won the praise OF
mankind, as its alterations have be-
gun to excite alarm. The study Of
foods Is reported in the daily papers.
Universities make experiments In
feeding for the benefit OF mankind.
Some restaurants print on their menu
cards the qualities Of foods singly and
in combination. so that patrons may
know what results to expect. Its ex-
preston in the health boards Of cities
and towns has been n great blessing;
the bubonic plague checked In San
Francisco: yellow fever annihilated In
New Orleans: mosquito tracts cleared
Of their perils: the Canal Zone made
habitable. in the building Of the Pam
anna Canal. What an immense saving
Of life, money. happiness!
Moreover. as is well known. America
has set up a standard Of cleanliness,
of hygienic care Of persons. institu-
xt,p, n,rt. a,A ,zuro NTH which
Europe is not familiar. except among
the wealthy. The great mass Of he
European poor are quite Indifferent
to the bath. the use Of soap. frequent
changes Of clothing, the towel. tho
toothbrush. the disinfectant. the re-
moval Of garbage. the extinction Of vile
odors. 1t is impossible Of ourse for
American children to sit In the same
room with the children Of certain i'm
migrants. Consequently long before
the theorists thought out their plans
for the assimilation OF Europeans tho
teachers in the schools had been busy
In the task OF cleaning these children
and fastening upon them habits OF
American cleanliness. Thus. merely as
q protection against the dirt OF Eu-
rope, came hyg!cnic practices and
preachmcnts. The theorists found the
way prepared for their scientific plans:
physiology followed hygiene, then came
the gymnasium. next the instructors,
finally more theorists. and at last the
grand uproar over sex hygiene. which.
while browning the hygicnic structure,
nearly destroyed 1t through the rage
and protest Of indignant parents. This
uproar, however. just served to show
the good side Of hygiene, its tendencies
and its proper limitations.
The Church. for specific reasons. like
tho State. became also . pedagogue;
but the church school, Ia its peaceful
development here during the past sew.
enty years, has not been greatly dis.
turbed. although it has been great,
Influenced. by the rapid and startling
evolution OF the State school system
Founded On great sacrifices Of tim,
and money and labor. in order to max,