The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-02
Cleanliness is the Founda-.
ton of Personal Com
fort and soundness.
SCRUB 'EN It NECESSARY
Educational Fads Of One
Age Become Funda-
mentals of Next.

Present day solicitation over heaItn
problems is no new thing according
to Prof. ]. william sprowls. professor
Of education IN the University of YER
mont, who was the first speaker at the
Marion county teachers lnstitute this
morning. -Four thousand years before
the birth of Christ teachers were
thinking about the Importance OF
health, but not much progress was
made along tnat line until compare
lively recently. :.
Prof. sprowls is young man OF
quiet bearing. Yesterday afternoon
he spoke at length on the various con.
ceptions of the word Education ana
this morning he continued his lecture
on the same subject, bringing In othel
vital thoughts concerning important
phases of education. He said there
were many different opinions on me
reason for education. What are lnss
fundamental things in life for which 3
teacher should educate q child Z
seI pr{, spfoWiS ~ .e3t.
spfowls felt that health was the most
.fnnd damental thing and the ttfst
requisite. He hkened 1t to q bank aes
colfnt and called It the hyglenic eons
ceptioil of education.
Speaking of superstition Prof..
SproTls felt we had not progressed
far along the lines of overcoming su-
perstition. He said We still stole our
'neighbor4s Wash-rag as cure for
warts and he had heard recently OF D
cnre for jaundice which consisted In
cutting off the head Of black cat
and letting the blood drip on the tan.
Just how this cured jaundice was not
expained by the professor. He ap-
peared a bit dubious about the matter.
Mention was made Of the belief still
held by some that night air was bad
for an individual. Prof. SpraHls be-
lieyes night air the best kind Of an
and suggests that If we can't breathe
both, we get all We can OF the night
variety.
were the modern brain foods was
pooh- poohed by the professor from
Vermont. He even went so far as to
say that about 80 per cent. Of the popu-
lar beliefs today were wrong and ne
believed that while we were enter
ing the age Of science, We were still
but short way on the road. Some
saw, 'est lot Of everything and you
viii be healthy. Others say eat little
and you're strong and efficient-while
Fletcher says 1t doesn't matter wheth-
er you eat anything or not as long as
you chew it we'll" exclaimed Prot.
sprowls.
fancy is the first key to health, and the
fundamental Of health is cleanliness.
Teach school children all you can
about cleanliness. Wash 'em yourself
if Won can't get 'em clean any other
way. Teach them the habit of teeth
brushing, and If You teach them these
things faithfully they'll carry the
knowledge through life. Training IS
the big thing in teaching. Don't talk
all the time. Stop and train. The
teacher who believes that telling Ia
teaching should be paid to leave the
profession. The main diseases OF the
teacher are verbal mania and nett
rasthenia. Ninety per cent. OF the
teaching profession have the latter
which in plain English means fuss
ing around"
Teachers are the greatest fusssrs
that ever were. You can tell one any
where you 20, though travelling man
was fooled recently while in my COM
pany. We sat together IN restaurant
and he pointed out several young la
dies at an opposite table. Il haven't
been In this town but a couple Of
hours but there sits four teachers. You
can't fool me. ] know their trade
mark" said the salesman. Now, I'm
representing such and such line.
what line do you representa-? "Thats
one time the gentleman was fooled :.
said Professor Sprowls.
John Barleycorn has gone. To show
the Importance OF the schools, 1t was
neither temperance societies nor
Sachers who did the job, but in
lad, the schools. Way back years
sko the boys who are now in congress
studied physiology which told them
positively that alcohol was harmful.
The school Is back OF the final rid
dance Of old John.
Prot. sproRIs ended his lecture this
morning BY speaking for q moment on
the subject Of physicians. He said It
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