New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

made instruments of terror. If Ger many went wrong through education. America must go right through edu- cation. Education may take a man to the bottonlcSs pit, or it may lift him 10 the mountain top. Along with mental development there must be physical development Onc-t third of the men in America were rejected as physically unfit for military service. Military training alone does not make a man physcaIlY it. It has been said that military proficiency is one tenth shooting and nine tCnths physical de- NClOpn Cnt.
 Physical Development.
 Physical development means na- tional efficiency. Dr. Faunce said it was better to prevent sickness than to have to care for it. The laboratory aims to reduce the number of cases in hospitals.
 What is democracy? II is the op- poslte of what we sec in Russia today It does not mean that one man is wiser than ancther, It means that people arc wise enough to set Up wise man for a leader Naturalization is the entrance into principles on which the republic is founded When
 
 them Anerican. Dr. Faunco explain ed at great length how education proved a great factor in waging war. Mathematics figured in the artillery biology m Red Cross work, physics in avia ton. etc. There was nothing that educated people that did not have {, bearing on the war. A mans first vocation is to be a good American d good helper of humanity. So much depends on leadership.
 Gan you place before your boy or girl the teacher you have paid 10 in struct him. and say, I want you to be just like that person Better teach CTS require better salaries. Never again will we put our heads in the sand like the ostrich. Our symbol is the eagle. We have taken OUT place in the family of nations. Dr. Faunce said that a Mohammedan told him that three things keep people stpart,- caste, color and creed. Tie period of war for liberty, for international unity has only just begun Marshal Foch ascribcd victory to science, also faith. Our admirable soldiers did it. I had only the virtue of never despairing, he said We'll never despair that America viii fulfill her mission.
 III OuS4lOut II1C puDlC Iedltl SeC- ton tEe general slogan seemed to be ore paTedneSS. Our nation was un- ready for tho onslaught of an epiden- ic. Are we ready to meet the little children of tubercular parents?
 Are we prepared to lead toward health. those who because of influenza are predisposed to disease When one-third of the children in each ia amily of tubercular parents are aI- ready infected are we prepared for the coming years?
 Visiting Nurse Association.
 In connection with Visiting Nurses ciations-llutritiona classes are in vogue. Charts giving the chl- drcn and mothers q chance for com petition are advanta geous. Of the greatest importance is the prepared ness work With pregnant mothers.
 Glasses of the eighth and ninth grade school girls, the little mother age prove especially helpful in bene- fting the general health of the family.
 "LaWsOM F'urdy of New York City Charity Organization Society present. ed his views of family life in connec- ton with reconstruction. 50 far as family life is strengthened and the family better equipped to face the struggle of life, the whole world will be reconstructed for the world rests on family life. It is from the family that the strength and weakness of the which deal directly with the family are especially concerned with the very center and core from which all else ra ciater