Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-02
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| Record VIII BE NepL VI IIhs
| Is yonr school house the kind Of
building that you want your children
TO go to. and if not, what are you DO
ing to right it?
Does your building make clean hands
possible? Dirty hands carry infection
TO mouth and eyes. Is it not just as
necessary to learn and practice clean
liness as to learn geography!
Do the seats in your school III the
children. or are you trying TO Stfetch
the children to fit the seats, and then
wander why their legs ache? In the
schools | have visited i'll the county,
about 40 per cent of the children are
sitting in misfitting seats.
Have you pump or other means VI
water supply on your school grounos
| Read the state laws. Is your drlilhillS
fountain sanitary? Most OF them per-
nit the children to put thelr ihou'n'
over the entire surface, a 1af WORSE
Arrangement than the old-tlme drlllh-
ING cups. which was bad.
Is the light in the school running chill
dren's eyes? Serious eye strain IS the
result and certain chronic llls que 10
evo strain, are inevitable. ii TINS con
tinueS.
Have you a ventilating system ana
does if ventilate? Is the air III the
building devitalizing? Is the hulniol-
Nv for foo low and the air drler thall
that of the Saharah desert! IlllS
dries the skin and mucus membrane
of the nose and throat and is conduct
i've To various physical disorders
Is your school kept as clean as your
house should be? Is it cleaned more
thon once a year? The state board Oh
health requires it washed at least once
| a month
Can tbe sun shine in at some time
during the day? 1t is the greatest lie
| oiver and disinfectant that we nave
Use it. But have adequate llsii'liiS
curtains so that it does not SHINE ol-
rectly in the eyes.
Has vour school school scales, so
that the children can be weighed regu-
larly and their weight be placed OH
tbair cards each month as well as thelf
standing in arithmetic. parent VINO
secs figures which show loss OF WelshI
will usually try to cooperate 10 ileii"
the matter. There are Tar TOO hlahS
children more than 10 per cent beioW
normal i'm weight for their age anu
height. Try it.
Have YOU the facilities in your scho0l
for having hot lunches and are the
/ DISTRICT cO-ODcraIl lily
with the school in that matter for the
best interests OF all!
| Have YOU any community center OF
ganization in your district? we all
need it.
Have you any play ground equipment
on your school grounds!
Why Play DevelOpes
"play is the most natural expression
of child life. 1t develops healthy
spontaneous outdoor exercise.
mitiative-By forcing the chlld 10
make his own decisions.
Purity of mind-By keeping the
child active in wholesome surround
ings.
Co-operation-By teaching the child
TO give and take assistance.
Ambition-By teaching the cmid
that leadership is the result OF sue
cessful endeayor.
Honesty-By causing the child to
repudiate any success that does not
come through fair play.
Imagination--Py lifting the cnllu
out of common place and filling hlm
with enthusiasm.
Self -confidence-By giving the chlld
some responsibility in the games.
Obedience-By teaching the child
to respect the leader.
Justic-By teaching the child tc
have consideration for those who arc
physically and mentally weak.
1--WE say health is first. Then lei
us act as though we believed it, an(
carry on, not sporadic drives once 8
year or So but continue vigorous
campaigns to secure the best health
conditions possible for our children
! both at home and at school. DR.
4 Elizabeth Woods, of the State Edu
cational Dept.