The Holt County sentinel., 1920-01-30

! order to attend school in Lincoln. Her
place will be filled by Mrs. Fitzmaur-
ice. We feel that the Forbes school
board has made wise choice, and
that they can expect to have an excel
lent school with Mrs. Fitzmaurice at
the helm.
We are glad to learn that Miss
Lydia Acton, the efficient grammar
teacher in Consolidated District No. 6,
who has been suffering with a severe
case of the mt mps, l. again able TO be
OF her post.
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The superintendent would like to
hear from all the teachers who are try
ing to serve hot lunch to their school
children. A recent school bulletin
says: Every growing child needs q
warm, nourishng midday lunch. One
quarter, at least, of all school children
are insufficiently nourished. Rural
school children suffer from malnutri.
ton in about twice as many instances
~ do the city children. A school lunch
service should be a part Of every rural
school equipment II can be most sue.
cessfully managed comparatively BY
the district or county school authority,
the teacher, pupils, and their parents.
The practice Of providing warm school
lunches is increasing very rapidly in
both city and country schools.
MissouIi'S farm boys and girls
should have square deal. They de-
serve equal advantage with the town
or city boys and girls in:
School Buildings.
School Equipment.
School Playground.
Enriched Studies.
Nitalized Contacts.
Health Supervision.
Competent Instruction.
You can not make much of an adult
unless YOU begin with the child.
DO you know that the percentage
of mentally defective children IN the
this country is FOUR times ~ great
Us in the city schools?
That eve defect in country school
children are FOUR times a. numerous
as in the city school children? That
ear defects are FIVE times as numcr.
Gus? That enlarged tonsils are FOUR
times a. prevalent. and curvature OF
the spine is TWENTY times more
prevalent?
On what grounds are We able to eX.
plain these facts? Simply ON the
ground OF sanitation. While extensive |
provisions have been made for mprov-
ing health conditions in cities, the
country districts have been largely ne |
elected. No more striking example of |
this neglect can be shown than to COM
pare the average rural school with the |
city school of to-day. In cities the !
school buildings are ~ a rule well |
planned and constructed, equipped and
in accordance with an.
proved measures the children are
largely subjected to medical inspcc-
ton; they are provided with the attcn-
ton Of specialists; they have gymnas-
iums and physical training IL under,
taken. But how about the neglected
rural school? Certainly the children
in the country schools are entitled to
just as well lighted and heated build
Ings, to just ~ habtablc modern and
sanitary schools. 10 just as pure water,
10 Just III good medical attention, aud
10 Just as much health and happiness
Is the children in the city sch0ols.
Every school child should have al
health examination once a year.
What n wonderful opportunity is the