New Ulm review., 1920-09-01
SCHOOL BELLS
RING TUESDAY
ONLY VACANCY ON TEACHING
STAFF TO BE FILLED TO-
MORROW EVENING.
PROF. HERMAN Helm WRITES
INTERESTING ARTICLE ON
PHYSICAL TRAINING.

Next Monday, Labor Day, will mark
the close of the summer vacation in the
local public schools and the high school
students and pupils of the grades will
be trudging to school bright and early
next Tuesday morning. School affairs
forming the principal topics for dis
cussion among the children of school
age, the arguments being rather di-
versified, as with some of the little
tots the beginning of the fall term has
been anxiously awaited for weeks,
while others are not so jubilant over
the approaching end of thei' summer
vacation.
Only One Vacancy.
The teaching personnel of the high
school and grades is complete with one
exception, that of instructor of the
second and third grades in the Wash
ington building. Miss Loretta c..
Johnson, who was engaged to teach
the little folks in these grades, was
granted release by the board of
education at her request, owing to the
death of her mother. The board of
will meet probably tomorrow evening
for the purpose of electing Miss John
sons successor. An application for
this position is on file with Supt.
Arnold Gloor.
Registration Day.
Tomorrow (Thursday) is registration
day and Supt. Gloor will be at his
office in the high school building from
10 o'clock in the morning for the pur-
pose of registering applicants for ad-
mission to school, It is very important
that these registrations be made to-
morrow, SO as not to cause unneces-
sary delays on the opening day of
school, when the superintendent will
be very busy with other matters.
Teachers Meeting.
The members Of the teaching staff
of the local high and graded schools
will meet next Monday, the day be-
fore school begins, to become con-
versant with the various study periods
and arrange the work. for the term.
All of the teachers are expected to at
tend this meeting.
Physical Training.
Prof. Herman Helm, who will have
charge of the new physical training
department in the local public schools,
has prepared, at our request, an article
on this very important phase of edu-
cation. 1t should prove of great
interest to parents who are concerned
about the bodily welfare Of their
children while attending schools. Prof.
Helms article reads as follows:
Gymnastics, when they are reg
ularly and well taught, develop CO.
ordination, will power, character, and
produce, on the physical side, en-
durance, courage, increased muscular
development, good posture and i'm
proved health. The school-going
period of childhood brings with it
many detrimental influences which
hinder the proper physical Develop
ment Of children. The hitherto run
ming, active child is forced to sit in
seat for four or five hours each day,
often in poorly ventilated, improperly
lighted school rooms, equipped with
seats and desks that are incorrectly
constructed and do not fit the child.
To counteract these influences,
periods of Is to 20 minutes of physical
training are necessary. A rational,
systematic course in physical train
| ing will do much to counteract the
| influences of schoolroom life and aid
in securing good physical development
and a proper functionin Of the in
ternal organs. Physical exercises
stimulate the respiration, the respira-
tory movements become longer and
deeper, the muscles Of respiration are
strengthened, the elasticity Of the
lung cells is increased, the entire lung
structure is brought into activity.
instead Of only portion and the
thorax is given full development.
/ Upon the heart exercise has decided
influence, in that it strengthens the
heart muscle, also increasing the ac-
tivity Of the heart during exercise and
thus aiding in the general growth Of
| the body.
Exercise is nutritional stimulant,
in that it maintains aproper balance
between assimilation and dissimila-
ton. It stimulates the digesti We