Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-04

ever, that two things are necessary
to the care Of the child's training
aside from the usual mental anl
moral training he gets in school
namely: Physical training under
some competent person, the object
OF which is to call into use al
muscles which will develop and cause
proper functioning Of all organs;
and second, medical inspection d
school children, the purpose OF which
il to discover ali defects early III
life which impaifs the child,s prog
ress in school and which later viii
likely be- the source of Ill health
thereby impairing his Welfare as .
citizen to the community and state
A few things nave never been
considered in this country with ref
erence to children. First, the stand.
ard that all children are capable
az doing The same kind and grade Of
work which is an error; second
that physical impairment will moi
il any way hinder 4 child's progress
in school. Any thoughtful person
now knows tf4t the two conditions
are such al to lead to great and
wide diversities in school teaching
"a sick child cannot learn as welt
as one in good and healthy vigor,
These impairments should be discov-
cred for the teacher and the parent
notified Of such defects as early az
possible. II the parents do and
are not able to have the correc-
lions made, then 1t Is as much the
duty 81 the state to have it done as
1T IA IT'D duty to furnish the child
free instructfon. ON the one hand
the etate furnishes free instruction
N order to protect itaelf from both
criminal and INDECENT citizens, for.
getting that practically all our pov.
srty comes from pauperism caused
from sick persons who have no,
been taught the proper care OF theil
HOulSo 0AN oOW W lkVC.
In Greene county our pauper ex
penses exceed that of all other ex
Denses, amounting to practically
@l4,00O. That is the county's shar,
and does not include contribution,
made BY charitable inclined person.
which will bring the grand tota
to $4,000. or more. This does no
include many who are near onto tn,
border line and who are kept bJ
willing friends and kinfolks. Per
sonaily / know that our paupel
expense is on the increase. The mex
large item of expense is that o
maintaining Qnr criminal courts
which amounts to- practically $40,
900 pei. sanhum. We have here two
items practically aggregating $25,
900 both of which is more or les,
dependent upon the lack OF propei
functioning of our public schoo
system.
For teachers salaries last veal
the county spent approximately $40,
900 Of which sum Paragould alon,
spent approximately $4,000 ,ol
more than one-third. In other word,
Greene county pays more than one
third as much each year for thu
support and maintenance OF it,
pauper expenses and criminal courr
expenses than it required to teach
in its, public schools the children
enrolled therein.
Close study of the question Of
public health shows that we arr
penny wise and pound foolish
Personally ! am familiar with thu
conditions in INDECENT people il
Paragould. and in order to demon.
strate what have to say here will
cite a few instances, especially witt
reference to some OF the contribut-
ing causes bringing about such con
ditions. First, tuberculosis is ont
disease that is likely to bring about
poverty and dependence in its wake
because of the duration OF the dis
ease and the absence OF the ability
of the patient for so long time
to work. Now, what precautions
have we to prevent its spread. 1t i:
a communicable disease. Tubercu
losis persons live or die in close
house, move or buried, others movs
in without any law compelling dis
injecting to prevent the other family
from taking it.
In 4 short while it is reported
that the occupant has tuberculosi'
and the general public assumes ths
interrogatory spirit in asking, Il
the disease hereditary? The genera
public is not vet aware that there
are from so to rs kinds OF disease
germs which produce diseases. de-
nominated infectious. There arr
1900 different kinds Of germs--oI
even more, but many OF these kinds
are beneficial instead Of harmful.
In the defense we must view thu