The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
NORMAL SLEEP
 IS ONLY REST
 SAYS DE vICHNE
Benefits of Sleep Discussed at Parent Teachers Asso-
 citation Meeting.

'it $ only during heai'ly normai sleep that we really ragt.' sad Dr. H. c. DeVighne, in an ad lress to the Parent-Te2ckers' Association las. night on the subject Of Sleep" All of the voluntary muscles rellX, dur .ng which time they consume 10 nsrs ,us energy, saving about 50 pr cent of it. Then all of the involuntary actions slow down, breathing, the beating of the heart, intestinal lers- talsi5, all go on, but slowly. This $ ves about 10 ger cent more of our nervous energy.
 Sleep conserves about 90 per cent of the nervous energy that we ex- pend during our wakeful hours it places all of the voluntary muscles tt absolute rest, and the involuntary ones at partial rest, during which time the worn out and exhausted cells are restored or replac ed h other words it slows down the Tro- cess of living ani thereby extends it.
 'TThe amount of sleep required to keep the human machine in gCod working order varies with the age, temperament and occupation Hard workers and those of phlegmatic tem- perament require more, while nerv- GUS, high-strung individuals and so- called brain workers require less. Tn general, it is estimated that the ave rage adult does best on about eight hours of the 24, children demand more and infants up to the first year sleep, or should sleep, at least thcse- fourths of the time. There seems to be no great difference in so far as ultimate results are concerned, be- tween natural sleep and artificial, .ne kind that is induced with drugs.
 The great objection to the use of drugs in inducing s:eep is not ill the actual harm they do, but in the fact that they Soon lose their effeC, requiring larger and larger doses ur- til finally they refuse to act at all or, worse yet, habit is formed which makes it impossible to sleep without them. There is always a definite cause for insomnia, or the inability for ona to sleep the accus- toned number of hours, which cause can usually be fou-d and often rerl- edied
 ',One of the best prescriptions for kaow from experience as well as from observation. Settled comfort ably in bed, with a good light and any ore of Q half dozen books kept at hand for the purpose, the pages soon begin to fade and the words run together, until finally, with just enough energy to turn the switch, the day ends, sometimes"
 Numbers Gil tne program besides the address given by Dr. DaVighne were a violin solo by Mrs. c. J. Woofter, a piano solo by Mrs. L. l.. Harding and selections by the High School Orchestra, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Woofter
 Miss Connie Martin led the conn., nunity sing, which opened the meet ing.
 The business meeting was chiefly concerned with the question of chang ing the name of the association in order that every person interested in the schools mihgt feel a part of the organization. It was said that the name Parent-Teachers' Association suggested an organization composed solely of parents and teachers and because of this fact number of people here had refrained from at- tending the meetings.
 It was decided that as>the name is nationwide it will be continued for this organization, but that active steps will be taken to include every person in the town interested in the movement, as members of the organ ization
 Resolutions, recently drafted by the executive committee from the ass pei atiCn, approving the Towner-S Sterling education bill. now before Congress, were read. The resolutions will be forwarded to President Harding, Con gress and Delegate Dan Sutherland
 The a Jociation decided to asld special meeting at the time of the inter-schooi meet here this spring.
 Following the completion of the program for the evening lunch was served in the domestic science rooms at the school