The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-01-12
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
MERIDIAN COLLEGE
MERIDIAN, TEXAS.
SPECIAL TO NESHOBA DEMOCRAT.
BY SILAS |. TURhFR.

lscboOp oh accUuilb VI bickHesS uuT-
Ing the month of January and Feb
uary than any other months In the
school year. tits well for parents
and teachers t0snote this fact and
lcOoperate to make the child's loss In
health and time In school as small
as possible. Ifit cost you $1,000 to
run your school duriug the month
lot January and hall OF the children
absent from school then you have
lOst $500 and the school work has
been badly disrupted.
The following things should be
lemphaslzed in the first four grades
both at home and In school;
i Clean hands and finger nails.
Face, neck, and ears clean.
8 Scalp clean and clear of dandruff.
Flair well brushed.
Teeth brushed at least twice a
day after breakfast and after supper
Ninety percent of your children have
defective teeth. Your local dentist
will very probably verify this state
ment and will examine, and indicate
on a card, the teeth that are defect-
i've. Call the child's attention tu
the unsightliness of unclean teeth
discoiored and bedaubed with food.
Some Of the tooth paste companies
Will give you some trial tubes OF
paste for your grade and you can
nave the children bring their tooth
brushes to school and havea tooth
brush drill. Let them uss a tumbler
for a receptacle, and after brushing
~ over ask them II they would kse
tO take the contents back into their
mouth. ''Bad breath is not usually
caused by q disordered stomach but
by decayed food, which has lodged
Ihetweells tila.s taeth h y This 3 may he.
proven by noticing the difference In
the oder Of the breath that comes
through the mouth where the food
Is decaying and in that which comes
through the nose. Call attention to
the fact that the warmth, moisture,
and darkness in the mouth will faci-
litate the decay OF foods and that
food may become rotten In the
mouth as we'll as in other places.
8 Clothing neat and clean, and q
clean handkerchief.
Balanced diet. Get your home
science teacher to instruct your
smaller, as well as your larger pupils
In regard tonutritive value of foods.
1t is as necessary for people to eat
the proper amount proteins, carbo-
hydrates and fats as it is for any
other ANNALS. We study Feeds
and Feeding for our COWS and for
get the Feeds and Feeding" OF our
ten year old boys and girls. Eating
the proper kind of food is largely
habit and, II formed at all, 1t must
be formed early in life.
8 Mastificatione OF food. An ex-
pertinent may be made to show the
Importance OF proper. chewing of
food. Give each pupil u cracker
that has not been salted. Have
them chew the cracker thoroughly
and retain 1t in the mouth minute
or two They will note that 1t be.
comes slightly sweeter the longer 1t
Is held In the mouth. The starch In
the cracker is being digested and
changed TO sugar. Other foods also
are partly digested in the mouth.
Q The common drinking cup.
There are more cases OF diptheria
and other contagious diseases dur.
lug the school months because the
children contract them from each
other. The Individual drinking cups
are not satisfactory because they
are not kept sanitary and are bor-
rowed and lent promlscuously.
Teachers are responsible for children
who die from preventable diseases
contracted In their schools, and par-
ents ana school boards that force
teachers to work in an unsanitary
school room are IN measure fore
ing Others to commit murder on the
parents own children.
10 Fresh air. Show by demonstra-
how to raise the window from the
bottom and lower another from the
top and thus secure ventilation Of
bed room. Teachers may assist In
this matter when visiting Ia the
home- Man lived In the open both
day and night until three hundred
years ago, and our bodies have not
yet become adapted to living In air
tight rooms Tor hours ait a time.
5000 cubic feet Of fresh air per hour