The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-19
MANNINGTON Vice
BE WELL SERVED
Elll:Time Nurse to Visit An
Schools in District
During Year.


aon, seconded by Superintendent
ID. 9. Tabler and A. L. Thomas, are
Iesolyed on furnishing Warrington
City and District with a first class
school system will be made appar-
ent 70 anyone interviewing either
OF these officials.
Mention has been made Of the
dtspptch with which the regular
school system settled into fUutine
operation on the opening day OF
school, and this Is looked upon az
81 indication Of the efficiency Of a
COOPERATING faculty.
The Warrington school system
has been in the foreground in pub
lie school Accomplishment most OF
the tme for the past twenty years.
oldstmers proudly refer to the
carly days under Superintendent
Q. McBee and Board President
6. 3. Jollitfe. Mr.. McBee is regard,
ed BY many as the founder and
forerulner OF the present eff
cheney. 1t is said that, but for his
unttring efforts In the earlier and
simpler days the more complex eff,
Cheney OF today could not have been
possible.
One Of the most perplexing prob,
lens OF the local system is how tc
extend the city school benefits to
rural pupils, and 1t now seems that
that this problem is in fair way
no q successful solution.
TIE departmental work of the
Warrington, schools shows at its
hest, and Is applied not only in the
Tsades by the regular teachers, but
ermeates the whole system where
specialists in music, art. penman.
ship. domestic science, manual
training and medical inspection and
hygiene give their services to every
pupil.
Last year some OF his work was
carried to as many of the rural
tchools as possible, merely as an
Experiment.. The results seemed
] y warrant its continuance this
fear 1fIthis becomes a permanent
? actor in the local system Il Is
thought that the Board of Eduoa.
ton will purchase autos for the
special teachers working in the
rural distficts, thus extending their
work still further.
Medical inspection has been a
regular part of the system for six
lpf the past seven years, and bids
liair To- be;mdre successful this year
aan ever before.
The chief usefulness OF this de.
paFtment, 1t is said, has been most
apparent In the. city schools, al
though some rural schools, espe-
cially those near town or on i'm,
slowed roads, have received annual
Inspection. Others more distant,
It IS pointed out, have received
fewer inspections, and some none
at all.
This year the city inspector, DR.,
W. r. Andrews, is to cover the en-,
tire district. It is his plan to begin
fiiis work in the more distant
schools while the roads are good,
ieaying the more favorable loca.
tons until the last.
On the doctors visits the entire
( school Is given preliminary talk
lon personal hygiene and the OBJ
1ect Of medical inspection. Each
pupil IS then examined as to his
throat. nose, hearing, teeth and
vision, as well as kindred condt
tons
A district school nurse is to be
supplied, whose duty It will be tc
cooperate with the medical inspec
TOT. This work will be started as
soon as the school officials can Sc,
cure the services Of desirable
nurse: In the meantime the medi
al Inspector will provide a secre
M To- assist him so as to make
the work more uniformly success
ftl. and to enable him to cover the
district before bad weather makes
the dirt roads impossible.
The district nurse will be a very
busy person, It Is believed, since
aside from visiting nearly forty
Ftlral schools she will be expected
10 teach personal hygiene. and will
Also visit the parents Of those pu'
ofis needing professional attention
IA rplain the importance Of prompt
n dtion to their defects. She will
aiso render a similar service in the
Sity; where more than thousand
pupils are examined.
Efforts to ascertain the number
Of parents who. heed the inspectors
notices have produced few accurate
results In the past, but with a
school nurse looking after this item
A. oreiot her important duties It is
thought more accurate data can be
had ~,
Il ID She belief Of the inspector
tss something near twenty, per
=. Of the parents notices are
needed, and feels sure that com
netent nurse, will bring this aver
| aee up to something like fifty per
Arrangements have been made
witb local surgeons and an eye spe
Esiaiist to donate their services to
the deserving persons who are un'
abIe 10 pay, and the local Red Cross
has. agreed to pay all necessary ex'
nenses for materials in such cases.
Il is thought tactful nurse will
N able to effect some marked re,
C,sts in this work this year.