Show THE HOUR AND A HALF NOON the new plan of an hour and a half noon now being tried out by the tooele thoele central scho school I 1 seems to be an all onward step in in the new health program inaugurated this year by the school board A survey of the school was made by prin N J barlow before the new plan was tried out it was found that 97 students were required to take lunches due to their inability to go home during the ho hour 1 ui noon when the time was changed to an hour and a half there were but 23 students who had to carry hinches un clies due to the distance they lived from school this is not the only benefit that was derived from the change many students were required to run to and from school and eat their dinner in haste in order to accomplish the task in an hour now the half hour additional gives them time to eat in a sane manner and return to school leisurely after eating it hasteen has been in times past that the schools have thought very little of the physical growth and comforts of the child but have bent all their efforts to drilling the mind in a few cold facts and training it as best they could under conditions modern educators teach us now that physical comfort is the first step towards mental development physical examinations are held in ou our r schools each month and the physical development is watched with aith A ith as keen interest by the teachers tho the mental develop f afe important so in accordance with this new health program prin barlow instituted the now new plan of an hour and a half noon this ali its move was heartily approved by supt bupt reid and health supervisor mrs thompson |