Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 2 | Schools Fail in Health Training, Specialist Says

IN HEALTH TRAINING SPECIALIST SAYS SAiS I Overdevelop Fit U Under Under- der deve develop pp Unfit Until Rogers Rog ers Declares Declares' I The This bi biggest mistake made in health education In the schools throughout the lie country is to over the develop the fit lit and the unfit Dr Frederick Rand Hand Rogers of or Albany N. N Y director of ot the di dl division vision of df r health education said Thursday Dr Rogers ROS lS will bo be one of ot the guest the thirty thirty- fourth annual convention of at the Utah Education association which opened Thursday T The le 1 public is spending spending- Its money moner to develop athletes In high sch schools and colleges who do dip not need pronounced pronounced pro pro- flounced ph physical training and the unhealthy or physically ally inferior person Is being neglected thereby spending a large lare portion of or the tho pub pub- He's Hes mone money where it docs little good Dr Rogers declared In New York TorI state much interest is taken in health education he hc f saId iid and every child is examined ex thoroughly once a y year r t There arc are SOO school nurses nurses' who VIsit the thc parents parents parents par par- and care caio for fOl the children and there are 1400 1401 directors of or physical t education actively engaged LAUDS ATHLETICS ATHLETICS ATHLETICS' Dr Ro Rogers lauded the move now now current among amons some some athletiC dIF dire dire- tors toward developing the bf Or responsibility In in athletes as well las a developing their bodies The rhe pl plan 11 now being bein rapidly adopted is ls to to place the captain of ot tho the team In absolute Chargo charge of oC the pla play k keeping keep keep- epin ep- ep lug ing inthe the coach in a a. purely advisory capacity he hc said B By Thursday night it was ex ex expected expected ex- ex that approximately MOO teachers from all parts of ot the state te would be Jn in- inthe the tha city to attend the first general g meeting at 7 30 p iii in the tn tabernacle Schools Schoot in Utah will be closed Friday and most of r the delegates left lc for Salt Lake during Thursday CONVENTION OPENS The Tho first meeting a of the con convention conven conven- cn tion opened at 2 pt P. p m. m This meeting mo tl was for or the house of oC delegates and was waR held at tho capitol Reports Reports' of or various various' committees and the tho r report port portor of or Arch M. M Thurman president of or orthe the association were given Resolutions Resolutions' which were t to be drawn up up by a a. special specia c committee e Were Vero to be bb considered aterno afternoon n. n Sc Secretary D. D DV W. W y ParraH In his IlIs report said that the the- past year had been bec one of o unusual activity lt acU Tho The problems in the main to which the association has pledged itself are are of tho the sort that cannot be solved In aday a aday day month or or a a year tal Their solution solution tion lion is predicated upon educating tho the enU entire e teaching ng profession t the e influential patrons the public public- spirited taxpayers and tho patriotic voters In sener general relative to the need and efficacy of the tho proposed advancements