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Show THOUSANDS NEED NOT BE BLIND i Conservation of Vision Becomes Be-comes Important Topic NEW TORIjr.' Oct. 2. Fifty thousand thou-sand Americans sre Mind who nffd never have lost their sight, assent the National Comm'ttee for the Preven-tio Preven-tio nof Pllndness In an appeal to noi-mal noi-mal school?!, teachers' college and universities, asking; their cooperation In spreading the doctrine of sight con-nervation con-nervation In their health and education educa-tion course. There are seventeen topics, alt I -latlng to the conservation of vision, which should be Included 1-n any course on general health education, the commit! points out. This course, with study periods ami prac rice classes, should have a recognUefl place In the ciirruclum of school, and students stu-dents who o.us'ify should he accorded adequate credits, it Is tie Id. In the proposed court of seventeen topics arc included: The structure of the. eye and Its methods of functioning; function-ing; common diseases of the eyes f children and detection of obvious darns of communicable diacasea, examinations examina-tions hy teachers to determine children's chil-dren's visual acuity ; teaching; Of the necessity for refract ion by competent eyesight specialists In .-ee of defective defec-tive vision .and t ho nec-slt y for p lasses t lint "fit": coop-rat Ion 01 tea 'hers snd school doctors and nurnes: S'leonnfe s'-honlroorn lighting and sealing RrMhc.'TtinT inleTsrtnr' de-orat ions to obviate eye haxards and Strains, and consideration of type si'' and at vies for text -books which are btat adapted to youthful i-yea. |