Show SCHOOL HEAL TO DIRECTOR I I PLANS CAMPAIGN AIGN AGAINST SPINE CURVATURE DANGER PLANS P PLANS LANS for a war on curvature of spine in the schools of the 1 state have been heen prepared b by the school health department and I will be he put in effect when the schools arc opened for the coming I year ear 1 U Incorrect posture is IS one of the most prevalent of physical I defects among the chil children ren of the schools in Utah said Dr E. E G G. I Gowans health director in the schools yesterday and an curvature I of f the spine an outgrowth of incorrect posture exists to a small I extent I Everything possible is being bein done by the health and physical culture Instructors to correct correct cor cor- the defects but still more stress Is Isto Isto isto to be bo laid upon these subjects when the schools reopen The Thc state board of ot otI education has outlined the plans and a I book has has' been Issued containing In Instructions Instructions In- In to teachers eachers on the tho I posture Is duo more or less to the desire of sch schol ol children to re relax relax relax re- re I lax their muscles and sit In comfortable I ble positions not only in the class classroom classroom classroom room but In the home The general physical l condition of oC the child is also Iso a pot potent nt factor In the cau cause e of oC the de defects do- do I Prom From various cities come reports that curvature of oC the spine exl exists ts to a aI amore amore more or less les alarming extent Long LonS' confinement at school desks not of or the therl I rl right hl size to seat Reat comfortably the chil chil- dren Is la given I en as the main cause for tor this defect Therefore teachers In the schools arc are urged to scrutinize pupils closely and to make them sit correctly at their desks when the they are discovered ered lounging while reading and writ writ- I Ing ng Dr Gowans Cowans says sas he Is Js unable to give any definite figures as to the number of ot the curvature e cases among the children of or the tte schools owing toa to toa toa a lack of oC authority to examine pupils partly nude nuda for while some Mm parents consent to such examinations others protest I Physicians and physical culture teachers said Dr Gowans can detect detect de do- cases of oC Incorrect posture b by merely watching pupils seated at their desks |