Emery County Progress | 1906-11-03 | Page 3 | Taught Them to Acquire Rest

yv them to acquire rest wake up br ahter after a ten min ute nap follow ng noon hour hazelton pa miss eans a banks township school teacher believes she has solved the problem of drowsiness in school children after the noon hour for some time she noticed this and then begin to do a little experiment ing accordingly at two p m 0 the introductory day she explained to her pupils that she would permit them to take a nap of ten minutes in hopes that it would brighten and enliven them to more vigorous work the an no was received with broad smiles indicative of inexpressible de light now children the ignal to take a nap will te heads down and I 1 want each of you to place your head on your desk and not raise U until I 1 call heads up said the teacher first experiment worked like di u re j tb fi her was boundless and visions 0 greet am loomed before her with the over the pupils re fumed their studies with renewed vig or and mastered their work in a man ner that was amazing she imparted the secret to other teachers and all are favorably impressed with the idea but tear to put it into execution until officially sanctioned it has set many of the pedagogues thinking and the subject will be dis cussed in the near future at the local institute and will no doubt eventually reach the county institute