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Show Big Pencils for Lower Grade Schools. The Baltimore school board has authorized the use of large round lead pencils in the lower grade schools, where children are just beginning to write, so as to prevent what is known as writer's cramp. This is a kind of paralysis which is common among bookkeepers, accountants and others who use a pen or pencil constantly during the day and is primarily caused by gripping the pencil too tightly, causing a cramping of the muscles of the hand. By the use of the large pencil the child just learning to write finds it impossible to grasp the pencil except in an easy way, and writing is less difficult and without restraining effort. ef-fort. Many mothers have wondered why children are using the big pencils, pen-cils, and according to Superintendent Van -Sickle this is the reason. |