Show PROM FRONI VACATION TO SCHOOL when school school opens in the tall fall rural children that have been playing or working out of doors should bo be watched rather carefully the change from a day of physical activity to one ano of seven or more hours ot at confinement is great and may bring on an illness unless a few precautions are taken for a short time at least the school day might well be be broken up into more than the usual number ot of periods and the children given frequent recesses they should be advised to eat less heartily ot of strong foods during the first two weeks 0 ot t school so that the physical machine considerably slowed down as it is may have a chance to adjust itself moreover the first assembling ot of large numbers ot of children from daf the germs ot of colds measles scarlet fever or other diseases proper foresight on the part ot of school authorities can nearly always keep these from being epidemic the school should be the most healthful place we have tor for children THE SCHOOL MAIT MAIL BOX there is always an interesting time tor ter the agriculture class at hillcrest Hlll Hil crest lerest school in waukesha county wisconsin when the mail arrives no wonder tor for this cass search the advertising columns of papers and magazines that come to the school when they seo see anything that they think will be of interest to them they write tor for it immediately they aro are greatly interested in dairy cows because national dairy cow champions live within walking distances ot of the school they write all over the world to cattle breakers bre aders associations tor for advertising material and to owners of dalry cow champions tor for pictures of their prize animals from this material they get information and illustrations tor for their notebooks but ant the knowledge they seek is not confined to dairy cowe their agricultural notebooks show how many topics have been enlivened by incidents and illustrations found la in farm bulletins seed catalogues cataloguer catal and pam pamphlets and bulletins issued by manufacturers of farm machinery every rural school should have a mailbox the teachers mall mail should he delivered there the school should take a dally daily paper a current magazine suitable tor for elementary school children and a tar far bourna it should be on the mailing list tor for certain bulletins and pamphlets issued by state and national agencies of education agriculture and public |