Show PREVENTING BLINDNESS GoIng to Europe Europ Europe for tor the purpose ot of studyIng British methods method of maIntaInIng classes cl te In Inthe inthe the public schools school Mrs W Hath Hath Hath- Hathaway H away th-away away aay associate director r ot of o the national committee forthe for forth the prevention tion of blindness says there ther should be 1000 Instead ot of o sIght say sav Dig classes In America W We have only re recently b begun ruu to realize she says 1111 y that the sight of or many of the th men and women who ho are blind today mIght have been saved sTed If it ther therl there had been available tor for them In childhood saving classes cluses such luch as a the themore themore more progressiVe systems y tem now maintain It Is a fact tact that because of ot the ot of such classes even now tho thousands ot of children with partial vision In and nd other countries are bIng eing sent to schools for tor the blind or are ar being wholly deprived deprived- of education because of ot their inability ity itT to keep up with the work of oth I the ordinary school classes classe While the th class Idea originated In England a recent communication from one ot of the tho most eminent ophthalmologists ct ot Great Britain attrIbutes theIr permanence to the th Impetus of Americas America's work In this field fiel Instead of ot waiting to aid ald chil chil- children children dren inert after arter they become blind nn an effort is la beIng made mILde to pre ent blindness It Is a big ble field and should find support throughout the United States I |