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Show GOITRE SMOi THE CHILDREN BF THE OT SCHOOLS The board of education held its weekly meeting last nieht nn confirmed con-firmed 'he appointment by Supt J M 1 Mills of two new members "f the High school faculty. The appointees are . W Cummings of Salt Lake City and Edwin Peterson of Hunts-ville. Hunts-ville. They will be instructors in the departments of mathematics, chem-' chem-' Istry and physics and their employ-: employ-: ment was made necessary through the resignation of P. W Hawks and the election of J. E. T.eeson to the 1 princlpalshlp of the high school The annual report of Dr. EJward Hates, medical Inspector of the Og-' Og-' den Cltv schools was also received ' at the meeting. The physician culled the attention of the board to the prevalent" pre-valent" nf goitre ' In the cits and bh id that, in order to successful! combat the disease, th Uv water should be boiled In-foro being uHod Another suggestion made bj Dr. Dates wau that frequenl this be made of the children to determine i their degree of Intelligence, that I proper utepe could be taken to care tor them in their educational work, whethei they were either sub-normal or abnormally precocious lie also I advised investigation of any case of i I feedle-mindedness. Regarding the )hsical examina 1 tions which he and his associate. Dr. I Wright, had made during the 1D13-W I school term, the inspector said that I! h great mam stiidnts had been found , H having boles in their ear drums. He f I gavi Bpecial advice regarding this condition. The two physicians found 1,525 de- tj caved teeth, a d. crease from 1.916 for j II the previous year. Of these, the in-pectors in-pectors had filled 796. They also fitted 127 fairs of glasses, and per-forraed per-forraed 122 throat and 126 ear opera- |