Show X M MORE ORE SLEEP SLEE ap FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN DR DIL FREDERICK R C GREEN editor ot HEALTH t nae 92 wistern to n Newil newspaper paper union EN FRANKLIN w wrote rote his poor B BEN richards alman almanac se over one hundred bundred and fifty years a ago go one of the most frequently quoted sayings in it was the one about early to bed and early to rise how many people this advice has made wealthy and wise nise no one can tell certainly every one who has gone to bed early has been made healthier thereby it used to be no hardship for the boy or girl to go to bed there anything else to do but now the movies md end the radio are arc a strong temptation especially tor for school children in sioux city iowa the teachers found that the children were not getting enough sleep so BO they started a more sleep campaign they arranged to have the school physician and the superintendent talk to the parents on the need of more sleep for the children and the effect of too little sleep on the health growth and school work of the children A pledge was drawn up in w which aich parents agreed to have their children in bed not later than for grade pupils and nine for junior high pupils five nights a week during the school year A house to house canvass was made the superintendent offered a prize to the school which would secure the highest percentage of parents signatures celluloid buttons showing it a clock face with the hands pointing to were given to the children whose parents had signed the early to bed bcd pledge awful lot of bother you say to get children to go to bed early ver very v true but it Is apparently necessary to make a game out of anything you want children to do cut but the method matter its the results results that count what were the results in sioux city healthier and more alert children better lessons nt at school better natured children at home the growing child needs plenty of sleep the child that stays up half the night Is tired cross and dull the next day see that your child gets plenty of sleep every |