Show I i SNYDER TO BE WITHDRAWN AS AS' CANDIDATE FOR UR PRESIDENT I t WANTS EUGENICS TAUGHT IN EVERY GRADE I I Ways Ways- to Improve School Hygiene Hy- Hy giene gi j ne Also Disc Discussed at N N. N E E. E A A. Department nt r t 4 4 44 4 t tf f 4 4 IN LI LINE E. E 4 Chicago o Jul July In 9 on tn In Ins 4 s sexual xul hygiene will wilt bo be given in int t- t the schools hero horo with tho tim begin begin- 4 4 c. c ning of at th the next term This was M a 1 4 determined toda today when the tho board 4 of education adopted a n. 4 4 of tho school manage manage- f 4 ment committee Tho courso course will willbo I bo known as M personal purity I f instruction and for tor tho first year cat v ui iL 1 bo bu to o 0 tho thu nigh hIgh f- f schools The board decided that 4 1 children whoso parents oppose the tho f 4 innovation may maT bo excused from 44 4 4 the lectures Numerous letters 4 were read from sociologists and nd f 4 4 physiologists before final action 4 waa Wa taken b by th the board Miss 4 Jane Ad Addama dam II of ot Hull Hun house wrote 44 4 4 that aho sho hollered believed tho instruction 44 4 4 would be or of great groat valne value and alId d ulti- ulti t 4 4 would be taken up every every- 4 4 where ts t. ut I. I t H f 4 t ft 4 t f 4 Attendance at yesterdays yesterday's meeting atthe of at the department of at child hygiene at tho 1110 Lafayette La-fayette yesterday was commented commented com com- upon by N. N E. E E. A. A dolega delegates tes as being much greater thin than at nn any departmental departmental de de- session at tho last convention convention conven conven- convention tion at sf t Chicago and th the dl discussions Ou followed the pre presentation of at tho papers showed that Interest ha had kept pace with attendance l D. D Wood WoodS M. M D. D professor protessor of physical education at Columbia a o. paper on cn the special problem of school hygiene no In the public schools choal In he ho pointed out tho desirability at Of procuring th tho cooperation co opera op co-op ora oration tion Uon ot of local beat and state health author author- authorities ties tin whereby state tate aid Id could coull be bo offered to rural communities which showed In Interest In- In terest and enterprise One Ono of at tho the greatest greatest great great- est needs however however- however Dr Wood said Bald was VIM for tor teachers who had nad a a working and practical knowledge gG of at hygiene and who were especially trained In lines of at health helth protection Health Is la not the tho main purpose of ot education but it ft Is certainly ono one thing that L got grot along along- w without hout he e sal sale a. a i nJ wouw ou not hOt overestimate the Importance of ot hygiene In the tho public schools for far to do so 80 would defeat our ends but It Is Sf s a a. Question that demands deman s proper attention f it if the tho benefits of or education education edu edu- cation are aro to be realized The teachers can do a a. tremendous amount of at good U if the they are aro properly trained and end equipped along along- these lines linos but In addition to knowledge the they must have hava the right spirit as well as tho the right a In this work teacher need to know knowS children much ranch better and I there are aro certain social and economic I conditions that call for certain methods moth math odi with respect to the tho country school 11 for wo we mw must t realize that 42 per cent of I Ithe the school children of ot tho United States attend the tho room one-room school I The rho he d discussion which followed was led lr l by Linnaeus N. N Hines superintend superintend- ut fit of schools for Crawfordsville Ind md V-ho V ho sold d la in Rural Schools The Th problem of ot school h hygiene glenel In hi T iral aa well as urban schools ma may maT be classified and nd stated as follows 1 l Securing a 0 t teaching teaching- body that knows 1 what It ought to know of or school ool 1 hYgiene hn-fene 1 ulene and that Is willing to apply and enforce ce all tho the laws Jaws 1 of ot correct liv- liv 6 ju AU uia 2 3 Developing in the community ad- ad ja ent to and supporting the individual school en an n understanding of at and sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy with the attempts attempt of ot tho the school authorities to secure proper DroDer living con- con In and about the school build build- J on tho the part art of ot those that control the school finances a R. wilt will to spend whatever money Is necessary to secure proper DroDer arrango- arrango meats menta In regard to heating boating lighting and other things thinKS that go Jo towards makin mak mak- in ing up proper surroundings for tor tho the pu pu- pu- pu pils is i l Tho The sel selection of ot tho the right kind of sites for tor school buildings sites buildings sites that arc aro E well wol drained and big enough to orvo tho Immediate and re remote remote re- re mote needs of the pupils In their school capacity 5 Tho securing of or a a. aupp supply of ot water wa wn- tor ter that Is freo from all l Impurities and ond nd that may be bo furnished fresh fruh to the tho pupils pu DU- pu- pu pita pils at nil all times fl 8 Tho location of outhouses end and toilet room conveniences so that neither tho the air nor the tho water about the Ule school will wUI be bo contaminated and ond no offense against tho the finest sensibilities will be committed In the Ule Schoolroom m. m 7 1 Tho The securing ot of schoolrooms with tho the proper amount of ot floor space and air pupil HO 0 space rr Th t per Det 1 I. I rf U h l r u UV M V. V rooms room 3 9 Tho The proper heating of ot schoolrooms school school- rooms and with this the Introduction and ond distribution of ot tho the proper amount of or air free freo from all Impurities of ot all allkInd kinds kInd 10 The Tho providing pro of clean well well- ventilated extra rooms where pupils and teachers ma may eat oat their lunches 11 Tho providing of or proper and ad adjustable ad- ad scats seats and desks for tor tho the pupils PO so that no bodily Ailments nH may come I from tho the pupils having ha to sit In cramped rind and unnatural positions 12 The Tho making of ot the school chool so near p perfect In a sanitary way and so attractive that tho the pupils Will want their homes to bo be like Jlko the tho school 13 Tho teaching of ot nil the laws of or h health and proper r living so that the children from Infancy may mRY know how to live o so as to conserve their health Room fur tor Improvement The above e are arc only suggestions 11 as to what tho health problems of or the tho rural school may mav be bo Practically all of ot these theBe suggestions s apply to tho the city schools as well won A inspection of or some somo of or th tM the but best known knon city systems In tho the country will show n that tho the gospel of ot having health giving condl conditions for school schoot children has bas not penetrated the tho consciousness of ot all the school authorities authorities ties Cr or of ot t the e t taxpayers l yer as as yet t There rII are aro thousands o or city rooms ma are aro poorly lighted lIs poorly ventilated badly kept Tho The writer of or this paper has himself visited and inspected rooms in ono of ot tho the largest cities in this country countr where pupils were working throughout the day by artificial lI light ht other rooms where the he only outside light tight came into each room through only two windows window which were placed paced ono one In front of at the tho room and tho other at atthe atthe atthe the side other rooms where all the light came over the right shoulders of or orthe the children hundreds of ot rooms that were cro overheated l and Improperly von von- DI JUe Taxpayer Zoo Too Many ran cite olt teachers are arc Ignorant or indifferent In regard to tho the laws of living in the schoolroom Thousands of oC city taxpayers aro opposed opposed op op- op- op posed to outlays of ot school money for what they please to term now fan now led and ana cranky crank notions about the tho arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ement e- e ment and mana management of school build build- ings tags It la Je I readily t seen therefore that In a largo wa way mere are problems in regard to school hygiene ne neIn in either cither rural or cU city schools The vcr ver very fact tl that people live so close together to together to- to gether In cities clUes has forced on their attention the tho matter of or sanitary living but hut ever er every member of every even every board of or health and eve sanitary officer everywhere every eVery- whore where will fre freely h sa say that throughout hout our land the tho people t need yet to learn much touch In regard to proper living Suggest a 11 dr What Is needed first of ot all In the rural school is proper financial and living conditions so that teachers m may devote their lives U to the tho rural school problem and not bo be placed as they ate aie now so eo that they must got out of oC tho the teaching business altogether r or teach In the clues in order to save SIlVO a a. little The rural teacher ought to have a well wall k kept pt and comfortable homo home near his lila school chool and his hIe tenure of or his position and his pay ought to bo be such that he can afford to devote ote his life liCe for a period of or years to th the school In hand band He will then Ulen go goto to the problem of ot the tho proper living conditions for his pupils in a a. different way and a different spirit Ho may mayO perhaps bo be Inspired to make his school chool tho the model for all tho the country country coun coca try round in regard ard to sanitary and health giving conditions He can afford afford af af- af- af ford tord to prepare himself better for his work In short the key to the whole problem lem lam lies Ites In tho tIle character and quality of ot tho the teacher If It ho he Is the right sort ho can convert those that control the school finances to the tho Idea that the pupils ou ought ht to have their health con con- served He can Influence his so 80 th that t it ft will want what Is iii proper and und best Ho lie can work revolution ro where all nil was sas stagnation and once Work ork for tor Officers Officer Another Important phase of ot the question ques ques- tion In hand is tho the appointment of competent com corn and anti energetic township or count county health officers and medical ox- ox miners Give such officials sufficient power and they will accomplish wonders won won- ders In oven even tho the slowest communities It is true that t the they will sill meet much opposition opposition op op- op- op position from people that think tho the old wa way Is good enough However a ft health officer with a 0 stout heart arid l tho the wisdom that comes come from the desire to do tho the right thing for tho the coming generations will attain his ends In some somo Wl way Such an officer backed u uby up by a teacher that also knows know tho truth and wants to see sec It exemplified In the tho manner of or living of or the children In his chirco will II he la to to ride over all objection and finally enlist In the trio cause oven even tho the folks that were wele tho the surest tho the cranks w were rJ going to ruin tho the school The third great clement In the rural school problem lcm Is 1101 an Intelligent public Interest that wants tho the host boat With these three In an any rural community as aa aswell well as ns In an any urban community every problem of or school hygiene willbe will willbe willbe be promptly solved I 01 ved That bettor time Is coming when no pupil will be compelled to sit for tor five or six hours per day Y In r po poorly ventilated venti vonti- unevenly enl heated improperly kept school buildings when eVer every ever pupil will have o the conditions surrounding lum hm and nud hi his physical condition examined periodically b by exports when whon ov every r teacher will bo be full fully alive and antI full fully Informed as to o what his school chool to ho bo In fn a hygienic wa way when the public pub pub- tic lie at nt largo large will vili demand the best and rind got get tho the best whon when all will IIi full fully realize that the world of ot tomorrow will be he what we mako make out of ot the tho children of tod today o That Is ts a dream but it will be realized realised T T. W W. Galloway 3 of James Milliken university Decatur Ill was unable to tobe tobe tobe be present arid and his paper was road l hy by y yAnna Anna I Jenkins secretary of ot tho the de de- de- de The paper outlined some of or orthe the problems Tact mot b by te teachers che in the matter or of teaching sex hygiene byg On S Sex x c Instruction The discussion Included three points The meaning meaning- and content of ot sox sex education education education edu edu- cation tho the need of it and tho the promise It offers of improving conditions and I the tho limitations both transient and permanent that are aro upon it 1 Tho The Scope of Se Sex Instruction Those who are aro advocating that our children shall be bo educated in fn respect to tho the basal facts of sox sex sa mean b by this more than such pathological DI facts as Social Impurity private ate and public prostitution the diseases and death that come to innocent women omen and children through the indulgences of men and the other personal and social Ills that reformers ere are trying to meet This rather means such clean clenn and reliable knowledge and training as aswill aswill will enable the tho boys or girls step b by stop step not merely to escape mistakes and pitfalls but to avail a themselves of or all tho the constructive o and Inspiring facts of ot s sex x and Its mental and spiritual spiritual spirit spirit- ual ial contributions to full and normal I Ii life i f to The Tho greater reater e educational meanings of r sex do not belon belong to the tho perversions and pathological phenomena Its constructive cont constructive con con- t possibilities s lie Ho chIen chiefly about manliness womanliness purity chivalry chiv chiv- alry airy love marriage family Dar parent parent- nt- nt I hood parental care and all the higher I Individual social moral and religious impulses and Ideals that have arisen arlson because of ot sex ex in tho the his history tor of at human development c Reform Deform Not ot Main Ides Idea The Idea in sex instruction Is not so much reform as asT as the tho sane sano use of or a 0 most vital series sarles of Influential facts eo so that thc they may be bc consciously di directed directed directed di- di to constructive e ends rathor rather than bo ho allowed through neglect to work havoc in fn character 2 The Tho Need and Promise of ot Sex In In- In Tho The urgent need of or instruction lies In the social dangers of ot modern society to 2 Ignorance Inexperience p C or raisin raisin- I I v v in UI uie ILI strength of oC the downward pull through h tho tue commercialization of or lust and vice In the fact that vulgar and vicious Interpretations of or the tho meaning and and place of sex ar are running from youth t to youth concurrently with our efforts to educate sanely in iii the consequent necessity of ot establishing internal In Inhibitions inhibitions In- In that will aid external im Ira- demands of or sex sox Impulses in youth Ignorance e Not ot Solution The e Vao promise v. v In sex aex sex instruction al arises aries es vu mo met inai ignorance or falso Information about fundamental things has never solved sol the tho question Tho The order of ot the universe puts a premium I on knowledge on on real sound ade ade- adequate quate ciliate knowledge In other words there thero is ts a positive though not a a. com corn correlation between knowledge and conduct Everything else being equal tho the person who knows right Is i more likely to do right than one who docs does not know 3 Tho The Limitations of or Sex Instruction tic tion n Tho The pre preceding statement suggests |