Woodford County School Bulletin PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...M. Smith. Discussion. 11;30--Uses of the Lantern in High School--B. R. Morris. 2:20--Round Table Discussion--Problems inHigh School Discipline. 3:00--Meeting of High School Literary and Athletic ' Association. It is hoped that every High School teacher in the county will be present., Health Supervision in Rural Schools. Health work in rural schools presents some problems entirely different from those fomnl in large villages and in cities. Rural schools are, with only a few exceptions, entirely unprovided with health supervision of any nature. Yet these are the very places most in need of it. In the larger centers competent doctors are available, and in the cities free medical and dental clinics may always be found, but in the country medical and dental attention is often diflicult to obtain. Again, people in the country are little inclined to seek aid from physicians or dentists, simply because they have not yet been educated to do so except in serious cases. It therefore happens that children of the rural schools are There is also a common impression that country children are naturally more vigorous than city children. This ought to be true, but unfortunately it is not. In general, food is not as well prepared in the country as it is in the city; the available variety is smaller; the houses and schools are less well ventilated, overheating in winter is common; tuberculosis is not so well understood and the chances for "house infection" are therefore greater; and general public sanitation is almost without exception neglected in the country. Children in the country are more exposed to unfavorable weather conditions than are city children. They often walk long distances in extreme heat, cold, or wet; and sit in school with damp...