School hygiene / by Robert A. Lyster.

  • Robert Arthur Lyster
Date:
W.B. Clive, University Tutorial Press,
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    an underfed liorse to work. Another source of waste and the caiise of much mental injury is the forced teaching of unsuitable subjects. As an illustration the regulations of the Board of Education which made Physiography a compulsory subject for girl pupil teachers may be men- tioned. The feminine mind is usually not attracted by svich a science, and all who have had experience in teaching pupil teachers will agree that the subject is greatly dis- liked, and that the whole of such crammed knowledge quickly disappears when the examination is over. The substitution of Physiology and Hygiene for Physiography would be very popular with the students, and would result in a large percentage of the girls continuing their studies in these most importvint subjects when they were no longer pupil teachers. In a short time there would be no lack of well qualified teachers for the systematic teaching of th« principles of hygiene in our elementary schools. Prom all sides the Board of Education is being urged to give proper attention to the health of the children and the subject of physical improvement. Among the recommen- dations of the Eoyal Commission on Physical Training in Scotland is one that says: Education Committees should have the command of medical advice and assistance m the supervision of schools: a systematic record of physical and health statistics should be kept: and a number of medical and sanitary experts should be added to the in- specting staff under the Education Department. Moreover there was recently the important manifesto, so extensively signed by medical men all over the country, urging the Department to develop and organise systematic teaching of temperance and hygiene in all schools. More recently, at a Conference on School Hygiene, organised by the Koyal Sanitary Institute, and held at the University of
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