The New Spirit . s every time they talk. In one talk, the dentistillustrated the effects of a decayed tooth on the sound teeth next to it by a big soundapple and an apple that had been bruised and was decayed. Such object lessons makehis talks much more interesting to the children. With the apples before them, theyunderstand a great deal better what he is saying about the teeth and can see the reasonfor this decay in the teeth. The members of the Diploma Hygiene Class make engagements and chaperonethese children to the dentists office, where the repair work is done and the teethcleaned; and a


The New Spirit . s every time they talk. In one talk, the dentistillustrated the effects of a decayed tooth on the sound teeth next to it by a big soundapple and an apple that had been bruised and was decayed. Such object lessons makehis talks much more interesting to the children. With the apples before them, theyunderstand a great deal better what he is saying about the teeth and can see the reasonfor this decay in the teeth. The members of the Diploma Hygiene Class make engagements and chaperonethese children to the dentists office, where the repair work is done and the teethcleaned; and a tooth brush is given to each child. The generous co-operation of the Forrest County Dental Society in giving theirservice free of charge to this educational and philanthropic work will bring great re-sults. We student teachers in training at the Normal College get not only valuable in-formation but practical experience in this important branch of health work so sadlyneglected in rural communities. RENA HUGHES. 21. W. E. JOHNSON Smith County 3Ftgljttng JHalarta


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