Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . OPEN AIR SCHOOLS THE INFLUENCE OF OPEN-AIR AND LOW-TEMPERATURE SCHOOL-ROOMS ON THE MENTAL ALERTNESS AND SCHOLARSHIP OFPUPILS. By Frank G. Brunei-, Ph. D., Assistant Director, Department of Child Study andEducational Research, Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois. LESS than ten years ago a discussion of the topic of theopen-air schoolroom would have been impossible, for thesimple reason that aside from an isolated experiment at Char-lottenberg, in Germany, seven years ago, there existed nomaterial upon which to base it. The idea of


Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . OPEN AIR SCHOOLS THE INFLUENCE OF OPEN-AIR AND LOW-TEMPERATURE SCHOOL-ROOMS ON THE MENTAL ALERTNESS AND SCHOLARSHIP OFPUPILS. By Frank G. Brunei-, Ph. D., Assistant Director, Department of Child Study andEducational Research, Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois. LESS than ten years ago a discussion of the topic of theopen-air schoolroom would have been impossible, for thesimple reason that aside from an isolated experiment at Char-lottenberg, in Germany, seven years ago, there existed nomaterial upon which to base it. The idea of placing childrenfor teaching purposes under low-temperature conditions or inthe open air is distinctively new. It marks a change in em-phasis, in consideration of the childs and youths education,from an almost exclusive regard for his mental equipment toa concern for his more comprehensive needs—the whole childin all of his relations. Yet many of us permit ourselves still 278 OPEN AIR SCHOOLS to be misled by the belief that education is a dual or multipleproc


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