Health and the school; a round table . e-cution of state wide investigation of the problems of hy-giene. The public schools were to serve as laboratoriesfor the study of child hygiene; the normal schools wereto train their students in educational hygiene; and thestate university was to ofifer training for experts in hy-giene. The bill was splendidly conceived for uniting all theeducational forces in the state for a sound and effectivehealth program. It was warmly hailed by people who COOPERATION WITH PARENTS understood its promise of welfare for the next genera-tion, but, nevertheless, it met
Health and the school; a round table . e-cution of state wide investigation of the problems of hy-giene. The public schools were to serve as laboratoriesfor the study of child hygiene; the normal schools wereto train their students in educational hygiene; and thestate university was to ofifer training for experts in hy-giene. The bill was splendidly conceived for uniting all theeducational forces in the state for a sound and effectivehealth program. It was warmly hailed by people who COOPERATION WITH PARENTS understood its promise of welfare for the next genera-tion, but, nevertheless, it met defeat without ever beingbrought to a vote in the House. So loud was the popu-lar clamor against it that the assembly committee towhich it had been referred felt obliged to smother it. Mr. Young.—The popular clamor against such a valu-able measure can only be accounted for in one way. Thepeople did not understand its significance and defeat of that bill emphasizes the lesson that many ^OICNOEin) Location ofAdenoids SHOWN X. Adenoids cause mouih- breaihiirg. ?) \;p^ freouentcolds, i\yA^^^^^^^ and deformilv of Ihejaw and chesh TTiev induce slupidilv and c^ko^siunt mental ahd physical grovlh. DONT LET ^O HANDICAPPEX1>. Removal of Adenoids15 a simple and brief operation. GIVE. YOUR CHILDA CHANCE TO BRJE-ATHE PARENTS WILL HELP WHEN THEY KNOW HOW. Such graphic appeals as these will go far toward enlisting the in-telligent and active support of parents in a constructive programof child hygiene. From the Weekly Bulletin of Sanitary In-struction published by the Chicago Department of Health. 82 HEALTH AND THE SCHOOL reformers are slow to learn. It is useless for legislationto attempt to outrun public opinion. That same bill orone equally sweeping will yet pass in California, as inall our other states, but not till we get enough votersenlisted for it. Dr. Latta.—This work of enlistment is going stead-ily forward under the leadership of able officials who ar
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