The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . invision or hearing is reflected strongly in posture, as shown in thealmost inevitable protrusion forward of the head in such adds another to the many arguments for attention to thesepoints of school hygiene and for seating pupils according to powersof sight and hearing, that the strain may be minimized. With perfectly adjusted furniture there stiU remains the neces-sity for cultivating habits of correct sitting. This should bewith the buttocks pushed back in the seat as far as pos
The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . invision or hearing is reflected strongly in posture, as shown in thealmost inevitable protrusion forward of the head in such adds another to the many arguments for attention to thesepoints of school hygiene and for seating pupils according to powersof sight and hearing, that the strain may be minimized. With perfectly adjusted furniture there stiU remains the neces-sity for cultivating habits of correct sitting. This should bewith the buttocks pushed back in the seat as far as possible;with this preliminary, the child can then lean back to rest the 1 If the pupil has to bend forward to work, the desk should be slightly higher. THE SCHOOL HYGIENE OF POSTURE 257 shoulders without inducing any fault of posture, if the furniturebe shaped to admit of this. Unfortunately it is well nigh impos-sible to find such furniture. The Boston model comes nearest toit. Figure 100 shows a temporarily good position in the ordinaryschool furniture. In this position a child can sit upright at. Fig. 99. —a grammar school boy in a primary school seat. intervals without fatigue. The essential value of this sittmgposition is that it places the pelvis in its natural relation tothe spine, so that the latter is not forced into unnatural position of the hands and arms when sitting at attentionai-e of much importance. The best position is with the handsresting naturally in the lap or on the seat at the sides. If for 258 THE POSTURE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN disciplinary reasons the hands should be in sight, they should beclasped on the edge of the desk, as near to the body as possible,that the shoulders may not be drawn forward, or the chestnarrowed by stretching the arms forward.
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