The New Spirit . s, even though it is a long colddrive, they reach the school house without cold wet feet. Many a child has a severe coldon account of his having to sit all day with damp feet. The popularity of the auto trucksis putting aside the complaint of many that the drive is long. Besides the practical advancement, a better and fuller course of study handledby an efficient corps of teachers will give instructions not only to the children but also tothe parents as well. There are very few children who will not do enthusiastic work intext book hygiene under a good teacher. Through this in
The New Spirit . s, even though it is a long colddrive, they reach the school house without cold wet feet. Many a child has a severe coldon account of his having to sit all day with damp feet. The popularity of the auto trucksis putting aside the complaint of many that the drive is long. Besides the practical advancement, a better and fuller course of study handledby an efficient corps of teachers will give instructions not only to the children but also tothe parents as well. There are very few children who will not do enthusiastic work intext book hygiene under a good teacher. Through this instruction at school, people atlarge are made more interested in getting rid of the flies, mosquitoes, and other carriersof disease. Comparatively little can be accomplished toward bettering health conditionswithout education of the people; and this work cannot be accomplished with the little oneteacher school as an agent, but it will be comparatively easy when consolidation ofschools win the day. J. H. REEVES. 37. R. D. REYNOLDS Wayne County isolation of tlje 5fagm tn tljpiftigtttte of ©ur Routes N Mississippi there has been much organizedeffort in recent years on the part of physicians,educators, and government experts to improvesanitary conditions. But this work has not been al-together effective. It has not reached the peoplewho need it most, the negroes. The negroes come into our homes as farmhands, laundresses, cooks, and various other kinds ofservants. The large death rate among our negroes,which is from sixty to eighty per cent greater thanthe death rate among our white people, is for us aserious matter for two reasons; first, from a humanestandpoint; second, from the standpoint of self negro as farm hand brings diseases into our home by eating in the kitchenand by playing with the children. His poorly kept premises make insanitary surround-ings for the white family. As a carrier of hook worms, typhoid, or tuberculosis, hisuse of the premises is a sour
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