Eyesight and school life . rom aproper direction. It may be mentioned that this^teacher was well aware of the importance ofproperly directed light, and in all the class-rooms,of which three are illustrated in the photographs,did the light fall correctly. If all the or Private, were so well looked after inthese respects as was that just noticed, less wouldhave to be written on School Hygiene and theEyesight question. From an oculists point of view there aredistinct advantages in the vertical method ofwriting. The eyes are directed straight to the copy,whilst in the sloping method
Eyesight and school life . rom aproper direction. It may be mentioned that this^teacher was well aware of the importance ofproperly directed light, and in all the class-rooms,of which three are illustrated in the photographs,did the light fall correctly. If all the or Private, were so well looked after inthese respects as was that just noticed, less wouldhave to be written on School Hygiene and theEyesight question. From an oculists point of view there aredistinct advantages in the vertical method ofwriting. The eyes are directed straight to the copy,whilst in the sloping method there was a greattendency for a pupil to assume a slanting look withhis eyes; this is represented in the photographs[Figs. 10 and 11, p. 35). Stooping also will be lessliable to occur, and it will be easier for the scholarto keep at a proper distance from the book. Thewhole subject of upright writing has been veryfully dealt with by Mr. Jackson, and his recentlypublished work on the Theory of Handwriting SCHOOL LIFE. 47 tc. EYESIGHT AND SCHOOL LIFE. 49 contains much that is most interesting andvaluable. He has two capital illustrations—a front and back view—of the postures assumed inthe slanting and vertical methods of writing. Byhis kind permission I am enabled to insert them{Figs. 14 and 15, pages 51 and 53). They will beseen to show well the two points just beforealluded to, viz., that the eyes are directed straight tothe book, and that the method minimises author quotes at length a lecture deliveredby Schubert at Nuremburg on perpendicularwriting in schools. It contains most interestinginformation on the subject. The followingquotation as to the position with this method andwith the slanting plan is all our space will allow ofgiving: In the beginning the children all sitstraight. To the specialist even at the outset thestraight posture of the vertical writing childrenis remarkable; the others lose this fine erectposture at the first stroke which they makeo
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