THE OHEMAWA
AM ERICAN
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4 Follow Dr. Terman, Chapter X, "The Hygiene of the School
Child.”
November
III Cleanliness
1 Aim: to impress the truth that "Cleanliness is Godliness.”
2 Questionary
3 Course:
1 Fifth, contamination and dirt spots, the breeding places of
disease.
2 Cleaning the school room; floors, desks, walls, boards, door
knobs, etc. The pupil must understand why these things are
done. More attention must be given to rendering the things
handled by the students sanitary—they must be told why these
things are done.
3 Methods for cleaning rooms and dormitories.
4 Cleaning grounds and premises. Frequent student inspections
and reports—accompanied by the teacher—would impress the
need for cleanliness.
5 Cleaning the person and the clothing.
6 Dust, flies, mosquitoes—other animals as disease carriers.
7 The cleaning of wells and drinking water; foods, milk, bath
rooms, toilets, grounds, etc.
8 How to clean the hands, head, body, shoes, and other clothing
and the meaning of odors.
9 Frequent quizzes to see whether students are following the
rules.
December
IV Exercise; playgrounds; gymnasium; outings; etc.
I Aim: to lead to, or even enforce, abundant play and exercise.
During suitable weather teachers will go out on the grounds
with the students and aid in rollicing play when possible. The
teacher requires exercise.
"The assimilation of food depends not only on the food it
self and the soundness of the digestive apparatus, but fully as
much upon the influences exerted on metabolism by bodily
activities. The tissues can starve for oxygen in the out-of-
doors, if bodily functions are not stimulated by exercise. In
like manner the child who hugs his books for six or more hours
per day may suffer malnutrition in the midst of abundance.
There is no way for the school to atone for the evil it does
when for a dozen years it assiduously cultivates pernicious
habits of sedentary kinds.” —Terman.
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