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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - Education
 

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Page 26 - The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health ; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured brain.
Page 26 - Rooms that have been occupied by consumptives should be thoroughly cleaned, scrubbed, whitewashed, painted, or papered before they are again occupied. Carpets, rugs, bedding, etc., from rooms which have been occupied by consumptives, should be disinfected.
Page 24 - It proposes to co-operate with the states in encouraging instruction in agriculture, the trades and industries, and home economics in secondary schools; in preparing teachers for these vocational courses in state colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts; in maintaining instruction in these vocational subjects in state normal schools...
Page 59 - It shall be unlawful for any person having the care or custody of any child willfully to cause or permit the life of such child to be endangered, or the health of such child to be injured, or willfully to cause or permit such child to be placed in such a situation that its life or health may be endangered * * * or in any other manner injure such child.
Page 49 - ... may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either directly or through a dealer, or, in the case of an association publication, from the secretary of the issuing organization.
Page 24 - Is the pupil frequently subject to "colds in the head" and discharges from the nose and throat? 9. Is the pupil an habitual "mouth breather?" If an affirmative answer is found to any of these questions, the pupil should be given a printed card of warning to be handed to the parent, which should read something like this : CARD OF WARNING TO PARENTS.
Page 20 - Fully 30 per cent, of the men and 10 per cent, of the women admitted to the State Hospitals are suffering from conditions due directly or indirectly to alcohol.
Page 24 - Resolved, That it is the sense of the American Medical Association that measures be taken by boards of health, boards of education and school authorities, and, where possible, legislation be secured, looking to the examination of the eyes and ears of all school children, that disease in its incipiency may be discovered and corrected.
Page 25 - That such youth if they have been granted age and schooling certificates and are regularly employed, shall be required to attend school not to exceed eight hours a week between the hours of...
Page 33 - The question which does confront us, the one which some milliners ask, is whether apprenticeship in a millinery workroom does not give the child a better equipment than the training which a trade school could offer? A survey of the situation leads to the conclusion that the present system of apprenticeship leaves much to be desired from the point of view of the prospective learner. Even with the minimum age limit at 16, as is the case in most millinery shops, there seems to be maladjustment and waste....

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