Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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PHYSICAL CULTURE. The College owns 311 admirably lighted, W611 heated tunity for healthful exercise. On the beautiful lawns, . . . a . t a ' l ' 'n to and thoroughly ventilated gymnasmm. It is fully sup- games as croquet, tennis, etc. can be mdu ged 1 the young ladies health and great delight. Much out- door exercise at suitable seasons will be required. In fact, we encourage and require all outdoor exerCISe pos- The College campus also presents abundant oppor- sibsle, consistent with good government and work. plied with necessary applianceseweights, bars, rings, clubs, bells, etc., etc. HEALTH! RECORD. It would be hard to find a more healthful location The following is from the United States Health for a school. Our health record is a matter of wonder Bulletin, published in New York, September, 1902. We to all who know it. This Climate is especially beneficial do not know the author, and knew nothing of the article to girls from the South and extreme Northwest. until we saw it in print. SCHOOLS AND HEALTH. During the month of September several hundred thousand of young Americans will leave their homes to attend some institution of learning. How many parents realize just what that phrase-llleave honie,l-means? Few, we fear, really grasp the idea embodiedethe fact that not only are the moral influences of the home life no longer to surround the Child, but that the careful super- vision of their physical welfare with which the parents have guarded their sons and daughters is to give place to another, and, too often, a different state of affairs. Even the most careful parents will neglect to make sure that the hygienic surroundings of their Children in the school are all that they should be. If the curriculum of the school is satisfactory, the corps of teachers made up of well-known educators and the llsocial atmosphere, of the place of a sort that seems desirable for the young man or themselre; or ttAlicef has to ClO How Gite: 'k and liyg'fc-tf school: rift ; the abzl'zjjz'xjj iiig'. the rerfi VX'ho aslqs 3f? It seer; health is c hygienic 9: : for a iiiiiiitig ' ones to a iiig the car: 1 When reflex care is 17;ch 'lhiIC 1. to CNHHFX ' past for to our :'

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One vice is SUICHCiEHt changes would at home. insivc d rcssmg, 16d. Only white heavy wrap or W11 and cap are miform is plain Yhit6 straw hat, 3 party or even- and Schools Of for such pupils 63 Who have EYE. and certiii- '1 w Ml be presented ON THE BI'SINESS DEPARTMENT. SIDE LIGHTS

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beautiful lawns, e indulged in to ght. Much out be required. In oor exercise pos- and work. td States Health mber. 1902. We :ing of the article s to give place to e of affairs. neglect to make their Children in If the curriculum of teachers made i 5:47 atmospherei, Le for the young man or woman, it is the habit of parents to congratulate themselves. upon having found iijust the placeh for itJacki, or itAliceKi If an additional query is made it possibly has to do with the general h-ea'lthfulness of the locality. How often is there any inquiry made into the sanitary and hygienic status of the school? If it is a boarding school, who asks anything about the kitchen except as to the abundance of the food? Who asks about the plumb- ing, the ventilation, and the disposition of the sewerage? Who asks about the water supply? It seems almost beyond belief, in these days when health is concededly dependent upon proper sanitary and hygienic surroundings, that the head of a famly could for a minute lose sight of these matters and send his dear ones to- a place about which he knows nothing concern- ing the care taken to preserve the health of the residents, when reflection will assure him that the most sedulous care is necessary. The United States Health Bulletin has had occasion to examine into this subject quite extensively during the past few months, and if some of the facts that have come to our notice during these investigations were generally known, we believe that prospective patrons would be shocked at the unsanitary and disease-breeding conditions existing at some of the highest priced and most fashion- able schools. These investigations have been made without the instigation of the proprietors and generally without their knowledge, consetjuently they are unbiased and unpres judiced. Among the schools that met with the general ape proval of the experts investigating these matters for us, and which we have no hesitation in reeOmmending to our readers, is the Liberty Ladies College, Liberty, Missouri. We know nothing about the course of study at this school, for it is of no interest to- us, but if the same care is taken with the mental welfare of the pupils as is shown and plainly shown to be taken with the physical, we feel that it deserves the support of parents and the encour- agement of the public. Are the days of Dotheboyis Hall so long past that parents can trust their childreifs future to the care of strangers without the most searching investigations?