McKinley Junior High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Y T.YTTYYY1mTTY ?!Y THE HEALTHY CITIZEN ,UR one ambition is to live up to the calling of every citi- ' f ijx 5 zen of our country, so that we may serve it in the best possible way and give all we have for the future of our Si . nation. In order to be able to serve our country best, in order to live a longer and better life for the -nation, we must possess one essential requirement, HEALTH. In order to have health, our physical, men- tal, and moral natures must be in such a condition that all functions are normally developed and work in harmony. Realizing that in order to have the best results we must be healthy citizens, the school is accomplishing this by the work of its Health Education Program, which includes the Physical Education Depart- ment, the Medical Department, the Remedial Physical Education De- partment, the Department of Hygiene and Sanitation, and the nu- trition classes. These various departments work to develop our physical, mental and moral natures. The first quality of Health is the development of our physical na- ture. No one can be healthy and remain healthy without paying constant attention to his physical well-being. This is especially true of the inactive life in the classroom, which tends to decrease the strength of our muscles, thus aitecting our blood circulation and digestive processes, which in turn affects our mental and moral con- ditions. Therefore, the Physical Education Department by a well- halanced and scientiiically worked out program of the various ex- ercises and games te-nds to make one's muscles stronger, at the same time bettering the whole system. For those who have some defect or other, the Health Education Program offers special courses which tend to correct these defects, thus bringing one 'back to normal. This course is called corrective gymnastics. There are also nutrition classes for the underweight pupils. At the same time all the children are kept under the eye of the Medical Department. ln this department is a doctor who gives the children the proper medical attention. This doctor also prescribes the amount of work a child may do if he is restricted for some rea- song corrects any organic defects, and in general supervises the health of the children. The Hygiene section of the Health Education Department tends to create correct habits of living, so that the children may practice at home what they learn in school. The second quality of Health is the development of one's mental L L XLLLLITLLHLLLLLLLLLL

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