University of Southern Mississippi - Southerner Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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Ellie ifwlatinu nf lhggirnr in Ihr iKUI'EIlglIl1IlHl5 nf illiiaaizaippi HE hygienic conditions of the rural schools in Mississippi have long been neglectedg but now the time has come when the people are aroused to this responsibility. Almost three centuries ago our rural school system had its birth. During all this time, the peo- ple have believed very much in education. Even though the pioneers have pushed out to occupy new territory, they have never failed to erect school houses. Born as they were in the travail of poverty, a n d nourished not infrequently through sacrifice almost of the very necessities of life, it is no wonder that the rural school served its purpose in those days. D. P. COOLEY Wayne County Since those times, our nation has gone through a marvelous, social and industrial transformation. The time has changed. Hygieneic conditions are beginning to demand the attention of the rural schools of today. Conservation of health should be the first responsibility of the school. The re- lation of a sound and healthy body to success and happiness is so vital that the matter of hygiene constitutes one of the most important problems of education. The last few years have seen an unprecedented interest in hygiene and public health. As a people, we are awaking to the fact that it is possible to live long, more happily and more suc- cessfully by obeying certain simple hygienic laws governing the functions of our bodies. The rural school owes to its pupils and patrons three things: ill to make hygienic conditions in the school itself such that no harm can come to the health or physical well being of the pupils: 125 to remedy such physical defects as are present: CSD so to instruct in the laws of hygiene that the physical habits and standards outside of the school may result in the highest efficiency at home. Medical inspection, lighting, heating, Ventilating, seating, water supply, school buildings and general provisions-all play an important part in the hygienic conditions of the school. Each has a separate duty to fulfill and if not fulfilled, one factor has failed to perform its task. These things should be regarded as the most significant things that we can bring before the people. The schools in Mississippi have been greatly handicapped in securing the proper hygienic conditions, but the last few years have brought and are bringing abouta wonderful change in the practical application of hygiene to the rural school problems. Even though the hygiene of the schools and their surroundings be made perfect, this is not enough. For hygiene must, after all, become a matter of personal standards, and of the demands of the individual for the conditions that favor health and longevity. The above things mentioned will be the chief aims of the rural schools of the future, for they are the most concrete and important in education. Then it remains with us, the workers of the present, to determine when the cause of the rural hygienic condition shall triumph: for triumph it must sooner or later. D. P. COOLEY. 5

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Tlhr ihnrrgenrg liit fm' thv llurzzl Svrhnnl HE emergency kit is an important factor in the rural school equipment. In fact, no school is fully complete without it. Since medical attention is not in reach of every rural school, every possible convenience should be provided in case of emergency or accident. When a serious accident occurs, thewemergency kit is not intended to take the place of calling a physician or surgeon, but may be provided with helpful means of relief until skilled assistance arrives. ALBERT BROWNING There are many ailments and accidents that are common among school children. Such ailments as toothache, earache, insect bites and stings, cuts, bruises, and sprains, that may not be immediately serious, but may become serious and place an effectual check on the school work if neg- lected. The antiseptics furnished by the emergency kit may prevent any serious de- velopment if used intelligently. Every teacher should possess such training as would enable him to apply simple and practical remedies for the minor defects and accidents. The emergency kit can be constructed and furnished at a very small cost. Any man or the school boys can easily make the cabinet. A chest, box, or a shelf, with lock and key, will serve as a cabinet. Then the contents can be supplied. The Hygiene Department of the Mississippi Normal College suggests the fol- lowing emergency kit: . Turpentine C3 or 4 oz.l 2. Bandages 292 in. wide and about 6 yds. longl 3. Several yards of clean white cheese cloth 4. Rubber adhesive plasters QZ. O. plasters on spoolsl 5. Absorbent cotton 6. Soap, towels, and basin or pan 7. Tinct. Iodine C4 oz.D 8. Oil of Cloves ffor toothachel 9. Spirits of Camphor 10. Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia is teaspoonful in water for headache or after faintingl 11. Alcohol Cfor burnsl 12. Boric acid solution 4 per cent. ffor burns and inHamed eyesl 13. Teaspoon and small medicine glass 14. Scissors 15. Pins Cstraight and safetyl 16. Needles and thread 17. Common Sense and Seli-control. ALBERT BROWNING. Holmes County l 4

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EBEIIZIIIIPB :jgiltillll fur Thr mllfill Eliamilg BALANCED ration is one which furnishes the right proportion of each of the required elements of the body. Proteins constitute a A class of food which are tissue building. These are such foods as meats, beans, peas, fish, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese. Carbohydartes, which give heat and energy to the body, are starches and sugars. Fats, which also give heat and energy, are animal and vegetable products. We can readily see that the body needs all X ALMA COX these forms of nourishment. As a general rule, we Neshoba County have enough to satisfy our appetites, and perhaps, we have too much to eat. But does the food we eat furnish what the different parts of the body demand? If we eat carbohydrates only, how are the tissues to be built up? Weak, stunted and diseased bodies are more apt to be due to insufficient and poorly balanced rations than to any other cause. Do you know that imperfect digestion and accumulation of waste products in the body are the cause of nearly three-fourths of all diseases? Pellegra, the disease which has been the cause of so many deaths for the last few years, is caused, scientists tell us, by the lack of a balanced diet. This disease attacks the body which has been long nourished with a small protein and large carbohydrate ration. As a rule foods poor in protein are used because foods rich in proteins are more expensive. But even though protein foods are more expensive, they are cheap when compared with the cost of medicine, of human energy, and human life. A balanced meal does not necessarily mean a costly meal. By spending a little time in planting and working the garden, by canning vegetables and fruits for winter use, and by making use of milk and butter and pfultry products, any one can have a balanced meal all the year round at little cost. The invention of the modern canning machine makes it possible for every housewife to can her own food stuffs. Several families may own one canning machine and in this Way inexpensive and wholesome food may be provided. In the spring of the year the garden can be planted in beans, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, and other vegetables. With these vegetables can be had fresh fruits from the orchard. In the fall, the garden can be planted in turnips and lettuce. By doing these things, the farmer provides for his family not only cheaper rations but balanced rations, the result is less medicine and better health. The following menu for one day makes up a well-balanced inexpensive ration: Breakfast Dinner Beans or Peas with Pork Cornbread Peaches or Baked Apples Stewed Tomatoes Mashed Potatoes Buttermilk Com Meal Mush Cream Lettuce Salad Cooked Dressing Eggs Biscuits Cocoa or Milk Pudding Supper Preserves Bread Rice Milk Butter ALMA COX. 6