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We ha\ e fifty- five of the best young Heifers and Steers procurable, having recently recently bought 19 steers and 6 heifers from Mr. Frank Symons. When we say BEST stock, our judgment is a safe guarantee. These cattle are for our own use, so our customers will have the best quality, largest variety and handled in the most sanitary manner. ' . We also carry an assortment of Cooked Meats, Smoke Meats, all kinds of fresh meats, pure home rendered lard, home made sausage and poultry. Your liberal patronage thankfully received and solicit a continuance continuance of the ^ame. C. M. Cawker & Son PURVEYORS Victoria Building, Bowmanville MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. Partial Report of an Address Given by Dr. B. J. Hazlewood to Bowmanville Bowmanville Women's Institute. Medical Inspection of Schools is a subject subject in which I have been very much in terested for years and one in which all medical men should take a great interest. Our town school have been rather sfow in adopting modern methods. I have been a member of the Bowmanville Public School Bourd for a number of years and have often thought of bringing the matter of Medical Inspection before the board but being a medical man have felt a certain certain sense of delicacy in approaching the subject. The welfare of the individual and the general good of society are contingent upon the efficiency of the education imparted to the children in the Public Schools. To take advantage of such opportunities, children must be physically and mentally equipped. The age of our race between six and fifteen years, that is the age of development, is one in which the subsequent subsequent physical and mental welfare is largely predetermined, though the child's life be fairly safe, his future still lies largely largely in the hands of his parents, his environment, environment, his teacher and his physician. Are injuries to the health of the child also harmful to his mind, will he pass through his school days thus physically handicapped and emerge possessing the same knowledge and mental faculty as hi^$ more vigorous brother ? Certainly not. The physical basis of mental defect, in a great measure, becomes more and more evident as our investigations increase in accuracy. Backward and sub normal children approach so nearly the ordinary child that the connection between physical physical defect - and brain defect is often not demonstrable at all in individual cases. In these the acting influences are of minor degree, poor eye sight, deficient hearing and poor nutrition. We may assume that the rule of a sound mind in a sound body is a natural law, and so reason that it operates in these cases, or by a study of a large series of cases, draw positive original original conclusions from this very class itself. This latter is worth proving if it be possible possible to do so. We will look for a few moments at the results of the investigations in the Schools ot New York and Boston and in other cities and towns, where complete records have been kept for years. "In all large cities backward pupils are placed in what they call "Ungraded Classes." Classes." These classes are composed of children children who have failed to keep up with the work of the lower grades. They are grouped in small classes and given chiefly individual work." I will quote from the Massachusetts Health Report of April 1907, "Of 43 girls in the so called ungraded ungraded classes in one school, but 2 were found to be normal in vision and hearing.- Of 66 boys in another school 64°[ a were found defective in vision and hearing, while in the rest of the school of 473 boys, 36/0 were detective." In another school, boys and girls, of 40 children in ungraded class- ? I 4 I 1 I' I I be remedied but the condition may be greatly improved by having that-ehild placed in an ungraded class under a spec Tally trained teacher who can give the child more "individual attention. In all of our cities and some of our towns this is being done and the results have been very gratifying, they are two fold. The defective defective child leaves school very much better equipped as does the normal child also. The normal child receiving his due share of the instruction which formerly went to the defective^ child. The causes producing apparent backwardness backwardness are largely removable by proper medical care and by improvement in the childs sürfounûings. This would lead us to hope that a child placed in more favorable favorable surroundings and perhaps fitted with proper glasses or cured of deafness, is enabled enabled to resume his normal, mental development development and cease - to be a backward child. This is usually the case, but mark yoù, not always so. A youthful brain arrested arrested too long in its development may suffer permanent injury. We may ulti- mately give it its opportunity but- the lack of early exercise has resulted in a permanent permanent weakness. Theretore a child originally apparently backward r^ay"become truly- backward. What then are 1 ' the cuuses of apparent backwardness, I will enumerate a few (1) A child may,have a slower rate of mental development or an uneven rate of development development due to no physical defect. This condition will right itself. (2) Lesser defects of eyesight and hearing. hearing. Aneamia, and malnutütion due to poverty, poverty, too rapid growth, illness, or bad teeth leading to impaired digestion. ' (4) Adenoids and enlarged or diseased tonsils, these act by producing deafness and poor nutrition and possibly by inducing inducing a sluggish, circulation in the brain. . (5) Spoiled, unhappy and neglected children, improper home training, leading to the acquiring of careless habits of thought and general lack of ambition. The remedy of all these conditions is self evident but without a proper medical Inspection of our Schools how can the conditions be brougt fully to the attention attention of the parents ? We have tried to place before you some facts as the conditions in our schools today to show you -the importance of giving giving the child a good start in life. We have named some of the causes hampering an all too large percentage of our children, children, and we feel that the first step toward the remedying of the cçndition is the Medical inspection of our own Schools. I might take up more of your time by showing you how in a systematic inspection inspection of the school children, acute and contagious contagious diseases would be recognized and epidemics controlled but I think you all recognize the great importance of the early recognition of acute conditions. It is to the less known and understood causes of backwardness that I have tried to draw your attention. The remedy of this condition condition is evidently a thorough and complete complete inspection of our schools. To give you some idea of the ideal method of inspection inspection I will quote you from the regulations regulations of the city of Wiesbaden, whose regulations regulations are considered by authorities to be an excellent model. •'The school doctors have to examine the newly admitted scholars thoroughly in regard to their physical condition and their state of health. In order to determine determine whether they need permanent medical medical oversight or special consideration in the imparting of instruction, such as gymnastics gymnastics and singing, or restriction in the instruction given to them, the allotment given to Them of special seats on account of defective sight or hearing, etc." This examination has to extend to the heart, lungs, the higher air passages, the Spinal cord, the skin, eyes, ears, mouth, the nose, and the case of boys, to abdomen. The result is recorded in a certificate, which is followed up as the child advances in the school. Supplementary observations as to its physical development or defects being being entered as often as necessary. Twice a year the height and weight of each child are taken by the teacher, with measurement measurement of the chest by the school doctor whenever desirable. The health certificate certificate of children who need regular oversight oversight are endorsed to that effect, and these children must be presented for special observation observation whenever the school doctor visits the classes to which they belong. Further a thorough examination of all children is made in their third, fifth and eighth school years. In accordance with the observations made the school doctor advises the head teacher as to physical pecularities which need to be considered in school work, where maladies are found which require medical attention, the parents are advised direct, but a school doctor may not professionally professionally attend a child upon whom he reports at school. The school doctor watches over the school life of every child. In some German cities and school doctor not only advises regarding health during school life, but, if i equested by the par ents, gives advice as to the career or oc- es 6;°/ were "defective in vision and hear- 1 - -- • - . u ,,, ing while of the remaining 707 children cupation for the pupil on leaving school.^ , Jj were defective. That the physically This method is ideal and we do not defective among ordinary school children hope to be able to adopt so thorough an show^ub-normal mentality is capable of inspection of our schools asthisatfirst demonstration. The average term mark 1 but I think that its high time that we rn THE WEST END HOUSE Now is a We have prepared for this time and have a beautiful and well assorted stock ot all kinds of Curtains, Scrims, Muslins, Carpets, Ruffs, Mats, Matting, Oilcloth and Linoleum, suitable for any room in the cottage. 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Table napkins, good size and quality! nice variety of patterns, Friday and Saturday Saturday 10c each - 10 doz better quality, special at 14c each. :b: £ I I vL I 8 1 Store closed Wednesdays at 12.30 o'clock, during June, July and August McMurtry& Co. Ltd. The Big Departmental Store Phôné 83 Bowmanville mym ! Best varieties for ensilage and silo purposes. Very choice quality;, Also good feed corn for poultry or stock for sale at Hampton Mill. . Phone 129 r 6. Horn, HAMPTON. BEE-KEEPERS' FIELD DAY. A qualified apiary instructor sent by the Ontario Dept, of Agriculture will give a practical demonstration on the care and treatment of bees at the apiary of Mr. J. W. Sparling, Manvers Rd., Bowmanville, Tuesday, June 9th, at 1.30 p.m. AU interested interested in this subject will be made welcome. welcome. Bring a bee veil. , Auto for Hire of the whole school was first obtained by adding the term marks of all the children I together and dividing by the number of I children. In Claghorn School in Boston, this was 73%- The records of the children children were then - divided into two collections, collections, one of the healthy or normal children children and the other of the general group I showing some note worthy physical defect. defect. 1 he average term mark was then calculated for each group separately and j and the two compared, first with each and then with the term mark of all the children previously calculated. The re- 1 suits showed that in each class and in each i individual branch of study in each class, the healthy children stood higher than the average 'children and the physical defect- ! ives, taken as a class, stood lower than the average children.'The 252 pupils I showed an average of 73-1%; ° f thls j number 179 were normal, their average was 74.s%, 73 were defective and they 1 showed an average scholarship of 7%- The conclusions to be drawn from the I foregoing facts are very apparent. The Educational result in our Public Schools I suffers a decrease of about 6% in the case I of the physically- defective children as well as a waste of the time rightfully be- I longing to the normal children. The I drain on the teacher's energies is more than - proportionately increased, by the e 1 should at least get some system inaugurated. inaugurated. Ladies, you have taken the first step m this matter, allow me to congratulate you on your progressiveness and to say in closing that I hope you will not let this matter drop. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Congratulations to Miss Edna E. Staples and Mr. Robert F.Trewin. former students of Bowmanville High School on _ passing their exams at Faculty of Education, Toronto, Toronto, obtaining Interim first-class certificates. certificates. Miss Staples also obtained Interim High School Assistant's certificate. The examination for entrance to High Schools will be held in this district on June 17, 18, 19, commencing at 1.30 p.m. This district includes the following centres centres : Bowmanville, Blackstock, and Solina. In Bowmanville the examination will be conducted in the High School building. Miss B. M. Pugsley, who has been teacher teacher of classics and history for the past two years, has tendered her resignation to take effect at the end of this term. She expects to continue her studies abroad in England and France during the next She has been a most effi Free Advice on Foot Ailments No need to suffer any longer. Come in and see G. Greenwood the Toronto Foot Specialist, who will give free advice and demonstrations on all foot ailments. At our store* When requiring the services of an auto send us your order. Rent by the hour or day. Terms right. Leave orders at Coleys Barber Shop, one door east of Bowman House. Arthur Cole, Bowmanville Proprietor year or two. -- - ... tnan - proportion» tci* . cient teacher, and all connected with the oresence of such children because of their school regret very much that she is leav- associated nervousness or stupidity. ing. Not only in school work but m Defective or backward children may be everymovement.n --b°n jrrh^e faculty the ttuly backward child we may look fori wish tier success and enjoyment the cause in the brain itsely. This cannot 1 graduate work. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday June 8th, 9th, 10th He will demonstrate Scholl's Foot- Eazers, appliances and remedies for the correction of all foot-ills or deformities. No charge-no obligation to buy. An opportunity opportunity that every foot sufferer should seize, as it may never be offered again. Come and Bring Your Friends to Parlor Boot Shop FRED. R. FOLEY Bowmanville 1 life Sen*