Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

204 of dark or loud; sometimes it will be double or multiple, as it is in the use of the word large, which has a meaning in terms of the muscular sense and of that of sight; and sometimes the classification will be difficult or even impossible because of the composite or abstract nature of the qualifying word or clause. THE suggestion is of a method for obtaining only tentative conclusions, to be confirmed or disproved by actual experience. The reader can make a test of it Visual Education for himself in a few minutes by examining any item of news in the daily press, such as, for example, an account of the ceremonies at the burial of President Harding. By doing so he will take the first step in finding what sense impressions are relied upon by writers to correct and make complete the vague impressions given by the simple use of subjects, verbs, and objects. The results obtained will contain hints as to what medium may best be substituted for words, if a substitution is to be made. American Education Week IN CO-OPERATION with the American Legion and the National Education Association, the United States Bureau of Education will promote a fourth national week for education in 1923. American Education Week will be observed this year during the week preceding Thanksgiving — November 18 to 24, inclusive — instead of the first week in December as formerly. It has been estimated that last year's campaign reached 50,000,000 people, and it is hoped that this year the press, the church, national organizations of all types, men's and women's clubs, motion picture producers, distributors and exhibitors, and the general public will join forces to make American Education Week the outstanding success it deserves to be. Among the phases of education which it is generally agreed require emphasis from a national standpoint are Americanization; patriotism ; better trained and better paid teachers ; more adequately equipped buildings ; eradication of illiteracy ; improvement of rural schools ; physical education and hygiene. In order to give these phases of education prominence in the observance of American Education Week, certain days have been designated for calling particular attention to them. Sunday, November 18, is to be observed as God and Country Day; Monday, November 19, American Constitution Day; Tuesday, November 20, Patriotism Day; Wednesday, November 21, School and Teacher Day; Thursday, November 22, Illiteracy Day; Friday, November 23, Community Day; Saturday, November . 24, Physical Education Day. Every effort should be made, on the part of those interested in the great business of education, to bring this campaign into every American home and every American life. Program of Child Hygiene Section, American Public Health Association OF SPECIAL interest to teachers, school physicians and nurses will be the Child Hygiene meetings to be held during the annual convention of the American Public Health Association, at Boston, October 8-11. In addition to papers and discussions dealing with various phases of school health work, there will be exhibits of various kinds of school health work in the school system of Boston and its suburbs. Superintendents and principals are urged to call this program to the attention of school doctors, nurses and those teachers who are particularly interested in health education. Tuesday A. M., October 9 The Teacher's Part in Health Education — Miss Maude A. Brown. Standardization of School Medical Inspection— Dr. Carl E. Buck, Epidemiologist, City Department of Health, Detroit, Mich. The Growth of Children— Dr. Wm. T. Porter, Professor cf Comparative Physiology, Harvard Medical School. Report of the Committee on Health Problems in Education — C. E. Turner, Associate Professor of Biology and Public Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wednesday P. M., October 10 Health Standards for Schcolhouse Construction and Sanitation — Louis I. Harris, Director Bureau of Preventable Diseases, New York City Department of Health. The Place of Mental Hygiene in the School Program — W. L. Treadway, Surgeon, U, S. Public Health Service. Some Phases of Nutrition Work — Alice Blood, Director School of Household Economics, Simmons College, Boston. Thursday A. M., October 11 The Surgical Problems and Convalescent Treatment of Crippled Children — R. G. Osgood, Boston, Mass. The Crippled Child as a Public Health Nursing Problem — Edna Foley, Supt. Visiting Nurse Association, Chicago. Breast Feeding from a Public Health Standpoint— Dr. E. J. Huennkens, Director Infant Work, Minneapolis Infant Welfare Society. The Virginia Plan for Health Education and Physical Training in Schools — Dr. Mary R. Brydon, Director Bureau of Child Welfare, State Board of Health, Richmond, Va.