Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1950 — Page 14

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3*. ' ISSO

CHECK CHILDS HEALTH BEFORE CLASSES START

Parents Advised to Arrange with Family Doctor for Pre-School Physical Examination

With ■ long and active summer vacation behind th-'m and a season us changeable weather directly ahead children who are scheduled to.go back to-mltooi this tall, should pay a vlalt to the family doctor tor a physical checkup. . Som school* ac tually require annual physical examination*. Otatar* provide for them as a matter of course and-rtf-rhe general interest of public school health. Seasonal health check* for youngsters a* schedul'd with the

family physician by thoughtful i parents, will cover their lungs. I heart*, legs, vision, ears, varte- ■ brae, and if made an annual practice can serve to reveal whether they are growing proparly, whether their weight I* right and also to determine what change* in diet will be beat tor them. These are., the Mfeguard* of the child* health that parent* can and should provide to Insure a sound body that will he belt dr to absorb the train-] ing of mind that 1* the priori pal province of the echoed Teeth Need Attention Similarly the beet time for the annual visit of children to the dentlat 1* before school start* and not after the semes ter begin*. Pre-school dental • examlastion* can forstall »erloua trouble later which may; interrupt attendance at classes Another Important pre-school health check up I* the eye ex- , amination to determine w-heth- ] er Junior s vising fc* up to par., .... Though giaeae* may not always lu necessary, it i» beet to know In advance rather than so won der later about what is respon slide for t.he_child'« Inability to, Blake progress in school. New. attention is l>«iug di-1 reeled also to the importance] ot checking up on the school child's ability to hear clearly. I Usually the child Is the last ' one to know whether ha can hear well or not. yet lack ot j alertness or failure to respond ’ promptly* may bx attributed to! a backward personality when a defect in hearing is really to blame. Better Hearing Crusade tine man who is. attempting to do something about remedying whar appear* to T> an in i cteasing problem of hearing, is, l»r. Irving i Schachtel. pre*!- . dent of a'company that maun tai tore* hearing aids... though 1 what he call* his "crusade' - -may not help sell his product. j believing that many children Buffering from impairment of. — hearing could he rehabilitated i It their plight was discovered. 1 Dr Schachtel 1* urging that more' widespread and more careful examinations be made j Comparatively simple portable ! equipment ba* been -devised > for this purpose. . To Provide Bost % In dim uaaing what parent* can bast provide tor their hack toschool c-MMrep, Ml** Frank lilt emphasise* attention to health, needs, adequate breakfast* and practical clotihng. “But even more to Ire atraaaed," sayk" Mis* Franklin. "i* that parent* endeavor to give their children the proper emotional attitude." Home Environment To attain this, she points out the necessity for a loving and happy home environment. Mita Franklin suggest*, that the parent. In order to have the healthiest attitude and a* com plete an understanding as po»-1 albloiovrard the back-to-*chool . child be active* in PTA group*. ; attend school forum* and read ! Ih- many books now available j —or thia vital aubp'ct •-x ] EDUCATIONAL MOVIES Government agencies Jtave film* for visual education of children and adult* covering aspect* of subjects ranging ‘

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] LOOKING FORWARD toward ‘ healthier vision la what the •cbool lad ■ *hewn above l*doing so intently.'*?* remind per enla that th* *y«* of their •chool children should be tested before going back to school

DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL F reshmen i Adventures Til Reading — ROM and Thompson Third edition i English First Course — Stoddard. Hailey McPherson Building Citiaen-hip Hughes Algebra I Welchon and Krick , enberger < Modern Biology—-Moon. Mann . and Otto Sophomore* j Adventure* in Appreciation , —f’ook. MWet Loban, Third edition Harcourt 1 English Second Course Stod 1 dard. Bailey. McPherson American Book Company. Latin for Americana (First Book! by Cilptan and Henry Plane Geomec^* 7 '* Welchon and i - Kricketiberger, Junior* ; Adventure* in American Literature Inglis. Cooper. Oppen- , heltuer. Benet. 1 American History -Riegel and Haugh Algebra 11 Schorling, Clark, Smith. Latin for Americans (Second Book) by Ullman and Henry I Simplified Shorthand, (Gregg). Senior* llome Ex Hl—The Girl and her Home by Trilling and Nicholas New World of Chemistry—Jaffe Solid Geometry—Welchon and Krlckenberger Civic*—Walker. Reacher. Jamison Gregg Shorthand (Functional Method. Book II) Gregg Shorthand Speed Building John R. Gregg Adventure* in English Literature. Sister M. Agnes. C.S A.. — Principal. TEN TIME* MORE Anticipated enrollment* in , high school* are expected to be just short of ten time* what I tlir- cnrollment wa* at the beKinnlng of the -century. Total for I*so is now estimated at more than 5.000.000. from Agriculture to'lhe United I Nations. . i .

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HEARING TESTE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN aimed ata treating development of handicap* that may become seriou* tater are now poaalble a* (bown above with new lightweight equipment called the Sonoton* *creening audiometer, which can be uaed in cl***room or ttudy hall.