Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — SCHOOL IS BAD FOR BOYS [ARTICLE]

SCHOOL IS BAD FOR BOYS

Physical Defects Beem to DevelopRapidly In Upper Grades, Board Finds. Orange, N. J.—-Statistics compiled by the high school faculty covering a period of several years seem to show that the average schoolboy deteriorates physically ah he progresses la. the classroom. In the first year of high school for example, the percentage of round shoulders is 46 and the fourth 51. Uneven shoulders are found among 14 per cent, of the first year and SI o t< the fourth. Weak feet appear in it per cent of the first-year boys and SIF of the fourth. Similar results are found in the, statistics covering flat chest, pigeon! breast, curvature of the spine, bcllowi back, knock-knee and flatfooL