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Page 33
... common primary school , however , is decidedly objectionable . It takes very young children ( six years of age ) , and compels them to remain twice as long as is good for them . By great ingenuity and vivacity , a teacher can keep them ...
... common primary school , however , is decidedly objectionable . It takes very young children ( six years of age ) , and compels them to remain twice as long as is good for them . By great ingenuity and vivacity , a teacher can keep them ...
Page 38
... common occur- rence of these spinal curvatures in his school , and says that he has found the use of gymnastics to be powerful in preventing them . " * Children should have several hours of play every day in the open air , when possible ...
... common occur- rence of these spinal curvatures in his school , and says that he has found the use of gymnastics to be powerful in preventing them . " * Children should have several hours of play every day in the open air , when possible ...
Page 39
... common games of running and tossing , which do children so much good , are not so directly adapted to prevent or cure spinal deformity , or to make a girl full - chested and symmetrical , as is a course of gymnastic training under the ...
... common games of running and tossing , which do children so much good , are not so directly adapted to prevent or cure spinal deformity , or to make a girl full - chested and symmetrical , as is a course of gymnastic training under the ...
Page 49
... common , and so directly dependent ( in many cases ) on school - life , that it may well occupy our first attention . I refer to short - sight , near - sight , or myopia . A child with normal eyes ought to be able to read this page , in ...
... common , and so directly dependent ( in many cases ) on school - life , that it may well occupy our first attention . I refer to short - sight , near - sight , or myopia . A child with normal eyes ought to be able to read this page , in ...
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... common fault to furnish school - rooms with desks of only one size . The diversity of height among children , differing even only by two or three years , is such that three sizes ought to be kept in each class of a 66 graded school ...
... common fault to furnish school - rooms with desks of only one size . The diversity of height among children , differing even only by two or three years , is such that three sizes ought to be kept in each class of a 66 graded school ...
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Page 134 - A child, young person, or woman, shall not be allowed to work between the fixed and traversing part of any self-acting machine while the machine is in motion by the action of steam, water, or other mechanical power.