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PAGE 4—The Southern Cross, September 5, 1963
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prospective nurses were given
a tour of Savannah August 27th
following their registration as
student nurses at St. Joseph’s
Hospital School of Nursing.
The girls, who will be given
three years of training, spent
the rest of the week in orien
tation.
Included in the list of student
nurses are 11 Savannahians
and a Savannah Beach resident.
They are Nanci Calder, Mary
Cannon, Carolyn Ferraro, Ruth
Johnson, Elizabeth Ingram,
Theresa Kearney, Linda Mat
thews, Barbara Purdy, Patricia
Rockwell, Catherine Stapleton
and Lenora Willis, all of Sa
vannah; Anne Andrews, Hazel
Forsmark, Gloria Sumner and
Linda Vermillion, all of Au
gusta; Ruth Brost, Patricia
Harding and Katherine Wies-
tmiler, all of Tampa, Fla.; He
len Floyd and Susan Owens,
both of St. Simons Island; Ju
dith Black of Swainsboro; Mary
Case of Savannah Beach; Mau
reen Chisman of Aurora, Ill.;
Lorraine Haynes of Glynco,
Joyce Heidt of Guyton; Jane
McBride and Judy McBride of
Ocala, Fla.; Sandra Paulson of
Jesup; Sophie Pope of Estill,
S. C.; Agnes Shiver of Char
leston, S. C.; Patricia Sirmans
of Ray City; and Patricia Wells
of Lanett, Ala.
A Sister of Mercy is shown giving speech therapy to
two pre-school children during the summer session at
the Catholic University of America in Washington.
The Speech clinic is a division of the Department of
Speech and Drama. The clinic treats children and
adults having various types of speech and hearing dis
orders. This program is conducted also during the fall
and spring semesters. (NC Features)
Priest Cites Need
Of Theology Course
In Nurses’ Training
CHICAGO, (NC)—A good the
ology course is essential for the
proper education of a nurse, a
theologian said here at the an
nual meeting of the Conference
of Catholic Schools of Nursing.
Father Joseph E. Kerns, S.J.,
professor of theology at Wheel
ing (W. Va.) College, said that
if a girl wants to be a nurse
she must find some answer to
the following question: “Why
does a human being have to go
through the tragedy that is sick
ness?”
The Jesuit theologian said
many nurse training programs
in the U. S. only “assume the
fact of sickness” and “how to
remedy it,” and as a result the
* ‘nursing taught this way always
seems to emerge as a refined
technique in hiding things.”
Father Kerns said that Les
son I in ' ‘How to hide things
from the patient” follows this
formula:
“You design his room with
bright colors and curtains and
soft lamps and a TV set as
though he's moving into a first
class hotel. In this wonderful
world there’s no such thing as
pain.
“You tell him that they didn’t
have to operate and he’ll soon
be discharged, but don’t let on
that he’s already beyond treat
ment and might as well be al
lowed to die at home. You come
in smiling, then jab him with a
needle.”
He said Lesson II consists in
knowing how to hide things from
yourself: “Smile at everybody,
as though you didn’t know the
total sum of misery that’s found
in an ordinary hospital on an
ordinary day.”
* * *
‘ 'SICKNESS is a mystery, but
the nurse must learn to look at
it with reverence,” Father
Kerns explained. ' ‘The ultimate
reason for it is not only wise
but good. Any training program
that can lead her this far will
be giving her at least some
preparation, but a Catholic
nursing school should take her
one step farther.
It should show the prospective
nurse, he stated, that sickness
‘ ‘depends on two historical
events, two decisions of a free
will, two things that didn’t have
to happen.”
He said these are original
sin and the reaction to original
sin by which God gave Christ
to the world.
“Now, if sickness is the re
sult of two historical events,
sin and redemption.” Father
Schools And Physical Fitness
By Sister Miriam Joseph, O.P.
(Principal, Our Lady of Fatima
School, Scarsdale, N. Y.)
NCWC NEWS SERVICE
We who concern ourselves
with elementary education are
now at a crossroad. We must
decide which road to use in
order to comply with the re
commendations of President
John F. Kennedy in his mes
sage to the schools regarding
“The Physical Fitness of You
th”:
* 'Every American child must
be given the opportunity to make
and keep himself physically fit-
fit to learn, fit to understand,
to grow in grace and stature,
to live fully. We must expand
and improve our health
services. We must increase our
facilities and the time devoted
to physical activity.”
Setting up a worthwhile phy
sical fitness program is the ma
jor problem. As we think over
the matter most among them is
What shall be our aim for such
a program?
We teach boys and girls. Of
their nature we firmly believe:
“And God created man to his
own image; to the image of God
he created him” (Genesis 1:27).
* * *
IN THE CATHOLIC SYSTEM
of schools we do not and can
not unduly stress self-glori
fication of the physical nature of
our charges. How, then, shall
we set up a program that will
preserve the proper balance be
tween the physical, intellectual,
moral, and social development
aims of a good education? What
course of physical fitness shall
we use? What space inside and
outside our school is available
for such a program? Who shall
teach it? When? Should vol
unteers be trained to assist
us? What equipment shall we
purchase? Who will pay? There
are no facile answers. No two
schools are alike.
I would like to tell you first,
how our grade school’s fitness
program started; second, how
this program is implemented in
the regular schedule; third,
what results have been ac
hieved?
In my explanation of the Phy
sical Fitness Program, now
in its fifth year at a New York
Archdiocesan parochial school,
Our Lady of Fatima in Scars
dale, New York, I shall tell
how we have answered most of
the questions to prove that a fit
ness program has been done and
is fun!
* * *
WE HAVE an Archdiocesan
course of study in New York and
it includes a well-aimed pro
gram grade by grade from one
to eight. These aims as stated
in the New York Archdiocesan
Course of Study are:
1) to satisfy the biologic and
social needs of growing,
developing children; 2) to cul
tivate in them, wholesome
qualities; 3) to foster an in
terest in activities for
children’s free playtime and the
recreation of adulthood.
The program at our school
was initiated by a group of seven
mothers who were very
concerned over the many re
ports they read on the decline
of America youngsters today.
School buses, cars, movies,
television, lack of play space,
and a growing aversion of youth
to anything that demands much
physical effort, they knew had
lowered physical fitness to a
dangerous level. Something had
to be done about it and they felt
they should make the first move.
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THE GROUP SOUGHT the
permission of the pastor, then
the help of Bonnie Prudden, the
director of the Institute of Phy
sical Fitness.
She had not only established
her institute, but had also writ
ten books on physical fitness.
It was her report of the poor
performance of American
children in comparison tests
with European youngsters that
resulted in the formation of the
Council of Youth Fitness.
This report was based on
a long-term series of studies in
which muscular fitness and
flexibility of thousands of Am
erican and European youngsters
were tested and analyzed. The
Kerns continued, “then theolo
gy, formal theology on a level
that matches a student nurse’s
age and intelligence, isn’t a
luxury item in her training. Her
science courses can never give
her the real reason for sick
ness. . .The sick man, the actual
one she’ll be dealing with, is a
blend of nature and grace, and
(Continued on Page 5)
picture that resulted proved
that American unfitness would
have serious implications for
our country. This council es
tablished by former President
Dwight Eisenhower has been
continued byPresident Kennedy.
Thus, under the guidance of
Bonnie Prudden seven enthu
siastic mothers participated in
an intensive training program.
Not any of them had previous
instructions in teaching physi
cal fitness.
* * *
ENLISTING THE AID of the
Mothers’ Club, they financed the
purchase of necessary equip
ment. A bake sale brought in
sufficient funds to purchase
mats, wooden horses, and jump
ropes, ample equipment for a
beginning. No child has paid any
fee for this added program.
No major change or exten
sion of the school building was
needed. So, with the approval
and support of our pastor, Mon
signor Leo Madden, the project
was launched.
The mothers meet every
Tuesday morning in the school
hall. Here they prepare the ex
ercises for Wednesday’s class
es, practice them to near per
fection, and simultaneously
keep themselves slim, trim, and
physically fit.
Varied and imaginative ex
ercises are presented to de
velop all parts of the body.
Agility, flexibility, and streng
th, the basic elements of phy
sical fitness are stressed. The
seven founders have trained
excellent successors, and they
still maintain a vital interest
in their brain child.
A portable Hi-Fi furnishes
the musical background, making
these exercises fun and also
setting a pleasant rhythm for
the children to follow.
SINCE FREEDOM of move
ment is essential, the children
wear white T-shirts, blue
shorts, and acrobatic shoes.
The latter are purchased at
a local store at a nominal cost.
These clothes are worn under
the regular shcool uniform thus
eliminating the problem of
dressing rooms and tote bags.
Uniform belts, ties, and jack
ets are left in the classroom to
prevent loss. This arrangement
suits mothers, teachers, and
children, and it also saves a
great deal of time. The children
are ready to begin their
warm-up exercises within min
utes of arriving at the school
hall.
The warm-up exercises vary
with each age-group, and they
are different for boys and girls.
They usually begin with the
formation of a circle with one of
the mothers in the center to lead
the group.
One or two other mothers
walk around the circle to see
that the children are doing the
exercises properly, and to help,
those children who are having
difficulty. The children react
well, and they consider the
warm-ups a pleasure and a
challenge rather than the dreary
bore which many people asso
ciate with the word “exercise.”
* * *
THE GRADE CLASSES are
assigned one-half hour period
each, beginning at nine and
continuing until one o’clock.
All grades go as a group except
the seventh and eighth grade
girls form one class; the boys
form another. The reason for
separation for physical educa
tion is obvious.
A typical period might con
sist of the following: first,
“warm-up” to get the mus
cles ready to work. After five
to seven minutes of these, group
exercises follow to encourage
personal strength, muscle
building, and endurance exper
iences; then for boys, there are
tumbling, chin-up, push-up,
medicine ball, weights, and so
forth.
For girls, there are tumbling,
walks of various types (on toes,
all fours, duck walk, and such)
all done on the floor, and on saw
horses. One to two minutes of
jumping, running, hopping,
follow. The last part of the half-
hour period varies each week.
When the period is over, the
mother in charge blows her
whistle, and the children go
immediately to get dressed for
class. The next group of chil
dren arrive just at this time
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* * *
THE SAME MOTHERS do not
teach for the entire four hours
each Wednesday since this
would be too tiring. A second
group arrives between 10:30
and 11 o’clock. This arrange
ment also permits more moth
ers to take an active part in the
fitness program.
The children are not required
to keep silence except when in
structions are being given. This
privilege enables them to enjoy
the healthy competition most of
the activities present.
The children are rated by the
mothers every six weeks and
this rating is written on their
report card by the teacher. Fur
thermore, twice a year each
child takes the Kraus-Weber
Test and this is rated by the
mothers.
* * *
EVERY PUPIL in the school
is required to participate. Ex
cuse must be sought through
a written note from the doctor
or parent. Little difficulty is
experienced in this matter,
however, since all the child
ren thoroughly enjoy the fitness
program, and they look forward
to it each Wednesday.
In addition to this weekly
half-hour, each class conducts
two three-minute daily drills in
which the children, under the
guidance of their teacher, take
turns as leaders. These exer
cises, also chartered by the
mothers, help to maintain the
goals set forth by our fitness
conscious parents and the Pre
sident of the United States.
We at Our Lady of Fatima
School in Scarsdale, New York,
have seen the problem, have
analyzed our difficulties, and
have successfully met the chal
lenge. Five years ago we rea
lized the existence of the cris
is in our children’s complete
education. We confined our
selves to an investigation of
causes; we cooperated with the
mothers who pioneered the pi
lot project, and we, Sisters of
the Order of Saint Dominic, of
Newburgh, New York, think we
have remedied the major prob
lems.
Today, we witness decided
physical betterment, self-as-
surrance, and self-dicipline
limited only by potentiality and
maturity of our pupils.
The problem is serious. Fit
ness is vital to the future be
cause in today’s world we will
survive only if we are fit to
survive. American children
must be given the opportunity
to make themselves physical
ly fit to learn, to understand,
and to grow in grace before
God and man.
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