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f I 1 PAGE 4—The Southern Cross, September 5, 1963 ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING *1^/ v/ person - to - person Service hankln& needs or a i^our SAVANNAH .PANIC & Trust’’Co! Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. BEST WISHES Lunsford-Wilson Co. 714 STEWART AVE., S. W. PL. 3-1288 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 0 T Williams & Williams Funeral Home George C. Williams & O. H. Williams, Prop. f “Our services dedicated to meet your needs” 1012 E. Gwinnett AD 4_i634 Savannah, Georgia GORDON FOODS- Division of Sunshine Biscuits, Inc. Goes Well wiih Every Kind of Beverage! Delicious with Salads and Sandwiches, too! 7 D. L. HENDERSON COMPANY W SAVANNAH, GA. / McKenna Supply Company Wholesale Plumbing, Heating And Water Works Supplies 600 W. 51st St. AD 2-7141 Savannah Student Nurses Begin Studies SAVANNAH — Thirty - two 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. * >!< * 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 / Flower's yfi Nursing Home PHYSICIANS AND NURSES AVAILABLE 24 HOURS 620 WEST 36th ST. AD 4-4723 and eagerly awaits its turn for exercise and fun. * * * 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. 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