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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20.
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PHYSICAL WORK IN CITY
I SCHOOLS BEGINS MONDA Y
Services of Physical Director
Kerzman, of Augusta Y. M.
C. A., as Offered by Him, For
mally Sanctioned by Physical
Sommittee Last Week.
OUTLINE OF WORK
Mr. Kerzman Will Direct Ex
ercises In All Except Three
Lower Grades In Houghton,
Central, Davidson, Woodlawn
and John Milledge Schools
Once a Week, Personally.
Remainder of Time Teachers
In Charge.
It was formally announced after a
meeting of the physical committee of
the Y. M. C. A last Tuesday that its
physical director, Mr. J. C. Kerzman,
had been given the privilege of ful
filling his offer of an hour and a half
of his time every day to the teaching
of physical culture in the public
grammar schools of Augusta.
Mr. Kerzman will begin tomorrow,
Monday.
Fifteen Minutes a Day,
Physical education will be installed
in the Houghton. Central, Davidson,
Woodlawn and John Milledge schools.
The training will only be given in
the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades. Fifteen minutes a day
will be required, and Mr. Kerzman
wiii visit every one of the schools
named at least once a week. Of the
grades to be taught physical culture
there are about 32 classes, some
schools having more than one class in
each grade.
Mr. Kerzman states that while his
exercises will be to develop the body
and make it physically strong and
healthy, they will also be selected so
as to be a preventive against such
common defects as round shoulders,
flat chest, curvature of the spine, etc.
The exercises, according to Mr. Kerz
man, will not correct these defects,
and on this account he states that he
intends, in addition to the exercises,
to treat these cases and cure them.
He Has already successfully treated
eight cases of curvature of the spine
among school boys in Augusta,
The Method.
His method of treating curvature of
the spine, which he says is one of the
most common defects found among
school children, is one of the very few
from which satisfactory results can
be obtained, if not the only one. It
is this: An upright set of about 25
horizontal bars is used. The patient
is required to stand upright with his
back against the bars, grasping one
of the top bars with both hands, arms
stretched at full length upward, his
entire body then being in a stretched
standing position against the ladder,
as it were. Mr. Kerzman will then
press the defective vertebra in its
proper place. For permanent cure
several of these procedures may have
to be gone through with. The cases
of spinal curvature will be treated by
Mr. Kerzman at the Y. M. C. A., free
of charge, until the paraphernalia can
be furnished,by the schools.
Outline of Work.
Mr. Kerzman outlines the physical
exercises for the school children as
follows: To begin with the exercises
will be very simple. The child will
be instructed and practiced in how to
rise from its seat or desk in the class
room, preparatory to taking the exer
cises', in a uniform, quiet and orderly
way, and also how to take its seat
after the exercises are over in the
same manner. The exercises will be
changed every two weeks. The exer
cises for the children of the lower
classes will not be as difficult as
those given in the higher grades. The
Instructions, according to Mr. Kerz
man, will be given the teachers as
well as the pupils, for the work Is to
be carried on every day, under or
ders from Superintendent Evans and
the teachers will be required to con
iuct the physical culture classes when
Mr. Zerzman Is Dot present. All of
the exercises will he given In the class
room. The exercises will be designs'
to especially develop the muscles of
the shoulders, neck, back and abdo
men.
Parents Can Aid.
The physical director says that It
will be a great help to him in his
1 ork and to the schools too if pa-
Teach by the “Movies”; Used In
Germany for Anatomical Courses
Washington.—The use of moving pictures in education has had a
rpal impetus in German official circles, according to information re
cently received at the United States Bureau of Education. The Prussian
Ministry of Education is now considering the feasibility of employing
cinematograph films in certain courses in higher educational institutions,
and a number of film manufacturers are being given an opportunity to
show the authorities what films they have that are adapted to educa
tional purposes.
\ well-known philanthropist has recently donated two fully equip
ped moving-picture machines to the schools of Berlin. One is to be used
in the Continuation Institute for Higher Teachers and the other in the
high schools of greater Berlin.
Moving-picture films are now available in Germany for anatomical,
biological, and bacteriological courses, and the manufacturers are »mfi
dont that ar enormous field for their products will be opened up when
educators fully realize the value of moving-pictures in education.
“FOOTBALL GOOD, BUT MUSTN’T
BE PLAYED TOO STRENUOUSLY ”
- —JOS. C. KERZMAN.
Physical Director Kerzman says
games such as football, baseball, etc.,
should be played by school boys, as
long as they do not interfere with
their studies and as long as the games
are not played in a violent, strenuous
manner.
This is the point that Mr. Kerzman
wishes to make clear: That football,
basebal, etc., are healthy and strength
giving, provided they are properly su
pervised; that such games played un
til the players are completely ex
hausted are harmful and should not be
permitted in school athletics.
DISCUSS EXCEPTIONAL
CHILDREN AT N.Y. MEET
Conference, Dr. P. P. Claxton,
President, October 30-31.
“Eugencies” Among Subjects
Not the feeble-minded and degener
ate child alone, but also the handi
capped normal child, needs special at
tention in our schools, according to
the announcement of the National As
sociation for the Study of Exceptional
Children. The third annual confer
ence of the association, to be held in
New York, October 30 and 31, will be
devoted to the educational aiv] social
rights of exceptional children of the
handicapped type, in contradistinction
to the care of the comparatively small
number of feeble-minded and degen
erate, who must be provided for in
separate Institutions, and for whom
there is usually little possibility of
educational development in the usual
sense of the word.
The significance of the problem lies
in the fact that there are far more
exceptional children of this type,
which includes also children appar
ently retarded, than there are of the
class of real defectives and degener
ates.
A number of well known speakers
have agreed to take part in the dis
cussion, and some of the interesting
topics to be considered are: Tests
for measuring intelligence; the “bor
derland child;” juvenile delinquency;
habit formation; school and commun
ity gardens; practical methods of cor
recting impediments in speech; Dr.
Montessori's "children’s houses;”
medical inspection; rational human
eugenics; and numerous phases of the
general problem of retardation.
Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States
commissioner of education, will pre
side at the conference.
SCHEDULE MUSIC CLASSES
FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
By a general order, which has been
issued by Superintendent Evans, of
the schools, the pupils of the Teach
ers’ Training School in Augusta are
to be given instructions in the teach
ing of music in the local public
schools every first and third Thurs
day in the month, under the direction
of Miss N. E. Harris,- director of mu
sic in the schools. These meetings
will be held at 4:30 p. m. at the Cen
tral school, corner of Seventh and Tel
fair streets.
rents would thoughtfully explain to
their children. w r ho are to come under
the training of Mr. Kerzman in th#
schools, what physical education
means and the absolute necessity of
It in school work. The school work
itself —remaining in the class room
in practically an state and
leaning over a desk long periods—■
makes it a necessity.
"Physical education in the public
schools," says Superintendent Evans,
"is a necessity." Mr. Evans has ad
vocated it and through his efforts it
has been established in the schools of
Augusta.
Augusta is now' the only city in the
South In whose school system there
is physical education given such as
is about to be begun here. It is the
first city to place an experienced
physical director directly In charge
of the teaching of physical cultu-e
and who also is to co-operate with
the local school medical examiners in
correcting the defects among the
school children. Doubtless other cit
ies will follow in instituting a simi
lar feature In the schools.
WITH THE SCHOOLS
Along with the games, claims Mr.
Kerzman, systematic physical train
ing should be taken. He states ihat
it is just as necessary to the boy who
plays football and baseball as it is to
the boy who does not play.
“The games no doubt furnish sport,
but they do not develop the body .uni
formly,” says Mr. Kerzman. “There
are certain muscles which in baseball,
football, etc., never get any exercise.
It is simply a one-sided development.
Gymnastics or directed physical ex
ercises should always go along with
DETERIORATION IN
HEALTH SCHOOL BOY
Statistics Show Average Pupil
Weaker Physically as He
Progresses In Class Room.
Orange, N. J. —Statistics compiled
by the high school faculty covering a
period of several years seem to show
that the average school boy deterior
ates physically as he progresses in
the class room. In the first year of
high school for example, the percent
age of round shoulders is forty-five; in
the fourth 81,
Uneven shoulders nre found among
fourteen per cent of the first year stu
dents and thirty-two of the fourth
Weak feet appear in 11 per cent of the
first year boys and thirty of the
fourth. Similar results are found in
the statistics covering flat chest, pig
eon breast, curvature of the spine,
hollow back, knock knees and flat
foot.
AUTO FALTALITIES.
Arkansas City, Kas.—Gustave Al
exander was killed, Frank Kuhns and
Mrs. Kuhnsy were injured, probably
fatally, and Lee Brown seriously hurt
when an automobile skidded and
turned over here Saturday. All were
residents of Arkansas City.
FROM ISLE OF PINES, CUBA.
Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba.
To the Editor of The Herald.
Sir:—You will please find SI.OO en
closed to pay my subscription to your
Sunday paper, ‘‘The Augusta Herald,”
for one year. I like your paper splen
did. I have received it promptly so
far.
Yours respectfully,
,J. D. LATHEM.
She—" And if I should marry you,
what could I expect?”
He (excited'ly) “Anything you
wish, dear, anything you wish."
She—“ And would I always get It?”
He—"Oh, that would depend en
tirely on your father."—Judge.
Passenger —“I suppose you con
ductors are bothered by a lot of fool
ish question?”
Railroad Conductor —“No; they all
run about alike. The women all ask,
‘When do we get there?’ and the
men, ‘What can we get there?’ ”
Puck.
Apparently the management has
decided in Servia as a pinch
hitter for the Balkan states. —Hart-
ford Times.
’The AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
-Conducted by HARRY SHEARER
SCHOOL ALL THE
YEAR ROUND NOW
Summer Work In Many Insti
tutions An Integral Part of
the Year’s Work. Popular in
Elementary Schools, Too.
A few years ago the idea of school
or college all the year round would
have been hotly decried; today it Is
an established fact in a number of
educational institutions, public and
private. It is not merely that the
summer work, from being a purely
voluntary and separate affair, lias
come In some instances to be an in
tegral part of the year's work.
The Harvard Engineering School is
a recent instance among higher insti
tutions. The course for the master's
degree in engineering at Harvard now
takes two years, and there is no sum
mer vacation. The course is divided
into first summer, first year, second
summer, and second year. The stu
dents work from 8 to 10 hours a day
and the total vacations in a year
amount to about four weeks, the time
being chiefly at Christmas and in the
spring. The summer term begins
June 22 and closes September 22. A
number of other universities follow a
somewhat similar plan. The Univer
sity of Chicago has for some years
maintained a summer term having
equal weight with the three other
quarters of the year.
Even in the elementary school the
plan lias made some headway, partic
ularly in the large cities. Cleveland,
Ohio, formerly had an all-year sched
ule and a modified form of the Cleve
land plan is in use in Newark, N. J.,
where it is being gradually extended
from year to year. In'the New York
city schools, where the problem of suf
ficient school accommodations is a
serious one, the authorities have re
cently had tinder consideration an all
year plan whtoh will, it is claimed,
take care of practically all the chil
dren without recourse to half-time.
An interesting indication of the atti
tude of the students, themselves to
ward the all-year plan is afforded by
the new central commercial and Man
ual training high school at Newark.
Thirty per cent of the pupils of this
THE SCHOOL LUNCH.
Most people will agree that we live on what we eat,
but if they should investigate the lunches thatr children eat
at school they would wonder how they live through the
day. Children eat a scant breakfast, frequently unattend
ed by their parents. They hurry off to school with a lunch
put up by an ill-natured cook, or else with a nickel to
spend at recess. By noon they are wolfish, and when the
time comes to eat they open a greasy paper and swallow
a soggy mess at one gulp, wash it down with a drink of
water and rush off to violent exercise. Sometimes they
make a break for the street vender, and buy such delica
cies as ice cream, pop corn, stale peanuts, and pies. I
have known pupils to eat salt water pickels and ginger
snaps; peanuts and peppermint candy; or crackers and de
viled ham; and then wonder why they felt so queer. The
street vender of questionable food is a menace to the di
gestion. The nickel for miscellaneous lunch at the store is
a doubtful expedient. Children sho"uld have a good break
fast served and eaten in the presence of their parents.
They should have a wholesome lunch of bread, butter, jel
ly, cold meat, and fruit, wrapped in a clean napkin, placed
in a ventilated lunch basket, and should be made to take
time to eat it. At the end of the school day, say half past
two, when they reach home, they should have a hot din
ner eaten with the family, slowly and cheerfully, and then
maybe we will have fewer headaches. One can relish a
put-up lunch, but a put-up dinner is a failure.
AUGUSTA SHOULD HAVE A HIGH
SCHOOL RIFLE PRACTICE TEAM
Would Be Just the Thing For Boys of a Military High School
Between Seasons. Medals 0 ffered Through U. S. War De
partment. Information Furn ished by Lieut. A. S. Jones.
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The Herald’s School Editor Ik In receipt of a circular from Lieut. Albert
8. Jones, Assistant Recorder, National Board for promotion of rifle prac
tice Jn the United States, Washington, regarding the new national trophey
that the war department has donated for lrrter-hlgh school competition^
Owing to th* fact that Augusta has a military Academy the sugges
tion of forming a rifle club here Is made. It Is believed tnat should *uch a
club be organized In Augusta, the greatest Interes would be manifested.
It Is said without hesitation that for those high school boys who are at
all Interested In rifle practice such a club would no doubt be the ideal thing
during the Interim between the close of the Indoor reason In the fall and
the opening of the same In the spring.
Conditions
The. following are the conditions under which high school ciubs are or
ganized, as given In the circular:
Open to teams from rifle clubs of public high schools organized under
the rules and regulations of the National Roard for Promotion of Rifle
Practice and affiliated with the Nat Inal Rifle Association of America.
Size of Team —Ten boys to Khoot on team, the best five scores to count
for record.
Distance —50 feet from end of rifle to target.
Number of Shota —Twenty for record, ten standing and ten prone.
Target—The N. R. A. competition gal.ery target (J to 10 count). Of
ficially stamped target* will be furnished by the N. R. A. No other targets
will be received for record.
Positions—Standing, off-hand; body and rifle must be free from all ar
tlflcal support. Prone, head toward toward target; rifle, forearm, and hand
must be free from all artificial support. Use of strap a bowed In the prone
position only.
Rifle—Any .22 caliber rifle weigh Ing not over *en pounds.
Sights—Any. In. front of the firing pin, and not containing glas*.
Trigger Pull—Not to be less than three pounds.
Poultry Department a Feature
of the Gracewood Rural School
One of the latest additions to the rural schools of Richmond county
is the poultry department of the Gracewood school, near Augusta, of
which Prof. Carmichael Is principal. This la the first school in the
county, and very likely tho first In the state, to Install a department
strictly for the teaching of chicken raising, breeding, etc.
The girls as well as the hoys at tho school are taught poultry rais
ing now. The work is under the direction of Miss May Gheesling and
Is given to only the pupils of tho Sth, 9th and 10th grades.
In one afternoon every week a thirty minute period is devoted to the
study of scientific chicken raising. A number of fine chickens of special
breed nre kept in the poultry yards at the school for tho purpose of car
rying on the creditable work in this rural school.
A keen interest Is shown in the study of chickens by the pupils and
the art Is being learned rapidly. It Is said to be one of the most valu
able departments of the school.
school voted in favor of continuing tho
school throughout the summer.
It is claimed by the advocates of the
all-year plan for public schools In the
large cities that the children are
healthier and happier in school than
on the streets. It is further urged that
by taking advantage of an opttonal
summer term children who are com
pelled to leave school at an early age
will be able to advance further tn tho
grades than at present. Backward
pupils will also have an opportunity to
make up back work, but this has al
ways been more or less a feature of
summer sessions.
In the case of the higher Institutions,
particularly the technical schools, the
new movement for all-year work Is
undoubtedly part of the nation-wide
demnml for scientific efficiency that
Is making Itself felt In every phase of
American life. The feeling is that
education, especially of an advanced
character, is not child’s play alone,
but serious business, and should ap
proximate the conditions of efficient
business.
Education
News Notes
Football Is forbidden In the schools
of Bavaria by a recent decree.
The average monthly salary of
Amertenn school teachers In 1870 was
$28.54. It Is now $01.70.
Berlin is to have compulsory indus
trial and commercial continuation
school for girls.
A. R.C. FORGE WORK
WILE SOON BE BEGUN
I
vr - - IC. , ■ L,L „ a ,
Equipment Has Arrived and
is Now Being Installed In
Shop at Academy. Prof.
Skinner.
Work In the forge sliop at the
Rfbhmond Academy will bo com
menced shortly. The Torses and all
equipment have arrived from the fac
tory in Buffalo and are now being
installed In tho simps adjoining tho
armory at the Academy, specially built
for the forg€> work.
There are ten down-draught forges
with blowers, tools, etc., and every
thing complete for the shop. Boys
taking technical courses will be re
quired to take forge work and it ia
the belief that It will be one of tho
most popular subjects for study at tho
school.
The work Is In full ennrge or Bros.
Skinner, the Instructor in all shop
work, including carpentering, etc.
ONLY ONE MEDIATOR’, BE
SUBJECT REV. J.R. SEVIER
“For there is one God and one
mediator between God and hum, the
nmn Christ Jesus.” will be the sub
ject for the evening sermon of Rev.
Joseph Tt. Sevier, the pastor of tho
First Presbyterian church. His
thought will he that In all the troubles
and difficulties which arise In life
there Is an offer of mediation between
God and his creatures. No matter
how deep the wrong done him or how
grevlously man has sinned, God Is
over ready to hear the mediator an
he pleads for sinful man. At tills
time when the minds of the people of
Augusta have born turned to the good
offices of the mediators, the peace
makers, light on this eternal problem
will be most acceptable The service
begins promptly at 8 o’clock and con
tinues Just ones hour. A cordial in
vitation to all.
IN TROUSERS, SHE HUNTS
WITH HUSBAND 43 DAYS
San Froncitco. —Frederick K. Burn
ham, of New York big game hunter
arid Mrs. Burnham arrived In Han
Francisco today with trophlos of a
forty-three days’ hunt In the Casslar
district of Alaska. Their hag con
sisted of six caribou, four black moun
tain sheep, two moose, one goat and
seventeen hears. Mrs. Burnham,
dressed In trousers accompanied her
husband on the entire trip which ocv
ered 250 miles over country which
few white hunters have explored.
Pouting Wife "You used to call
me. the light of your life."
Huh—"Ho I did; but I had no Idea
the meter was going to register such a
cost." Boston Transcript.
Teach Everything These Days;
Latest is School For Waiters
Over 170,000 students this month re
turned to their work at the evening;
schools of the London County Council
alter the summer reread. Three hun
dred schools of varloiiH kinds are
maintained by the council for night
instruction and there Is still plenty
of room for more students. In fact,
the youth of London hus not availed
Itself of the splendid facilities lor
technical and general Instruction pro
vided In nearly the numbers expected.
The authorities argue that this is
due chiefly to the cheap amusements
provided for the Londoner and not be
cause he Is leas ambitious than his
Ammunition—. 22 caliber, short. 1
Judge and Witness—There will he a Judge appointed •*/ me N. R. A.,
who will take charge of such contest; he v/ili be nstdsted by a witness ap
pointed by him. Both Judge and witnoH* will certify to the score made. All
scores will he reported by mall Immediately after the close of the match *o
the N. R. A. on a special blank Rsued for tic purpose. The tut gets of the
5 highest boys will be sent In later to the N. R. A.
Match, How and Wtvn Shot—A 1 the entries reive, will be divided up
Into leagues of not more than twelve clulm, so that the matches will not ex
tend longer than three months. The winning team of each league will shoot
off for first and second places. The mntch'-M will begin Immediately after
the Christmas ho (days.
Er».ranee F'e—s3.oo per loim. One team on v allowed to a club.
Pr!ze—To the team winning flrat pi ac*-, the “National Trophy,' present
ed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, Wur Depart
ment, to be held by the school for one year or until the next contest. Ten
silver medals to the ten hoys taking part In the greatest number of matches
during the series. Ten bronze medals to the team winning second pface. The
winning schoo: will receive a “Certificate of Victory,” whch will be retain
ed by the school.
Entree —Entries will close on December fourteenth, and should bp mado
to Lieut. Albert 8. Jones. Secretary, National Rifle Association of America,
1025 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C.
For further Information write to Lieut. Albert S. Jones, 1025 Woodward
building, Washington, D. C,
Physical education in Au
gusta schools begins Monday;
Jos. C. Kerzman, director.
ENGLISH SCHOOL
GIVES EUGENICS
Children Over Ten Know Facts
of Nature. The Necessity of
Strong, Healthy Bodies Em
phasized on School Children.
Preston, England.—Tho teaching of
eugenics, or, as tho headmistress ex
pressed it, of the facts of nature, ia
now included in the time-tables of an
up-to-date Hertfordshire village
school.
At present the subject Is not rec
ognized in tho school curriculum, and
is tacked on to the Scripture lessofl
two or three times a week.
This week many visitors at the
school, which numbers sixty children,
boys, curiously enough, outnumbering
girls by four to one, were present
while the eugenics lesson was given,
only the top form of boys and girls
between ten and fourteen being taken
In the subject.
“There Is nothing wicked In nature,**
began the headmistress to her class,
and went on to talk to the eager, at
tentive little boys and girls about
their future responstbiltles in life.
Strong, Healthy Bodies.
“You nre all going to be fathers and
mothers some day,” she said, “and If
you grow up with strong, healthy
bodies you will not havo strong,
healthy rhlldren.
“To have such bodies you must
breathe fresh air, take plenty of ex
ercise and keep clean.”
Next she drew a hc.nely simile from
n fruit tree. t
“You know what sort of fruit a poof
half-withered tree produces, don’t
you?” she asked. “Well, If you are
like such a tree your children will he
like Its fruit.”
Afterwards the headmistress told
me why the subject of eugenics ha a
been Introduced into the school and
the benefit of it.
"If you don't teach children the
facts of nature In n sensible open way,
they find them out for themselves in
a vulgar, Improper way,” she said.
Essential Facts.
"I believe In telling children those
essential facts concerning life which
they must know sooner or later. They
ought to know; their Ignorance Is no
moral safeguard; It Is the reverse; in
fact; sometimes our educational meth
ods make me want to scream.
"tTp till fourteen a child Is strictly
cored for by the government—even
the temperature of the schoolroom has
to he regulated—hut directly he Is
fourteen ho can go straight to he de
vil for ull the government cares.
"With girls the case is far worso
than with hoys.
"Ho long as a girl keeps straight no
one bothers to help her at. nil. Bet
her go off the rail, however, and res
cue homes galore will take her In
hand. It Is like shutting the stable
door after the horse has been stolon.
Eugenics.
"I think eugenics should be taught
In every school In the kingdom. If
you can make a child understand the
blessedness of a sound body and the
awfulness of an unsound on*, you are
doing as much or more as all the res
cue homes put together.
"All the children over ten In this
school know the facts of nature, and
there has been no Instance of a child
going wrong since I started to teach
them.
"J have got the last thirteen girls
to leave school to go Into domestic
service, and this is far better for girl*
than going on the land.
"In domestic service they general
ly do not marry until they aro past
twenty, whereas, If they wrangle
about In the fields at home they are
often Immature wives at seventeen o*
eighteen."
country cousin.
Besides the usual technical, en
gineering and domestic science
courses a separate school for waiters
has recently been started. This school
Is designed to check the Gormah In
vasion, which has practically driven
the English waiter from the field. In
addition to practical able service and
pantry work, the waiter students are
taught something of food values,
menus, hills and technical French.
The essentials of a good education
are given to them In the form of Eng
lish, geography and arithmetic.
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