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SPECIAL CO'O/.ITrZS af tho ADVISORY EDUCATIONAL HO'IP Report of Lasting Decemoer 28, 1933 The following were {resent.i Dr. Kelly, Dr* Ryan, Dr. sheroon, Dr. Sur.ciwall, D-. Sutton, Dr. Turner, Dr. Dublin, D*. Lanza, Kies Jean, Kiss Williamson and Dr. Armstrong. The meeting was opened by D*. Armstrong who expressed the hope that it would bo feasible to call a meeting of all members of tho Ad visory Educational D*oup at the end of 1934. He announced that Miss Louise Stractan, Director cf Child Hoalth Education, National Tuberculosis Association, had accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Educational Doup. RSPCRTS ai-BB Williamson made a brief report of the significant foaturos of the development of the Company's school health work during the past year i 1. Conferences, litoraturs distribution and correspondence have boen continued according to the same general plan followed in {wsvious yoarb. Interesting trends in corrsspondancs ero an increase in the number of lsttere from school superintendents with u corresponding user ease in the number received from tsacnere; end an increase in letters Deem professional schools for teachers. ^ t 2. The Teacher Education Committee has prepared much needed material for professional schools for teachers, ("Health Programs in frofosbional Schools for Teachers" and "A Study of tho HoalthEducation Courses in tho Iferyland state Normal School at Towson"). It has boan suggastad by a member of the Advisory Educational Q*oup that we follow theee stuc^us with another ono on the work of graduates of thoyStute Normal School at Towson in the classrooms whoro/thoy are now engagod. 3. A monograph far poesibla publication on "Illustrative Phases of School Health Programs with Suggestions of Integration" has buon prepared by our committee on Intonated School Health R'egrams. It should bo holpful to administrators interested in the subject. 4. A manuscript has been prepared unaar the supervision of tho CoBsnittee on Food Pu'olicati-r.. However, it has not been accepted by tno committee -na further revision aty be necessary. 5. The Committee on Elementary School Fubiications is con sidering the publication of a aanajeript for younger children. 6. The monograph on Tho Nature of Bacteria has helped to stimulate the teachers* interest in scientific aspocts of health. There is need for another study on this subject with more direct application to public hoalth. (It was suggested in the meeting that a film 3* film strip be prepared dealing with the teaching of the nature of bacteria). 7. Scientific up-to-date information in regard tc recent discoveries which have health implications has been provided to 115,000 tee.chore each month through the Health Bulletin for Teachers. (A demonstration on the value of preparing corresponding and related material for parents, teachers and children using u future issue of the Health Bulletin for Teachers was consioared aavisa'ole by tho group.) 8. Attitudinal material for junior and senior high school students is beinc; distributed to encourage appreciation of the pr ogress -an has mads in acquiring and applying scientific knowledge in advancing health and lengthening life. (There was a discussion at the meeting as to whetnar the new Wall Chart to accompany Health Through The Azes should bo enlarged and mounted on heavier paper or distributed on the basis of ons to each student. It was decided to await the roaction of educators to our proaent policy of distribution - ons chart to a classroom before further plans ore developed.) 9. The Custodian and the School Child has boan revised to assist in mooting the increased deand for material for custodians and janitors. A {Togress report was mads by if Kelly on the activities of his Committed on Cooperation with State Departments of Education. He said that a statomont is being proparod by Hiss Joan and Miss Williamson to prssont to the committee of the Department of Super intendence of tho National Education Association which is studying tho organization of the educational sorvices by tho Federal Covernosnt. It will bs suggested in this statement that if tiio Office of Education is provided with suffiiient facilities, the Laws governing -2- this office permit rendering satisfactory service to aid in the tovii. oca-ant of the country's school haalth program. C . oinclwall reported on the activities of tho Health Essentials Commit too. Ho said that a manuscript ouitacle for publication as a School Health Buro-u monograph would soon be submitted. Fit pr-.sentutivcB of the American Child Health Association gave a brief returns of "An Investigation of Unoorrected Physical Defects in *,ew York City School Children". This study was conducted in the !Jew York City schools by the American Child Health Association in cooperation with the Metropolitan y.fe Insurance Company, at the request of the City authorities. The main oojeet was to find out why sjvare uncarrccted defects in school children have not been corrected. Tho e'nief value of this study lies in the prompting of new procedures and of necessary changes in old procuduros, within FTosent budgetary limitations. H-T7 PROJECTS DISCUSSSD 1. Is the Company justified in considering a suitublo school safety program, and can it bo aoveoped and conducted through our present school contacts, in a manner that will add to, rather than detract from, our existing school health work? The group felt that a positive approach is essential in a school safety program and that it should be carried out in cooperation with existing agencies. Vocational schools would offor a good opportunity far cooperation. Two publications suggostod wcroi (a) A booklet for teachers giving fundamental principles and material which would promote the desire to aovolop individual projects. Tho suggestions given should be so concreto as to help the teacher got tne message across to the children, (b) A pamphlot on eaf.ty in the homo, starting it with the child's first experiences and continuing with . his everyday contacts and experiences. This booklet should stress care in the use of modern inventions, jarticuiariy electrical appliances. Tho group recommended that a committee bo .ppointud to conduct a thorough study of this mutter and to dovolop, with the assistance of the membors of tha Welfare Division staff, a suggostod program for ourly consideration. 3 2. 7/hut is the effect on the health of school Chilean of attendance it moving pictures? Roeent studies have brought out the fact that oloven Billion children una:r fourteen yonrs of ago end twenty -eight Billion minors attend movies every week, spending from ttroe to nine hours visiting theatrical showings* Is there t- health hazard in having children sit in darkonad space so many hours a week? The studios also indicate that children's attitudes are influenced to a tremendous degree by motion pictures. Does this situation create a mental hygiene prooloml The ^oup rccommendod that a committee be appointed to consider existing data and current studies with a view to deter mining whether the Metropolitan Life Insurcnco Company should enter this field of investigation. 3. The group endorsed a cooperative study of the school health activities of ths American Child Health Association, the National Tuberculosis Association and the School Health 3urer.u of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with a view to the peesible coordination of future work in this field. 4. It was decided that a subcommittee be appointed to collect all school health appraisal farms now in use in the United States, with the view of using these as a basis for tho possible develop ment of a standard ferm. 5. It was recommondod that a committee be appointed to investigate ths bs.et methods of developing a closer cooperation between health education activities of the school and health education activities in tho home* -4 -