ABSTRACT
As an End in Itself.—Bodily health and vigor are important in education both as ends and as means. They are ends because happiness and usefulness depend upon a sound body as well as upon a sound mind and morals. The school must accept a share with the home and with private and public agencies of the burden of maintaining the natural vigor of children, preventing diseases and remedying defects. It is its duty to keep children’s eyes in good condition as well as to teach them to read. To prevent scarlet fever or to eradicate consumption is the duty of the school as well as of the hospital. The teacher must teach for health as well as for knowledge or conduct, and the well-equipped teacher will know and apply physiology and hygiene.
