6. School gardens, which serve as nature study laboratories, where
education and recreation go hand in hand, and increased knowledge is
accompanied by increased bodily efficiency.
7. School playgrounds, which afford space, facilities, opportunity,
and incentive for the expression of play instincts and impulses.
8. Organized athletics, which aid in physical development, and afford
training in alertness, intense application, vigorous exertion,
loyalty, obedience to law and order, self-control, self-sacrifice, and
respect for the rights of others.
9. Systematic instruction and practice in personal and community
hygiene and sanitation.
10. The progressive improvement of all adjuncts of better sanitation
in school houses, such as sanitary drinking cups and fountains,
systems of vacuum cleaning, improved systems of lighting, heating, and
ventilation.
HEALTH AND EDUCATION AND BUSINESS
There is one condition in the Cleveland school system which rises like
a mighty barrier against the possibility of completely fulfilling any
such program of health education as that outlined in the 10 planks of
the preceding platform. This is the fundamental fact that the
Cleveland school authorities have not yet conceived of health work as
being an integral part of education.
In this city the work of the Board of Education is divided into three
main departments. These are the executive department, the educational
department, and the department of the clerk.
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