ssible amount of work, or to attain
the highest possible standard of cleanliness?

3. Will the teacher's complaint of uncleanliness be heeded by
trustees? If so, is the teacher not responsible for uncleanliness?

4. Have you ever tried to stimulate the pride of janitors and
cleaners for social service?

a. Have you ever tried to show them how much work they save
themselves by thorough cleansing?
b. Have you ever shown them the danger, to their own health, of
dust and dirt that may harbor infection and reduce their own
vitality?

5. What effort is made to instruct janitors and cleaners by your
school trustees or by your community?

6. Have you explained to pupils the important responsibility of
janitors for the health of those in the tenements, office
buildings, or schools?

a. Do you see in this an opportunity to emphasize indirectly
the mother's responsibility for cleanliness of home?

[Illustration: SCHOOL WORKSHOPS ALSO NEED FRESH AIR]

VI. REQUIREMENTS OF CURRICULUM

1. How much home study is there?

a. How much is required?
b. What steps are taken to prevent excessive home study?
c. Are light and ventilation conditions at home considered when
deciding upon amount of home study?

2. Is the child fitted to the curriculum, or is the curriculum
fitted to the child?

a. Does failure or backwardness in studies lead to additional
study hours or to regrading?
b. Are there too many subjects?
c. Are the recitation periods too long?
d. Are the exercise periods too short and too few?
e. Is there too much close-range work?
f. Is it possible to give individual attention to individual
needs so as to awaken individual interest?

3. Is follow-up work organized to enlist interest of parents, or, if
necessary, of outside agencies in fitting a child to do that for
which, if normal, he would be physically adapted?

By reducing the harm done by old buildings and by the traditions of
curriculum and discipline, teachers can do a great deal. Perhaps they
cannot move the windows or the desks, but they can move the children.
If they cannot insure sanitary conditions for home study, they can cut
down the home study. If the directors do not provide proper
blackboards, they can do less blackboard work. They can make children
as conscious, as afraid, and as resentful of dirty air a