Excerpt from Health Education in Rural Schools

The winning of the war has long commanded the attention of the American people. Our resources have been spent lavishly to make secure our liberties and the freedom of the world. Such a supreme crisis in our history revealed inspiring patriotism, but also a pathetic weakness in our citizens. Out of 2,510,706 men who were examined on the first draft, a vast army of 730,756 men were rejected on physical grounds. A large proportion of these physical defects might have been corrected or prevented if the schools had been doing their part to train children to conserve and improve their health. Such a serious flaw in public education must challenge the efforts of educators throughout the land. Several States, realizing the gravity of the situation, have recently passed laws making physical education obligatory and requiring a more extensive and practical teaching of hygiene. The war has compelled us to recognize, as we never did before, the fundamental importance of health education as preparedness, not only for military service, but also for happy and efficient participation in civil life.

Contrary to tradition and popular belief, country children have been found to be as defective physically and in many cases more defective than city children.

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