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people do not have an equal resistance. Those who have not 

 must learn how to acquire it. Therefore, education along 

 these lines is necessary. People must be taught hygienic living 

 so that they may adapt themselves properly to changes of tem- 

 perature, work, and food. Many diseases may be avoided by 

 correcting improper habits of living and certain physical defects. 

 Health and education. Health is one of the main objectives of 

 education. Unless the body can adequately adapt itself to chang- 

 ing conditions in life, the person is inefficient. In the past, undue 

 emphasis has probably been placed on defects. Open-air classes 

 were established for cardiac, anaemic, and tubercular children. 

 Nutrition classes were established for malnutrition cases. Each 

 year the health of some children was built up in these classes to 

 such an extent that the children were able to continue in regular 

 classes. Each year new cases would appear in regular classes which 

 would have to be sent to these special classes. Nutrition classes are 



Underwood and Underwood 

 Play in the sunlight is the heritage of childhood. It leads to a proper physical development 

 and builds a healthy nervous system. 



