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Title: The school physiology journal
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Temperance Physiology Hygiene Temperance
Publisher: Boston : Mary H. Hunt
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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leaning of their shoes.Dirt should be removedfrom them before theroom is entered. Mudon the floor is not onlyunsightly and inconven-ient, but when dried andcrushed its dust is un-wholesome. The pupilis more careful to keepout of mud when hisshoes have been brushedthan when they havereceived no care. The seats and desksof pupils and the otherfurniture, the floors,walls and ceilings of the room should be soclean as to encourage pupils to keep them andthemselves clean. Pupils should take pride inpreserving their school property in the best con-dition possible, and no carelessness in handlingor marking books or other possessions shouldbe tolerated. ■ Work on the board or paper should be neat.Slovenliness in any school work leads to care-lessness in habit and takes enjoyment from lifeand success from its efforts. Thought and speech and every act should bepure and clean. Impurity within is worse thanfilth without. Ones way of thinking determineshis way of life. If pure, clean thoughts are
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Like a rich mirror at the feet.The broad lake spreads its waveless sheet cherished, the words used to express them mustcorrespond in purity, and the acts of the char-acter will be chaste and virtuous. CLEANLINESS A DECIDING RECOMMENDATION A gentleman advertised for a boy to assisthim in his office, and nearly fifty applicantspresented themselves. Out of the number heselected one and dismissed the rest. ■ I should like to know, said a friend, onwhat ground you selected that boy, who hadnot a single recommendation ? You are mistaken said the gentleman, hehad a great many. He wiped his feet when hecame in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful. Hegave up his seat to thatlame, old man, showinghe was kind and thought-ful. He took off hiscap when he came in,and answered my ques-tions promptly and re-spectfully, showing hewas polite and gentle-manly. He picked upthe book which I hadpurposely laid on thefloor, and replaced it onthe table, while all therest stepped over

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