A FIT PEOPLE.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 103, 18 May 1937, Page 6

A FIT PEOPLE.

"There is a great deal of loose talk," said Professor E. P. Cathcart, of Glasgow University, in a speecb at the Congress of the Educational Institute of Scotland, "about the oondition known «s malnutrition just now, all ihe emphasis being laid on food deflcienoies of some kind or another. Lack of food, or food even in ample amoupt but defective in quality, is not the' eole cause of nmeh of the so-called malnutrition. Many other, factors are involved— -lack of sleep, play, fresh eir, happiness, etc.— all ean play a part. Every one of you oan visualise thin, wiry children, almost underfed looking, who were among ihe best of our pupils, and, again, other children' big, fat, well-fed speoimens, looking the very picture of animal health, Who did not shine. " V-necks, short skirts, silk stookings, and close-cropped heads," isaid the speaker, amia laughter, "have done much for ihe eleanliness of ihe female population. " To-day the aim is to make ihe pupil quick and alert both physioally and mentally. To train his hody, yes, but also to train his mind so that it will attain alertness and' poise. WiHy-nilly, time must be found for more intensive physical trammg. But in the attainment of trne health there are many other phases of life which must reoeive due attention, for example, cleanbneS% Olottmg, behaTOur, feedmg, and SO on. There i8 ao nse | tryipg to deyelop i£. the. oupiL. ji n _