and it is not at all to the discredit of their geographical knowledge that they have been obliged to do so. The course of study in geography in any school ought to be so light and flexible as to admit of being turned aside for a week or two at a time as the light of some new interest falls on the mountains of this or that land. All classes in geography of suitable advancement ought to have studied Birmah and its relations to the other states of Indo-China during the last month because of the events therein taking place. Just now Samoa ought to be looked up and something learned about it, though it be not in the course. Such things do something to increase the connection of the school-room with the world at large and enable us to form habits of investigation that will do much towards making our pupils intelligent. CAUSES OF FEEBLE HEALTH IN WOMEN. MUCH has been said of late years concerning the lack of health in women. Wise physicians have written concerning it at length, and have declared it to be one of the most melancholy signs of the times. Women themselves, however, have neglected the question to a degree that might almost be reckoned criminal, especially that class to whom are entrusted the physical wellbeing of the women of the future-the mothers. In a circular to parents, recently sent out by the Association of Collegiate Alumnæ, the following summary of causes for the feeble health of women and girls, is published. The attention of parents and teachers generally is called to them: 1. Social dissipation and excitement, which is neither amusement nor recreation. Girls are too often stimulated to shine socially and intellectually at the same time. A mother proves her daughter's perfect health by saying: "She has been able to go to parties or entertainments four or five evenings a week all winter, and she stands at the kead of her class." 2. Habitual loss of sufficient and healthy sleep. In a New York academy, a class of sixty girls, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, chanced to be asked by a recent visitor for the time they retired the night before. The average was found to be twenty minutes before midnight; but no surprise was manifested by the teachers, nor regret by the scholars. 3. Irregularity and haste in taking food, the use of confectionery in the evening, and the omission of breakfast. The principal of a large girl's school in Philadelphia lately said that so many habitually came to school without having sufficient breakfast, and taking little or no lunch, that he had been compelled, in order to obtain good mental work, to have warm lunch furnished, and to insist upon every scholar taking it in the middle of the morning. 4. Tight, heavy, or insufficient clothing, which frightfully increases the tendency to consumptive and spinal diseases. A physician of wide experience confidently states that this cause alone has incapacitated more women than over-study and overwork of all kinds. When a proper 5. The lack of sufficient out-door exercise. amount of time is devoted to such exercises, no time will be left for over-study. 6. The ambition of parents and daughters to accomplish much in little time, which sends students to college either hurriedly and imperfectly prepared, or with a thorough preparation gained at the expense of health. 7. The usual postponement of instruction in the laws of physiology and hygiene to a college course. The Association recommends the introduction of a thorough course of physical training, with special instructors and lectures on the subject. 105. FORMS AND METHODS IN ARITHMETIC—V. W. F. L. SANDERS, Supt. SCHOOLS CAMBRIDGE CITY. [CONCLUDED.] What will a draft for $3500 cost, payable 30 days after date, bank discount at 6%, exchange 11⁄2% premium. and it is not at all to the discredit of their geographical knowledge that they have been obliged to do so. The course of study in geography in any school ought to be so light and flexible as to admit of being turned aside for a week or two at a time as the light of some new interest falls on the mountains of this or that land. All classes in geography of suitable advancement ought to have studied Birmah and its relations to the other states of Indo-China during the last month because of the events therein taking place. Just now Samoa ought to be looked up and something learned about it, though it be not in the course. Such things do something to increase the connection of the school-room with the world at large and enable us to form habits of investigation that will do much towards making our pupils intelligent. CAUSES OF FEEBLE HEALTH IN WOMEN. MUCH has been said of late years concerning the lack of health in women. Wise physicians have written concerning it at length, and have declared it to be one of the most melancholy signs of the times. Women themselves, however, have neglected the question to a degree that might almost be reckoned criminal, especially that class to whom are entrusted the physical wellbeing of the women of the future-the mothers. In a circular to parents, recently sent out by the Association of Collegiate Alumnæ, the following summary of causes for the feeble health of women and girls, is published. The attention of parents and teachers generally is called to them: 1. Social dissipation and excitement, which is neither amusement nor recreation. Girls are too often stimulated to shine socially and intellectually at the same time. A mother proves her daughter's perfect health by saying: "She has been able to go to parties or entertainments four or five evenings a week all winter, and she stands at the kead of her class." 2. Habitual loss of sufficient and healthy sleep. In a New York academy, a class of sixty girls, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, chanced to be asked by a recent visitor for the time they retired the night before. The average was found to be twenty minutes before midnight; but no surprise was manifested by the teachers, nor regret by the scholars. 3. Irregularity and haste in taking food, the use of confectionery in the evening, and the omission of breakfast. The principal of a large girl's school in Philadelphia lately said that so many habitually came to school without having sufficient breakfast, and taking little or no lunch, that he had been compelled, in order to obtain good mental work, to have warm lunch furnished, and to insist upon every scholar taking it in the middle of the morning. 4. Tight, heavy, or insufficient clothing, which frightfully increases the tendency to consumptive and spinal diseases. A physician of wide experience confidently states that this cause alone has incapacitated more women than over-study and overwork of all kinds. When a proper 5. The lack of sufficient out-door exercise. amount of time is devoted to such exercises, no time will be left for over-study. 6. The ambition of parents and daughters to accomplish much in little time, which sends students to college either hurriedly and imperfectly prepared, or with a thorough preparation gained at the expense of health. 7. The usual postponement of instruction in the laws of physiology and hygiene to a college course. The Association recommends the introduction of a thorough course of physical training, with special instructors and lectures on the subject. 105. FORMS AND METHODS IN ARITHMETIC—V. W. F. L. SANDERS, SUPT. SCHOOLS CAMBRIDGE CITY, [CONCLUDED.] What will a draft for $3500 cost, payable 30 days after date, bank discount at 6%, exchange 11⁄2% premium. Thirty days after date, a draft of $1 would cost $1.015, less b. d. of $1, at 6%, for 30 d. $1×100×33.3%=$.0055, b. d. Bank discount of $1, at 6%, for 30 d. .0055 Cost of $1 draft, payable in 30 d. $.0095 $3500 draft would cost 3500 times $1.0095, which is $3533.25. NOTE. Here let the pupil write out in form a draft with all names supplied, and with the remaining items corresponding to the foregoing example. This should be done at the beginning or the close of the work in every case. 106. Find the cost of a draft on New York for $1650, payable 60 days after sight, exchange being worth 12% discount, and interest being reckoned at 6%. Sixty days after sight, a draft of $1 would cost $.981⁄2, less b. d. of $1, at 6% for 60 d. Cost of $1, at sight. 63 36 $1X180X3=$.0105 b. d. $.985 Bank discount of $1, at 6%, for 60 d. .0105 Cost of $1 draft, payable in 60 d. $.9745 $1650 draft would cost 1650 times $.9745, which is $1607.925107. How large a draft can be bought for $3195.20, payable in 60 days, interest 8%, exchange 14% premium? Sixty days after sight, a draft of $1 would cost $1.014, less 63 b. d. of $1, at 8%, for 60 d. $1X180X383=$.014, b. d. Bank discount of $1, at 8%, for 60 d. .014 Cost of $1 draft, payable in 60 d. . $.9985 As many dollars draft will cost $3195.20, as the number of times $.9985 is contained in $3195.20, which is 3200 times; hence, $3200. |