The Health of School Children.

THE health and physical welfare of school children should be a subject of absorbing interest to the parents and guardians of the little ones, as well as to their teachers. And yet it is perhaps one which appears to be of the least concern to the vast majority of either class. The consequence is that any demand for no more than a just and reasonable burden being placed on the groaning shoulders of the tender, feeble weaklings is sure to meet with some vices or others, who appear to be more anxious to maintain the status quo and to take up cudgels against those who would plead for the slightest amelioration in the conditions of the helpless and innocent beings, whose lot is in their hands. The physical deterioration and stunting of growth is apparent to the most cursory observer. There is no denying this sad and stern fact. Nor can it be denied that the placing of any burdens on puny and frail frames can only constitute a hardship and lead to a breakdown.