Excerpt from The Relations of Scholastic Methods to the Health of Pupils in the Public Schools: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the SubjectInquiry will be made as to the number of hours devoted to study, recitation, and recreation, during school time, the system of rating excellence in school, the use and influence of competition and rewards upon scholars, as also of methods of examinations, vaca tions, and the practicability of half time schools.The subject of co-education of the sexes will be studied in the light of these statistics, the testimony of teachers, and the observa tions of medical men. The evidence of parents of pupils, and of graduates of either sex, of such schools will be asked for.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.