4. Open-air schools for giving to the physically weak such advantages of pure air, good food, and warm sunshine as may enable them to pursue their studies while regaining their physical vigor.
5. Special classes and schools for the physically handicapped and mentally exceptional in which children may receive the care and instruction fitted to their needs.
6. School gardens, which serve as nature study laboratories, where education and recreation go hand in hand, and increased knowledge is accompanied by increased bodily efficiency.
7. School playgrounds, which afford space, facilities, opportunity, and incentive for the expression of play instincts and impulses.
8. Organized athletics, which aid in physical development, and afford training in alertness, intense application, vigorous exertion, loyalty, obedience to law and order, self-control, self-sacrifice, and respect for the rights of others.
9. Systematic instruction and practice in personal and community hygiene and sanitation.
10. The progressive improvement of all adjuncts of better sanitation in school houses, such as sanitary drinking cups and fountains, systems of vacuum cleaning, improved systems of lighting, heating, and ventilation.
Health and Education and Business
There is one condition in the Cleveland school system which rises like a mighty barrier against the possibility of completely fulfilling any such program of health education as that outlined in the 10 planks of the preceding platform. This is the fundamental fact that the Cleveland school authorities have not yet conceived of health work as being an integral part of education.