A BOY'S DIET
THE SCHOOL ANp THE TUGKSHOP
The members of the Section of Edu=cation of the British Association had (says "The Times") a discussion on jn" relatjori to health in schools. MrVaughan, headmaster of Rugby, presided. Dr. G. E. Friend said that supper aa a regular meal in his.view was unnecesssary and harmful, but jf boys had to sit up for late "prep." they should have a light snack of bread and bisquit, with butter or cheese, in the middle o< the evening. Tuckshops were probably a necessary evil, but should always be u»de.r strict supervision and never opened until after dinner. It was entirely wreng to do any work, mental or physical^ in the early mornjng pn an enijpty stomseh, and equally wropg to give a small snack at 7 a.m. to preqede an e^tra hour's work' before breakfast.
Mr. Douglas Berridge, home master at Malvern Collegej said that the tuskshop, in hJB opinion, was an almost unjnitigated blessing, since it epsbled the pupils to obtain the carbohydrates they needed in the form ip whiph they were most qnjckly used. He lpyed to see the boys rush off to the tuejfshpp after a meal- It might be suggested that if the sphopl TnesJs provided sufficient sugar the tuqkshop would be «n' necessary, but if the school did this, 'and left the child to take as many sweets as jje liked, he woijJd take too many. Restraint there niusj; be, and the weekly pocket money provided it. There were houses in almost every I ichool with » reputation for good feedr iug, and others where the boys coijj' plained that "the grub was bad." He described an experiment he made 12 years agq, when he asked for "votes fof food" from the boyg at a hr^e boardr jug school. . After four generations of boys had passed put he reaolved to take another vote, each boy being given » list of the dishes for breakfast, of meat at dinner, and of puddings. This list proved the iinpppulanty of boiled meat as compared with roa«t meat, and the increasing popularity of the potato pie, due to the■ iineowscipus desire to increase the carbonrnitroaen ration in the food tt correspond with the higher position of fish cakes in ,the brealtfast list. 1
A BOY'S DIET
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 16
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