He will learn something of the pupil's general
health, his physical defects and, also, — a matter
of great importance, — of former diseases and
their consequences. All this is information for
which a tender-hearted teacher will be grateful
to the home, because he can make use of it in
his judgment and his treatment of his pupils.*

* An innovation recendy (1906), introduced into the school
administration of Augsburg is very praiseworthy. Here is issued,
as reported, a series of questions to parents of children promoted
to the Volkschule, in order to obtain information regarding for-
mer diseases, accidents, and bodily or mental defects. These
answers are treated as strictly confidential. They are to lead the
teacher to pay proper attention to pupil's natural handicaps.
