It is an old joke that the parents of Boston are looking forward to the time when their children will be born with spectacles. Certain it is that hundreds of children are to-day wearing glasses where one was a generation ago. Is this necessary? Our school children are growing more and more nearsighted according to all authorities. They are becoming a class of invalids, thousands being taken from school on account of illness. According to the Medical Standard, out of three hundred young women in the Chicago Normal School only 67 are in good health. Think of that! The very teachers in whose care the children are to be placed do not know good health in their own individual selves. The Normal School is the full fruit of which the public school system is the flower. Instead of sending forth teachers to educate—to develop boys and girls—it sends out a horde of physical weaklings to teach books. We would be glad to know of the number of pairs of spectacles worn by the 233 who were “enjoying poor health.” What can we do to remedy this?—The Clinic.