40504001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The food is wonderful and it is a lot of fun to be here"!@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@So wrote a ten year old student in a letter to his parents from North Country School, Lake Placid, New York.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In this one sentence, he unwittingly revealed the basic philosophy of the nutrition and psychological programs in operation at the school.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Because the food is selected with thought for its nutritional value, care for its origin, and prepared in a manner that retains the most nutrients, the food does taste good.@@@@1@30@@oe@1-12-2014
40504005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When served in a psychological atmosphere that allows young bodies to assimilate the greatest good from what they eat because they are free from tension, a foundation is laid for a high level of health that releases the children from physical handicaps to participate with enjoyment in the work assignments, the athletic programs and the most important phase, the educational opportunities.@@@@1@61@@oe@1-12-2014
40504006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Situated in a region of some of the loveliest mountain scenery in the country, the school buildings are located amid open fields and farm lands.@@@@1@25@@oe@1-12-2014
40504007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@These contemporary structures, beautifully adapted to a school in the country, are home to 60 children, ages eight to fourteen, grades four through eight.@@@@1@24@@oe@1-12-2014
40504008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@From fourteen states and three foreign countries they come to spend the months from mid-September to June.@@@@1@17@@oe@1-12-2014
40504009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Director, Walter E. Clark, believes that a school with children living full time in its care must take full responsibility for their welfare.@@@@1@24@@oe@1-12-2014
40504010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To him this means caring for the whole child, providing basic nutrition, and a spiritual attitude that lends freedom for the development of the mind.@@@@1@25@@oe@1-12-2014
40504011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Improved farming methods@@@@1@3@@oe@1-12-2014
40504012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The concept of good nutrition really began with the garden.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The school has always maintained a farm to supply the needs of the school.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In a climate hostile to agriculture, Mr. Clark has had to keep alert to the most productive farm techniques.@@@@1@19@@oe@1-12-2014
40504015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Where a growing season may, with luck, allow 60 days without frost, and where the soil is poor, sandy, quick-drying and subject to erosion, many farmers fail.@@@@1@27@@oe@1-12-2014
40504016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Throughout the Adirondack region abandoned farm homes and wild orchards bear ghostly testimony that their owners met defeat.@@@@1@18@@oe@1-12-2014
40504017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Clark found that orthodox procedures of deep plowing, use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides, plus the application of conservation principles of rotation and contouring, did not prevent sheet erosion in the potato fields and depreciation of the soil.@@@@1@39@@oe@1-12-2014
40504018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"To give up these notions required a revolution in thought", Mr. Clark said in reminiscing about the abrupt changes in ideas he experienced when he began reading "Organic Gardening" And "Modern Nutrition" in a search for help with his problems.@@@@1@40@@oe@1-12-2014
40504019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Louis Bromfield's writings excited me as a conservationist".@@@@1@8@@oe@1-12-2014
40504020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@By 1952 he was convinced he would no longer spray.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He locked his equipment in a cabinet where it still remains.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@After reading "Plowman's Folly" by Edward H. Faulkner, he stopped plowing.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The basis for compost materials already existed on the school farm with a stable of animals for the riding program, poultry for eggs, pigs to eat garbage, a beef herd and wastes of all kinds.@@@@1@35@@oe@1-12-2014
40504024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Separate pails were kept in the kitchen for coffee grounds and egg shells.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@All these materials and supplementary manure and other fertilizers from neighboring dairy and poultry farms made over 40 tons of finished compost a year.@@@@1@24@@oe@1-12-2014
40504026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It was applied with a compost shredder made from a converted manure spreader.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Years of patient application of compost and leaf mulching has changed the structure of the soil and its water-holding capacity.@@@@1@20@@oe@1-12-2014
40504028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Soon after the method changed, visitors began asking how he managed to irrigate his soil to keep it looking moist, when in reality, it was the soil treatment alone that accomplished this.@@@@1@32@@oe@1-12-2014
40504029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To demonstrate the soil of his vegetable gardens as it is today, Mr. Clark stooped to scoop up a handful of rich dark earth.@@@@1@24@@oe@1-12-2014
40504030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Sniffing its sweet smell and letting it fall to show its good crumbly consistency, he pointed to the nearby driveway and said, "This soil used to be like that hard packed road over there".@@@@1@34@@oe@1-12-2014
40504031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"People and soils respond slowly", says Walter Clark, "but the time has now come when the gardens produce delicious long-keeping vegetables due to this enrichment program.@@@@1@26@@oe@1-12-2014
40504032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@No chemical fertilizers and poisonous insecticides and fungicides are used".@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The garden supplies enough carrots, turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, beets, cabbage and squash to store for winter meals in the root cellar.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The carrots sometimes don't make it through the winter; the cabbage and squash keep until March or April.@@@@1@18@@oe@1-12-2014
40504035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There is never enough corn, peas or strawberries.@@@@1@8@@oe@1-12-2014
40504036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Clark still has to use rotenone with potatoes grown on the least fertile fields, but he has watched the insect damage decrease steadily and hopes that continued use of compost and leaf mulch will allow him to do without it in the future.@@@@1@44@@oe@1-12-2014
40504037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A new project planned is the use of Bio-Dynamic Starter.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@New ideas for improving nutrition came with the study of soil treatment.@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"After the soil, the kitchen", says Mr. Clark.@@@@1@8@@oe@1-12-2014
40504040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The first major change was that of providing wholewheat bread instead of white bread.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Adults take a long time to convince and you are thwarted if you try to push".@@@@1@16@@oe@1-12-2014
40504042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At first the kitchen help was tolerant, but ordered their own supply of white bread for themselves.@@@@1@17@@oe@1-12-2014
40504043@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"You can't make French toast with whole-wheat bread", was an early complaint.@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504044@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Of course they learned in time that they not only could use whole-wheat bread, but the children liked it better.@@@@1@20@@oe@1-12-2014
40504045@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Homemade bread@@@@1@2@@oe@1-12-2014
40504046@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mrs. Clark, as house manager, planned the menus and cared for the ordering.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504047@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Then Miss Lillian Colman came from Vermont to be kitchen manager.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504048@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Today whole grains are freshly ground every day and baked into bread.@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504049@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Clark's studies taught him that the only way to conserve the vitamins in the whole grain was prompt use of the flour.@@@@1@23@@oe@1-12-2014
40504050@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Once the grains are ground, vitamin E begins to deteriorate immediately and half of it is lost by oxidation and exposure to the air within one week.@@@@1@27@@oe@1-12-2014
40504051@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A mill stands in a room off the kitchen.@@@@1@9@@oe@1-12-2014
40504052@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Surrounding it are metal cans of grains ordered from organic farms in the state.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504053@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Miss Colman pours measures of whole wheat, oats, and soy beans and turns on the motor.@@@@1@16@@oe@1-12-2014
40504054@unknown@formal@none@1@S@She goes on about her work and listens for the completion of the grinding.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504055@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The bread baked from this mixture is light in color and fragrant in aroma.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504056@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It is well liked by the children and faculty.@@@@1@9@@oe@1-12-2014
40504057@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There is one problem with the bread.@@@@1@7@@oe@1-12-2014
40504058@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Lillian's bread is so good and everything tastes so much better here that it is hard not to eat too much", said the secretary ruefully eyeing her extra pounds.@@@@1@29@@oe@1-12-2014
40504059@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Hot, freshly-ground cereal@@@@1@3@@oe@1-12-2014
40504060@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The school has not used cold prepared cereals for years, though at one time that was all they ever served.@@@@1@20@@oe@1-12-2014
40504061@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504062@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They serve cracked wheat, oats or cornmeal.@@@@1@7@@oe@1-12-2014
40504063@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Occasionally, the children find steamed, whole-wheat grains for cereal which they call "buckshot".@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504064@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At the beginning of the school year, the new students don't eat the cereal right away, but within a short time they are eating it voraciously.@@@@1@26@@oe@1-12-2014
40504065@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When they leave for vacations they miss the hot cereal.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504066@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The school has received letters from parents asking, "What happened to Johnny?@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504067@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He never used to like any hot cereal, now that's the only kind he wants.@@@@1@15@@oe@1-12-2014
40504068@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Where can we get this cereal he likes so much"?@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504069@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Body-building foods@@@@1@2@@oe@1-12-2014
40504070@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Salads are served at least once a day.@@@@1@8@@oe@1-12-2014
40504071@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Vegetables are served liberally.@@@@1@4@@oe@1-12-2014
40504072@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Most come from the root cellar or from the freezer.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504073@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Home-made sauerkraut is served once a week.@@@@1@7@@oe@1-12-2014
40504074@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Sprouted grains and seeds are used in salads and dishes such as chop suey.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504075@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Sometimes sprouted wheat is added to bread and causes the children to remark, "Lillian, did you put nuts in the bread today"?@@@@1@22@@oe@1-12-2014
40504076@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Milk appears twice a day.@@@@1@5@@oe@1-12-2014
40504077@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The school raises enough poultry, pigs, and beef cattle for most of their needs.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504078@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Lots of cheese made from June grass milk is served.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504079@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Hens are kept on the range and roosters are kept with them for their fertility.@@@@1@15@@oe@1-12-2014
40504080@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Organ meats such as beef and chicken liver, tongue and heart are planned once a week.@@@@1@16@@oe@1-12-2014
40504081@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Also, salt water fish is on the table once a week.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504082@unknown@formal@none@1@S@For deserts, puddings and pies are each served once a week.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504083@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Most other desserts are fruit in some form, fresh fruits once daily at least, sometimes at snack time.@@@@1@18@@oe@1-12-2014
40504084@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Dried fruits are purchased from sources where they are neither sulphured nor sprayed.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504085@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Apples come from a farm in Vermont where they are not sprayed.@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504086@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Oranges and grapefruit are shipped from Florida weekly from an organic farm.@@@@1@12@@oe@1-12-2014
40504087@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Finding sources for these high quality foods is a problem.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504088@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Sometimes the solution comes in unexpected ways.@@@@1@7@@oe@1-12-2014
40504089@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Following a talk by Mr. Clark at the New York State Natural Food Associates Convention, a man from the audience offered to ship his unsprayed apples to the school from Vermont.@@@@1@31@@oe@1-12-2014
40504090@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Wheat-germ, brewer's yeast and ground kelp are used in bread and in dishes such as spaghetti sauce, meat loaves.@@@@1@19@@oe@1-12-2014
40504091@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Miss Colman hopes to find suitable shakers so that kelp can be available at the tables.@@@@1@16@@oe@1-12-2014
40504092@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Raw wheat-germ is available on the breakfast table for the children to help themselves.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504093@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Very few fried foods are used and the use of salt and pepper is discouraged.@@@@1@15@@oe@1-12-2014
40504094@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Drinking with meals is also discouraged; pitchers of water merely appear on the tables.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504095@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Nothing is peeled.@@@@1@3@@oe@1-12-2014
40504096@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The source is known so there is no necessity to remove insecticide residues.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504097@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The cooking conserves a maximum of the vitamin C content of vegetables by methods which use very little water and cook in the shortest time possible.@@@@1@26@@oe@1-12-2014
40504098@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Wholesome snacks, no candy@@@@1@4@@oe@1-12-2014
40504099@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Since Mr. Clark believes firmly that the chewing of hard foods helps develop healthy gums and teeth, raw vegetables and raw whole-wheat grains are handed out with fresh fruit and whole-wheat cookies at snack time in the afternoons.@@@@1@38@@oe@1-12-2014
40504100@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To solve the problem of the wheat grains spilling on the floor and getting underfoot, a ball of maple syrup boiled to candy consistency was invented to hold the grains.@@@@1@30@@oe@1-12-2014
40504101@unknown@formal@none@1@S@On their frequent hikes into the nearby mountains, the children carry whole grains to munch along the trail.@@@@1@18@@oe@1-12-2014
40504102@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They learn to like these so well that it isn't surprising to hear that one boy tried the oats he was feeding his horse at chore time.@@@@1@27@@oe@1-12-2014
40504103@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They tasted good to him, so he brought some to breakfast to eat in his cereal bowl with milk and honey.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504104@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Maple syrup is made by the children in the woods on the school grounds.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504105@unknown@formal@none@1@S@This and raw sugar replace ordinary refined sugar on the tables and very little sugar is used in cooking.@@@@1@19@@oe@1-12-2014
40504106@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Candy is not allowed.@@@@1@4@@oe@1-12-2014
40504107@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Parents are asked in the bulletin to send packages of treats consisting of fruit and nuts, but no candy.@@@@1@19@@oe@1-12-2014
40504108@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Nourishing meals@@@@1@2@@oe@1-12-2014
40504109@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Clark believes in a good full breakfast of fruit, hot cereal, milk, honey, whole-wheat toast with real butter and eggs.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504110@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The heavy meal comes in the middle of the day.@@@@1@10@@oe@1-12-2014
40504111@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Soup is often the important dish at supper.@@@@1@8@@oe@1-12-2014
40504112@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Homemade of meat, bones and vegetables, it is rich in dissolved minerals and vitamins.@@@@1@14@@oe@1-12-2014
40504113@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The school finds that the children are satisfied with smaller amounts of food since all of it is high in quality.@@@@1@21@@oe@1-12-2014
40504114@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The cost to feed one person is just under one dollar a day.@@@@1@13@@oe@1-12-2014
40504115@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Outdoor exercises@@@@1@2@@oe@1-12-2014
40504116@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Even before he saw the necessity of growing better food and planning good nutrition, Mr. Clark felt the school had a good health program.@@@@1@24@@oe@1-12-2014
40504117@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Rugged outdoor exercise for an hour and a half every day in all kinds of weather was the rule.@@@@1@19@@oe@1-12-2014
40504118@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A vigorous program existed in skiing, skating sports and overnight hiking.@@@@1@11@@oe@1-12-2014
40504119@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Healthier children@@@@1@2@@oe@1-12-2014
40504120@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Since the change to better nutrition, he feels he can report on improvements in health, though he considers the following statements observations and not scientific proof.@@@@1@26@@oe@1-12-2014
40504121@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Visitors to the school ask what shampoo they use on the children's hair to bring out the sheen.@@@@1@18@@oe@1-12-2014
40504122@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The ruddy complexion of the faces also brings comment.@@@@1@9@@oe@1-12-2014