The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-30
STATE DIRECTOR
 OF SANITATION
DR. GARRISON MAKES ADDRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN
 LINEss IN SCHOOLS.
Health and Physical Upbuilding First to be Considered, and Then Men,
 tai and Social development.

eoiy VI NdridHu county, was nelQ III the suburban Gardner school.
 Notable speakers LOT the occasion were Dr.~C. w. Garrison, state direc- tor of sanitation, who came from Lit tie Rock, for the purpose of address ing the meeting. Prof. Ury McKen- school Hon. Hamp Williams, former state senator, from this district, and County Superintendent David A. Crockett
 The building was crowded to its capacity, for the News had gone abroad in the land that there was to be a feast for the mind and feast for the body. And such it was, for after the eloquent speeches there fol lowed box supper The auctioneers for the occasion were Mir. Walter Wheatley and MT. M. K. Watson.
 Just now when there is so much talk of making the school the com munity social and educational center, considerable interest will be felt in watching the influence and result of this meeting. Supt Crockett is un- tiring In his efforts in this direction and felt that no greater educational treat could be planned for the patrons and pupils than an occasion of this kind with men of such high mental qualifications and ,eloquence to ad- dress the people.
 Hot Springs is to pe congratulated on having in her midst the distin- guished Dr. c. w. harrison of Little Rock, state director of sanitation and a leading member of the state health department which is waging such mighty crusade for conservation of health in Arkansas. Dr. Garrison came at the special request of County Snnt avid A Crockett and those who heard him last night feel that a great treat has been given them and a vast amount of know ledge.
 The meeting was presided over by Supt. Crockett, who introduced the speakers in pleasing manner.
 First on the program came the popular principal of the Hot Springs high school. The audience sat as if spellbound as the eloquent words dropped from his lips. Mir. McKen
 zie is masterly speaker and the speech delivered last evening show ed deep thought research. rhiloso- phy and a wide acquaintance with the real conditions of the people and the remedies to be applied for elevating the race of mankind. He dwelt upon the material things first that would elevate society and later the mental side of it. He discussed social ques. tions from the economic standpoint.
 First health. habits, birth and eff feet on following generations. He ad- vised and insisted on the cultivation of the physical powers. He dwelt upon the honor and dignity of labor, the growth and training received by being educated to work with a pur- pose in view, purpose in life. He insisted that the people of Arkansas awake to the necessity of cultivating the mind to realize the great material wealth of her domain that is being garnered into foreign treasuries sim |rly by our people not doing more brain work in planning to keep our products at home for manufacture and distribution. He. considered the vast amount of wealth to be saved the state by people manufacturing her own furniture and spoke Of our fine lumber business and abundant timber. He showed by actual figures the saving to the state of having these factories within her own borders. Realizing the vast wealth to be made in the poultry business, he gave figures that amply proved the statements.
 He advised honest business from farmers in the fruir and other busi- ness, in which too often the farmer puts the best fruit on top of the box. Many humorous stories were relat- ed that evoked laughter and applause. He advocated girls learning to cook, sew. keep house, to study to be good wives and good mothers.
 At the conclusion of his speech, MT. Mckenzie was the recipient of much applause and many compliments. MT. Crockett introduced Dr. Gar rison, the next speaker in a happy manner, and he arose to the occasion with speech which surpassed any thing of the kind ever heard in this city. Sanitation was the theme. He spoke of what had been done at Pan- ma, and at Manila, in this line. He told his audience about the hookworm l in way that was most instructive and entertaining. He insisted that much of the sickness in the land is dme to unsanitary toilets which breed disease. He showed that the rural school toilets had been the means of spreading many diseases. It ap- | pears that many schools have no toilets, merely clumps of bushes be- ing used for the purpose and that the consequent soil pollution has been disease spreading. He spoke at
 length of the cause and prevention of typhoid fever He showed that
 sanitary toilets and the prevention
 of flies would do much for conserva- | tinli of health in Arkansas.
 Realizing that other speakers were
 to follow, pr. Garrison had decided to speak briefly. But, being so i'm
 bued with his subject and naturally | a gifted speaker, whose words flow