The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-04-30
CLEANING DAY BULLETIN

The committee of the Commercial
Club on Cleaning Week" named Prof.
T.. A. Mott and Charles w. Jordan as
a committee on school work.
These men realize the Importance
of instruction in childhood along the
lines of good citizenship. They know
that what you would have appear in
the nations life must be introduced
into the public schools They see with
President Elliott that the main object
in teaching should not be to provide
children with the means of earning a
livelihood but to show them how to
live happy and worthy lives. To see
beauty and to love it is to possess
large securities for such lives. Eff
f1Ciency comes by a cultivation of a
critical discernment of beauty. City
life can be rendered less detrimental
to the welfare of the masses. The
future must witness a more lovable
city and the boys and girls must figure
in the making
The school committee we'll under
stands the multitude of duties devolv-
ing upon the city teachers. The board
is not unmindful of their faithfulness
along the we'll worn paths of custom
ary instruction. For reasons, now
fairly familiar to the public, they are
freely falling in line with the plans
for Cleaning Week" observance. The
school authorities of our city are in
reality introducing into the course of
study the department recently recon-
mended and adopted by the National
Educational Association of America,
namely: Regard for Civic Beauty"
They are asking the students in the
grades to enroll in Junior Civic
Leagues. In these, officers are to be
named who may feel responsible for
their leagues.
Signing the following pledge by any
student in any school in the city con-
stitutes membership in the League
Junior Civic League Pledge.
Il wish Richmond to be clean and
beautiful city and l will work to make
it so:
1. BY keeping its yards, streets and
alleys clean.
2. BY planting flowers, vines and
trees and protecting them.
3. BY not defacing any fence or
public property"
These pledge cards also contain
space for a prize report. Work for
prizes begins May arst and must end
Wednesday, May seventh.
Members of leagues are to be
awarded with plants, one for every
three hours of work, They may en-
gage in any or all of the following
activities, receiving credit for time
spent.
l. Clean your own yard, back and
front.
2. Clean your own sidewalks
g. Collect trash anywhere about
your premises and place on your own
side of the alley, weighting down the
paper, etc.
4. Secure signatures to citizens
pledges.
8. Count the clean yards in your
block.
s. Count the children you see keep
ing their pledges.
Z. Pick up every scrap of paper
anywhere in sight.
Those organizing leagues will ask
for real work from the members.
They will be advised to honestly keep
their pledges, to play fair" as hon
orable citizens in their efforts to win
prizes: they will be encouraged to de
velop sense of city ownership and
enthusiastic civic pride, The various
schools are to compete for a flag
which shall be presented to the build
ing making the best record in clean
ing week" work. The flag will be a
credit to the school. worth the win
ming in this and future contests.
Citizens pledges read: Il will as
sist the children by cleaning my own
premises and encouraging others 10
do the same"
Uniform blanks will be furnished
the children for daily reports of work
done and these must be properly sign.