Morris tribune., 1917-03-02
Mems Club of Congregational Church
Hold Third Fellowship Dinner
at Merchants Hotel
ASK FOR HEALTH SUNDAY
Health Problems of the City, the
County and the Schools Were
Considered

So impressive and instructive were
the speeches given on Public
Health" at the third fellowship din
ner of the Mems Club of the Congre-
gatiOnal church held at the Mer-
chants hotel, Monday night, that an
effort is being made Ly the members
of the club to have Public Health
Sunday" observed in Morris, some
time in the near future.
J. G. Morrison was the leader for
the evening and after an excellent
four course dinner the five speakers
on the program eacn delivered a
carefully prepared and instructive
address.
Speaking on the subject Of
Schools and the Public Health, :"
Supt. Simonds, spoke of the great
work the schools are doing for the
physical condition of the commun-
ity by providing athletic instruction
for the all around development of
the boys and girls. The old methods
of sanitation, ventilation and ath-
letic development we're compared by
Supt. SimOnds to the efficiency and
the carefullness exercised in the
modern schools.
'"The question for the most care
full consideration that now cOnfrOnts
the public schools" said Supt. ST.
monds, lis the exercising of hygi-
enic methods in the schools. Hy-
giene is a broader term than SANTA
tiOn and includes the consideration
of personal health, a subject that in
quires into the condition of the
child's eyes, ears, teeth and other
physical defects. This need could
best be met in Morris by having
trained nurse employed to inspect
the schools of Stevens county at fire.
quent intervals"
"City Sanitation and the City
Health was the subject of the S. A.
Siverts', Jr. speech. Mr.. Siverts
dwelt at length on the subject of the
sewerage and water systems of Nor
ris and different cities. Morris with
it's seven miles of sanitary sewers
and four miles of storm sewers has
established a record for town Of
it's size according to City Manager
Siverts. He also praised the efficient
manner in which the garbage is re-
moved here.
The question of individual health
of the community has never received
due consideration is the opinion of
Mr.. Siverts. Morris is spending
four cents per capita for public
health and So per capita on educa-
tion. This is educating the brain at
the expense of the body" Morris
should also have a local dairy and
food inspector. "The national i'm
portance of sanitation was never
more made evident than when the
French government abandoned the
Panama canal because the labOrers
could not live in the canal zone.
The United States government we're
able to complete the canal because
of the rigid sanitary measures that
they enforced"
Arthur Woodman, of the Univers-
ity farm school, gave an interesting
talk on the subject of Rural SAINT
alton and The Public Health" that
was chock-full of comparisons and
statistics of health conditions in
rural districts and urban centers.
"The rural communities have al
ways been called the ideal health
resorts of the world. Life in the
country shold be the healthiest
place in the world but indisputable
statistics show that the mortality
rate is only slightly better in the
rural districts than in the cities" "
The reason lies in the absence of
public health inspectors in the cOun-
try and the Unsanitary practices of
drainage and sewage disposal that
is so often found on the farm" said
Mr.. Woodman. tuberculosis, ty-
phoid and other preventable diseases
seem to be more prevalent in the rur-
al districts, or at least are harder to
check than in the urban centers was
the opinion expressed by Mr.. Wood
man. Education, health nurses,
ventilation, cleanliness and better
sanitary measures are the means
that will make the rural communi-
ties the healthiest places in the
world.
Supt. Higbie distributed a number
of booklets of the Life Extension
Institute and explained in a few
words the educational campaign
that this organization is carrying on
'"The institute is inaugarating q
campaign to educate people how tc
live longer by learning how to live
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