The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-03
RED Cross
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO HELP WIN WAR
Organization to Become Channel For
Patriotic Activities of "a, 1000, 900
Children.
WORK WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS.
Students Will Use Materials to Make
Needed supplies For Hospitals
VIII Instin Spirit of Service.

Washington, D. c.. September p
Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
Red Cross war council. the
launching of a Junior Red Cross open
TO all school children In the oun
try. The new organization hopes TO
become a channel for patriotic service
and interest to tbs "a, 100000 boys and
girls of school age In the United
States.
Membership in the Junior Red Cross
Ia to be by schools. Whenever there
has been placed in the local school
fund an amount equal to rs cents for
every pupil. tho school becomes a
school auxiliary of the Red Cross, n
Is entitled to display a special Red
Cross banner. At the same time every
pupil becomes a Junior member, and
is entitled to wear the membership
button.
The school fund can be raised by
the school, or collected by subecrip-
ton. In some states IL will be raised
by cities to all schools In the
city districts. In other states h cam
paign will be for a statewide fund
and the enrolment of all the pupils
ia lfAS SLdit. III FNt4y CfiGSF NV =
the schools are to be associated with
the local chapters of the Red Cross
through a teachers committee of the
chapter.
The school fund will be used for
the purchase of materials which the
children wifi make UP into Red Gross
supplies. and for other uses in which
the children will have 81 personal
share. No part Of 1t is to. go for chap
ter or general expenses.
Membership in the Junior Red Cross
will be developed by states. Division
mage will appoint membership
committees and school activities COM
mittees for each state. The member
ship committee stimulates interest and
raises funds for the school supply
fund. II will be composed Of some OF
the most influential psopie devoted to
educational affairs.
The school activities committee will
be made up of vocational teachers and
other school officials. Under it's di-
rection patterns OF articles to be made.
and other nstruc tions for use In the
vocational classrooms. will be pre-
pared and sent TO all the schools,
The plan has been developed by
! President MacCracken. of vassar. In
consultation with school activities and
the National Red Cross. DR.. Mac
Craeken said today:
IT believe In the Junior Red CT
! not only because OF the great sums
OF money It wnl carr and the i'm
r1ense amount OF supplies which the
school pupils, especially IN our tech
meal schools viii make. but because
Of It's educational and patriotic value
for the children.
The work for the Red Cross viii
teach service for others and unselfsh
giving: IL will stimulate interest in
our national government and It's poll
cies during the war; and It will az
ford a useful release for the youth
full energy which is stimulated by the
violent and morbid aspects of war
conditions. and II u~ndirected, may
| auae under wrong conditions great
increase Of Juvenile delinquency and
crime.
TT is the success attained I'm many
schools last year which has decided
the Red Cross 10 undertake this i'm
portant new step. The vocational
| classes IN New York state alone last
sprtns made over 40. 900 articles dur
ing the last few weeks Of the school
year for the Red Cross.
Universal testimony from the
chapters showed that these were in
every way up to the rigid standards
I Of the organization. Mrs. Talbot, di-
/ rector of vocational education for girls
In the state. says that in many cases
she was told that their work was. II
| anything, better han that in the adult
work"