The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04
SCHOOL HEADS
MEET TO PLAN
RED CROSS WORK
Chapter viii. BE Organized IN
Every School Of State,

Thirty. five county superiHlendentS ol
schools in Oklahoma attended the meet.
Ing in the banquet hall Of the Lee.
Huckins hotel tbs morning 10 organize
junior Red Cross activities in the
schools aud 10 discuss means oi carry.
ing on q junior Red Gross campaign
in Oklahoma, February - 10 q
The morning session adjourned at
II ~ O'Clock. when Just a third OF the
program was carried out. 10 meet again
al ! 20 and complete plans Of organi-
ration
Chapter In Each School
Plans for this afternoons session are
for the appointment Of q junior Red
Gross county committee Then q chapter
will he formed in each school, with the
principals and The teachers a. the COM
mittee. When the campaign Is on, each
child will be asked 10 give . cents 10
become a member Of the junior Red
Gross. n the child cannot join, then
the school will guarantee TO enroll the
child by producing q cents per child
through some kind oi entertainment In
this way il is hoped that there will be
no ~youngster in Oklahoma who will not
BE- a member Of the junior Red Cross.
n C. Faust, chairman Of the advisory
committee for Oklahoma, wa chair
man. +. s. Monroe. superintendent Of
schools al Muskogee, gave a short
sketch Of the national conference at St
Louis, held a week ago.
Pupils Show work
A very interesting denomination Of
some Of the unorganilcd Red Gross
work accomplished by the pupils Of
some Of the schools IN Oklahoma City
was given BY Mrs Lolita MoSier, prin.
cipal Of the Lowell school The pupils
OF this school have been spending thirty
minutes every week on Red eros, work
"l wanted my pupils to become inter
esled in patriotic activities. ! dld not
know how TO get them started said
Mrs. Mosier. Il finally got some liter.
Azure on the work OF the junior Red
Gross accomplished by children in other
states, and followed the directions They
wire very simple and fitted IN SO well
with the general school work, that ]
adopted them Immediately. The children
responded like wildiire, and this is a
sample OF the result" said Mrs. MoSicr
as she produced article after article
ffol her knitting bag, garments made
by the little hands for the big soldiers
Work Educational.
Mrs. MoSier told how in the drawing
class the children had TO measure
squares with rulers, four inches. Instead
OF working on paper, they measured on
cotton, then cut out the squares and
there were some gun wipes, so useful to
the soldier. She told of how in the
arithmetic classes the children had to
make circles when learning about cir
conferences. Instead Of drawing a cir
ol, on paper, they did il on cloth, and
the transformation Vas a cap. Mothers
have since come 10 me, and asked for
the pattern so as TO be able to make
them for their children" said Mrs.
MoSier.
J. A. Whiteford, superintendent Of
Oklahoma City schools said that junior
Red Cross work, properly organized in
the schools, will bring the children in
touch with the practical, and that the
children will not only be serving their
country, but will he serving themselves,
in that they will keep in touch with the
soldier, with humanity and sympathy.
In the lobby Of the hotel there is a
display OF Red Cross work, made by
the pupils of the Lincoln and the Lowell
schools. Refugee garments and baby
cloths for the children and grownups,
who have lost their homes in France
and Belgium, are included in the dis
play.