The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-23
MOSCOW SCHOOLS WILL NOT
BE OPENED NEXT MONDAY

The schools of Moscow will not
open next Monday This was decided
by the school board after consulta-
tlon with city and county health Of
ficers at special meeting held last
night. 1t was regarded as dangerous
to open school in Moscow now with
so many cases of influenza in town.
DR.. W. A. Adair reported 80 homes
in this school district in which there
is influenza and believes that if child
rem from these homes enter the
school there is danger of a spread of
the contagion. L. F. Parsons, of the
school board, made this statement:
AT special meeting of the school
board held yesterday evening the
board decided to keep the schools of
Moscow closed for another week, ir-
respective of the fact that the state
board of health has raised the quar-
antine. Before making this decision
County Health Officer DIR. Rae and
City Health officer DR.. Adair. A
canvass of the number of infected
homes was obtained from the several
physicians of Moscow There were
found to be 80 infected homes each
of which had one or more cases.
the matter it was decided by the
board that it would be more desirable
to lose one week of school than to
unnecessarily expose the children of
the district with the possibility of
loss of life. 1t was understood by
the board that the churches and
theatres would open the first of
the week and it was deemed
desirable to wait and note the effect
on the spread of the disease. If con-
ditions remain favorable the schools
Will open Monday, December 2.
''The teachers of the district have
been requested to remain in the city
and refrain as far as possible from
exposing themselves to the disease
with the hope that the whole corps
may be at hand for service on De-
cember End and the school work pro-
ceed with as great speed and as little
friction as possible"
The churches of Moscow will hold
services at the usual hours tomorrow
and the theatres will open Monday
evening. Both are preparing special
programs for the opening occasion.
The churches have been closed for six
weeks and there have been no public
meetings of any kind in Moscow in
that time. The same is true of the
theatres. DR.. w. A. Adair, city health
officer, who has consented to the
opening of churches and theatres
makes the following announcements:
every one who has any symptoms
of disease, even a slight cold, will
be required to remain away from the
theatres and churches. Coughing in
these public places will cause uneasi-
ness if it is not actually dangerous.
No one with a cough should be ad-
mitted to any of them. Persons who
have recently recovered from influ-
anZa should remain away from these
places for several days, at least. I'm
less the greatest care is exercised
there will be grave danger of a spread
Of the disease and all public meetings
will again be forbidden for an indefi-
mite period. 1t will be well for man
ayers of theatres to refuse to admit
any one with cough. IL great care
is used in the next week the danger
will be greatly lessened and every
one should cooperate to prevent an
other epidemic here"
The chamber of commerce will hold
it's regular weekly noon day luncheon
at it's rooms over the Orpheum theatre
next Tuesday. Secret societies will
hold their usual meetings next week
and, aside from schools, the conditions
in Moscow will again be normal.
Conditions at the University of
Idaho are very satisfactory. There
have been no new cases in many days.
The few girls who had slight attacks
of influenza are recovering and it is
hoped that next Monday the quaran-
tine can be lifted and the S. A. T. c.
men and other students will again be
permitted to come down town, at
tend church and theatres and make
up, in a measure, for the loss of
during the past six
weeks 1t is understood that the 300
men in the vocational training corps
will leave here on December Is to
make room for 300 others, but where
the latter will come from is not yet
known.