The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
RED CROSS NOTES
Concrete Work for Juniors.

most oIIen TO division headquarters:
"HoW can make the Junior Red Cross
concrete in my school work after the
roll call is over?" A teacher of the
northern division has given one ans
wer in the following plan for the or
g%anization of a civic league.
"In my school room last spring I
answered this question by organizing
a Civic league. The Little Citizens
league in rural schools could serve the
purpose very we'll or a society might
be known by any other name. In the
civics and history class we discussed
clubs, lodges, societies and benefit as
%sociations. The children had heard
enough about them to know that or
CARNATIONS have a constitution, Off
GERS, committees and regular date for
meeting.
"We decided, to form a society in
our school and to get information
about the matter from all possible
sources. Then we chose a name. The
next day everybody offered some con
%tribution or suggestion about the
method of procedure. One boy
brought a copy of the constitution of a
firemen's organization to which a rel
ative of his had belonged. We studied
this and then used it as a basis fol
a very simple constitution of our own
which a worded something like this:
This school hereby organizes
itself into a society with three
definite purposes
l.. To promote good citizenship
IN Jul school.
2. To serve all children that
are in need.
3. To keep in touch with as
many children as possible.
This society shall be called.
...- The society shall
have three officers, namely, pres
ident, secretary and treasurer.
The president shall call at least
two meetings a month over which
he shall preside. The treasurer
shall have the care of all funds.
The secretary shall take the min
utes of the meeting and shall
attend to correspondence with
other societies and shall see that
letters from other children are
read to the society and answered
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The teacher shall serve only in
an advisory capacity and cannot
hold office. There shall be at
least one committee, known as the
Program committee. This COM
mittee shall plan a Junior Red
Cross program for one meeting
civic programs for the other
meeting.
''The children gradually Learned
enough of parliamentary procedure t.
conduct these meetings entirely alone
that is, the teacher was merely
member Of the society.
"a very valuable part of this or
ganization was the opportunity TO
motivated language, history and geo
graphy work. The whole, idea of tn
society is %,ofcourse, to v~italize Eng
lisA of a most valuable kind. Chill
dren love to receive letters, and whel
they get them from other children il
connection with this society or Re-
Cross work, abroad or at home, the,
love to answer the letters, and the,
al see a good reason for writing
pleasing letter which is also correc
as to form. The vitalization of stud
les in history and in government i
obvious.
"In the preparation of such JUNO
Red Cross programs this year, tn
Junior Red Cross News will be yer,
helpful. Reports and plans for rails
ing their own funds, discussions an
suggestions for spending their 40 pc
cent locally might we'll have a prom
inent place. Letters asking for in
formation and suggestions about com
munity needs as well as letters report
ing to headquarters how the societ
is raising money and spending it, an
how it is carrying out the purposes TO
which it vas organized, might be rea
so that all the members could be KEEP
in touch with the work.
II can assure every school that tn
days when we had Junior Red eros
programs were the most interestin
days of the month"
Some of the problems which Nigh
be discussed are:
Realth Problems in the Home.
The study Of food values. "Foo
saving and sharing" prepared unde