New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
81 ~
AIAApH
4 THE RED BADGE Of CAUTION
IT
%xS 81

taken from New York newspaper, tells
how Anthony Lapinto died. 1t was An
thongs only bid for fame. Had he died,
as many other boys die, from natural
causes his passing would scarcely have
been chronicled in the press. But be-
c1use Anthony chose the spectacular
the papers gave him special mention.
Somehow we, feel. however, that II
Anthony could have the day to live over
again he would not be willing to ex-
change his young life for one small
paragraph in the public prints. Be
that as it may, Anthony's death, in the
manner 80 coldly and tersely described,
affords lesson to other boys in front
of public schools whose energies
prompt them to catch the tailboards of
passing motor trucks. And the League
for Motorists Protection has pledged
itself to the task of bringing that les
son home to the schoolboys of the
state and nation.
After reading Of Anthony's death,
the league communicated with Dr. J.
Of the State of New York, and asked
his cooperation in working out pan
Of campaign, the result being that
DR.. Finley has agreed to trans
NIT to the various schools Of the city
and state the lessons in caution that
the league will prepare. In the prepa-
ration of a suitable course in caution
the league will have the advice and
counsel of one of the foremost educa-
tors of the world, who has had much to
do of late with the preparation of other
educatonal data especially adapted for
the youth of the country
The league believes, therefore, that
Anthony Lapinto did not die in vain.
In presenting the case to DR.. Finley
the league took the position that the
education of the boys and girls of
the country, especially those residing
in the thickly congested districts, is
being neglected in one vital respect
They are being taught how to add
subtract, multiply and divide, how to
parse verbs and, as they grow older,
how to compute logarithms and to
talk in tongues other than their own
safeguard from disaster their young
lives that the states and cities are
spending so much to embellish?
In studying the problem presented
by the rapidly increasing number of
deaths and injuries growing out of
the operation of motor vehicles the
league long ago came to the conclusion
that many of these accidents are due
to carelessness on the part of pedes-
TRANS, both children and adults
League members and agents have been
pedestrians have been guilty of gross
carelessness of their own safety, and
the figures are very alarming.
The education of the grown-ups in
the fundamentals of caution presents
serious difficulties, but because the
school children of the country are i'm
questionable a splendid opportunity is
afforded to reach them through cam
paign such as the one above outlined
Indirectly this campaign will be
extended to the adults through the
hildren themselves.
DR.. Finley stated that from time
his office literature and posters of
various kinds calculated to impress
upon the school children of the state
the necessity for observing caution,
but his campaign along these lines has
been more or less limited, and it, of
course, has not given special atten-
ton to the dangers growing out Of
the operation Of motor vehicles on
the highways. We believe that these
dangers in their sum total are far
greater than all other physical dan
gers to which the children IRE ex-
posed in their daily walks; hence an
effective campaign to cope with this
problem will go very far indeed toward
correcting the evil.
Motorists, whether members Of the
league or not, can readily recognize
the benefits that will accrue to them
under this campaign, as the league
feels certain that practically every
man who has operated q motor car
realizes that there is great need for
increased caution on the part of school
children and others, and that every one
Will welcome the improved conditions
the league is seeking to bring about.