The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-11-21
Red Cross Nurse Starts Work.

Miss Catherine Beagin. county
nurse who came the first part Of the
month has been very busy outlining
plan of campaign for the work in
the county and has made a good
start. The county has been divided
into districts in which committee
Of local people has been chosen to
assist and act on an executive com.
mittee in the district. A series Of
lectures and home talks will be CIV
en- by Miss Beagjn in an endeavor
to acquaint the people with the
purpose Of her work and the real
necessity of cooperation and assist
ance from them.
One Of the first plans which she
has put into operation here is in
the city schools, where the Health
Crusaders daily chores are being
tried by the pupils. These chores
consist Of eleven health giving rules
such az, washed my hands before
all my meals today, brushed my
teeth thoroughly after breakfast
and after the evening meal, took
ten deep breaths Of fresh air and
was careful to protect others when
| coughed. sneezed or spit. | drank
four glasses Of water, including a
drink before each meal. and drank
no tea. coffee. tried to eat only
wholesome food and to eat it slow
ly, | tried hard to sit up straight.
to keep neat clean and cheerful
minded. and to be helpfulto mothers,
washed not only my face but my
ears and neck and | cleaned my
fingernails today. and played out
Of doors more than thirty minutes
today. Each child who enters the
crusaders contest receives daily
chart with these rules on which he
checks as often as he completes or
follows them out. These daily re-
ports are transferred to the big
chart in the school room and the
pupil given his proper ranking.
The first rank is a page, which re-
quires perfect record for two weeks.
At the end Of five weeks he is given
a rank Of esquire if he still has
perfect record. the third is a knight
and the fourth and highest ranking
is knight banneret, which means
that the pupil has a perfect record
for fifteen weeks. Different
buttons and badges are given for
each ranking.
The purpose Of this crusade is
very evident, to teach the small boy
and girl the necessity and pleasure
to be clean physically and mentally.
Many Of the rules would be great
benefit to some Of our older people
if they would follow them as strict
" and consclentiously as the little
folks do. Help the child to observe
them and make every effort Of his
as easy as possible. The Mime
apolis Journal tells this story Of a
small chaps struggle with his daily
report record.
The teacher noticed that JOHNNY
was slow about turning in the re-
port and upon investigation found
this was what confronted him.
Teacher, here it says. washed
my face and here it says | washed
my neck, but washed my ears too.
and don't know whether my ears
go with my neck or my face"
Miss Beagin went to the southern
part Of the county the first of the
week to visit the schools in the
small towns there. She has been
visiting the Big Stone schools. the
Milbank city schools and several of
the rural schools near the city.
The conditions Of the roads and tn e
stormy weather has delayed her
work in the schools. but she has
further plans for work thruout the
entire county which will be carried
out as the time arrives.