American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-11
NATIONAL SAVING CAMPAIGN TO
PLAY BIG PART IN SCHOOLS OF
POWER COUNTY, SAYS SUPER
INTENDENT.
HEALTH is ANOTHER SUBJECT
Thriftometer VIII Keep Tally on Rec
ords of Pupils-Red Cross Work Is
Third New Subject That VIII Be
Taught.

Three new subjects have been add
ed to the curriculum of the grade and
high schools of Idaho: Thrift, Mod
ern Health Crusade and Red Cross.
Miss Goldie Drake, county superin-
tendent of schools, brings this word
back from the state conventions or
superintendents which she has been
attending, and says that they will be
taught as regular subjects in the
school course from this year on.
The primary object of the Thrift"
course will be to teach the children
to save and continue the good habits
which the Americans have acquired
during the war necessity. The means
will be through the purchase of the
War Savings Stamps. Ten thousand
grenade banks have been donated to
the state of Idaho by the government
as prizes for the highest students in
this subject. They will be distribut-
ed among the different counties ac-
cording to population
Miss Drake expects to receive about
$50 of these banks for distribution
among the county schools under her
office. The local distribution is left
to the county superintendent, and
Miss Drake has tentatively outlined
her plans for the pursuance of this
course next fall.
ThriftOmeter Keeps Tally.
Inasmuch as some districts are very
thinly populated, she finds 1t will b'
unfair to give out the banks by dis
tricts. and has decided to give then
by teachers instead. BY this plan
] since there are about 65 count.
school teachers, each classroom will
receive at least two banks.
Her plans include the setting u
of a "Thriftometer" in each school, re
sembling a thermometer, by which t
record the rapid advance of thrift
stamp savings. The boy and girl i,
the class room who has saved tn
most stamps at the end of the allote
period will receive the two banks dc
mated to each classroom.
Miss Drake has decided that tn
contest may begin now and the dc
finite time set by the. state for tn
conclusion is January l, 1920. BE
tween now and then, all the count
school children may begin to say
thrift stamps, which they must bu
however, with money which they ear
themselves from chores and the lik
Credit will not be given to childre
whose thrift stamps are given to ther
Prizes Are Real Grenades.
The prizes, which the governmel
is donating are real hand grenade
which the government was not obi
ed to use, owing to the end of Il
war. and now finds extremely hanC
for this purpose, and sought after
well. Each state throughout the u
ion will be doing the same thing tn
year, inasmuch as these three ne
subjects have been added at the 7
quest of the U. S. government
Modern Health Crusade, the Sc
ond subject to be studied is anoth
phase of physiology, except that it
in practical application. Miss Ora
has not received all the literatu
and texts on this subject yet. but WI
she has shows that the nature of
work will be teaching the childr
the best known preventatives of d
ease and how to keep in good heal
and particularly to tabulate the
suits daily of their response to I
standards.
Charts and tabular sheets will
furnished each teacher, with blar
for the child's name and spaces
entry of their carrying out OF
questions asked Such questions a
Did you wash your teeth toda!
Did you wash before each meal
day." Prizes and awards of diff
ent grades will be made in this stl
also, silver stars and gold stars
ing given first, certain number
which will entitle the child to
Knights Button and Pennant of
Modern Health Crusade League.
The summary of the Red Cs
study has not been received yet
will probably include first-aid m
sures and bandage-making.