Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31
Eighteen Trophies Offered.

Wisconsin will join in an extensive
nationwide campaign to improve
health conditions of American school
children through stimulating their
own interest in the value of daily
health habits. TO this end every ele-
mentary school in the state, graded
and ungraded, public, private and
parochial, is being invited to enter a
National and State Health Tourn Y
ment to be conducted during the fit
teen weeks from Feb. 8 to May "A UNI
der the joint auspices Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the National Fu-
berculosis association, with the Wis
cousin Anti Tuberculosis association
and local chapter school committees
in charge Of the tournament.
Over 100000 members Of the Junior
Red Cross in Milwaukee, Waukesha,
Washington, Ozaukee, Kenosha and
Trempeleau counties and the city
schools of Superior, Stoughton and
Neenah have already been entered in
the contest through the action of the
Junior Red Cross school committees
in Milwaukee, Kenosha and Trempel-
eau chapters and of the school au-
thOrities in the other localities. Each
classroom will be considered as con-
testant and entered in one of the
nine tournament divisions into
which schools will be classified &C
cording to grade and the number of
pupils attending
Every elementary class, graded or
ungraded, in any Wisconsin school is
eligible to enter the competition and
organize Band of Modern Health
Crusaders. In many sections OF the
state the chapter school committee
of the Red Cross will organize the
tournament and assume the response
bility of securing the necessary sup
plies. Schools in which there is no
Junior Red Cross or where the chap
ter school committee is not organic
ing the campaign can enter the COM
petition direct by applying to the Wis
consin Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Each class room record entered in
the tournament will depend upon the
faiGhfulness with which the boys and
girls in the class perform the daily
health chores, required. The list oil
these eleven chores follows:
/. | washed my hands before each
meal today.
2. | washed not only my face but
my ears and ne TX and l cleaned
my fnger-nails today.
8. 1 tried TO keep fingers, pencils,
and everything that might be
unclean out of my mouth and
nose.
4. / drank glass of water before
each meal and before going to
ped, and drank no tea, coffee,
nor other injurious drinks today.
S. / brushed my teeth thoroughly
in the morning and in the even
ing today.
6. / took ten or more slow deep
breattls of fresh air today.
I. / played outdoors or with win
dows open more than thirty min
utes today.
s. l was in bed ten hours or more
last night and kept my window
open.
8. Itried today to sit up and stand
up straight, to eat slowly, and to
attend to toilet and each need of
my body at its regular time.
10. tried today to keep neat and
cheerful constantly and to be
helpful to others.
IL. / took full bath on each day
of the week that is checked on
the record.
The winning of fifty four points a
week for two weeks entities the boy
or girl to enrolment as a Modern
Health Crusader with the rank of
page. In succeeding weeks he can
win in succession the ranks of squire,
knight and knight bannaret, each
rank having it's own insignia.