Republican farmer., 1919-10-03
MODERN HEALTH CRUSADE STARTS IN CONNECTICUT Is Primarily a Tuberculosis Preventive Pro
 ject. SMALL TOWNS
 MUCH INTERESTED Want All Children and Teachers to Join in
 Movement.
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 MUCH INTERESTED

The state tuberculosis commission has voted to take up throughout Con nectfcut the modern health crusade, hich has been conducted as a na- tional tournament in health knight hood the past year by the National Tuberculosis association. The com mission will urge that the crusa de be introduced into the public and private schools of Connecticut as a health and primarily a tuberculosis preventive project.
 A number of Connecticut schools have expressed the desire to try the crusade. It has already been intro duced in Hartford. diddletown, Stam- ford and many of the smaller towns of the state in tentative way and it's general use is expected
 This is the second national tOurna- ment which has been conducted by the National Tuberculosis association, the first having been inaugurated last year. It was so successful that three million children of the country were enrolled and it is believed that this number will be more than doubled during the present school year.
 Lndorse Crusade
 The National Educational associa- ton, which includes 100 GOO teachers in the country, has indorsed the cru sade in a formal resolution, which came at the recent Milwaukee meet ins- Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston. the newly elected president of the teachers asso ociation. in her first ad- dress said there was at least 15.- 000,000 defective children in the country and that only two per cent. of 3S7 representative counties she had visited had adopted a health pro- gram.
 Following her speech, the resolu- ton of indOrsenent for the modern health crusade was adopted.
 It was also announced that the gov ernors of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Alabama, in proclamation ad- dressed to the mayors of cities at the opening of schools, urged the adop- tion of the crusade. Governor Hard ing of Iowa called upon every Iowa teacher, patient and child to co-oper- ate in this health-ha bit forming movement
 It was announced today at the of fee of the state tuberculosis commi5- sion that one hundred and eleven classes or schools in the country have been termed winners, which was con- ducted last spring as a national tour nament.
 Being made a winner means that each class scored 100 per cent. enroll ment of it's pupils as Knights Ban neret' within the ffteen-week period from February 9 to May 24 In order to get the 100 per cent. every pupil in the class or school was required to do at least 75 per cent. of the health Tl T ', week during the tournament.
 Chart of Chores.
 The health chores are rules under which the children must live. Each day they are expected to keep a chart which tells what "chores" they omit ted and which ones they performed and or the report for the week the percentage of the "chores' not only means a higher percentage for the class, but also assures the children of health and drives away danger of tu- berculosis.
 Minnesota. as a state. won the con test with dfty-one winners. Victory in the tournaments carries with it a modern health crusade banner, which is presented to the class or school which wins.
 The entire crusade is based upon the tournaments of knights in the olden times and as the crusaders progress in their health battles they become pages, squires, knights and knights bannerets.
 Among the winners which were an nounced includes schools in the states of Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Min nesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Ten nessee and Texas.