New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-12
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YOUNGSTERS MAKE
4 HEALTH CRUSADE
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT JOINED
BY MANY SCHOOLS IN
BROWN COUNTY
RULES LAID DOWN FOR DAILY
LIFE; ASSISTANCE OF
PARENTS NEEDED

The National Tournament in Health
Knighthnod is on. Thousands Of husky
youngsters started the week of February,
3 with the firm determination to- enter.
the fight against all the enemies, small.
or big, of their precious health, accord,
ing to Miss Vera Stricken, director of the
Junior Red Cross in Eastern Brown
County under whose auspices the tourna-
ment is held in New Ulm and the sur
rounding territory.
Are Modern Crusaders.
A Modernt Health Crusade tourna-
ment is competition in winning knight
" rank, in becoming Pages, Squires,
Knights, and Knights Banneret in the
minimum time required said Miss
Stricken. The old time tournaments
helped to keep the co,nabatants in con-
stlition and practice for warfare when
enemies came against their country.
The Modern Health Crusade tourna-
ments help to keep children strong and
iskilled for warfare against the diseases
that attack them and their fellows. The
scope Of this movement is, to reach all
the children in the nation, although a
similar tournament may be conducted
for a to town a county. To give it the
Echaracter Of an outward fight it is to
consist OF health contests between school
classes and also between ungraded
schools"
A Good Beginning.
/ In the local district Of Eastern Brown
County a very good showing has been
made for the beginning Of the tourna-
ment. On the first day Of the week the
reports from 10 schools in the district
were in that they had entered the
These are the four New
Gin schools, the Emerson, the Washing
ton, the Lincoln and the Franklin school,
and the following District schools: No.
SO, Viola Goetsch, teacher; No. %, Erna
Guth; No az, Hanna Malmberg; No.
|26, Ella Gilbertson; No. 70, Annie
Thordson; No. 81, Agnes Larson; No.
CT, Tilda Thorgrlnson; No. 90, Eda
Evenson; No. SO, Lydia Anderson; No.
=, Olga Olson; No. 81, Clyda Thormand-
son; No. 5, Gretchen Winkelmann; No.
Is, Phyllis Neumann; No. SO, Minnie
Brust. No parochial schools have SO
far indicated their willingness to take
n,art il the national contest.
Need Assistance Of Parents.
The interest shown by the great
majority of the teachers will undoubted-
~ make the tournament big success,
at least as far as the division under the
leadership Of Miss Stricken is concerned.
But the interest of the teachers alone
will not be sufficient. They need the
assistance of the childrens' parents.
It depends largely on their cooperation
to make the children live according to
the Health Rules which have been put
down for the Modern Health Crusaders.
Lasts Is Weeks.
The National Health Tournament
will end May "a, after duration Of
Is weeks. The trophies for the victors
are pennants or banners. They will
be presented. jointly by the National
Tuberculosis Association and the
American Red Cross Besides the pre-
sentation Of the pennants the two Or
carnations will publish the names Of the
winners, seeking to give national pub
icity to their records.
The Junior Red Cross is financing the
movement, so the supplies are all furnish
ed free of charge to the schools.
Mrs. Rex. Bingham is in charge Of the
Junior Red Cross Of Western Brown
county. &.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Open and competitive examinations
for civil service position rs railway
mail clerk will be held on March IS,
according to an announcement by the