Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-01-24
Junior Red Cross Activities
Ray VanZandt.

HE tragedies of the world will rank us equal
II not IN advance, of any in the history of the htl-
man race The devastation of Europe the atrocities
tced by the Hun and the sacrifice of human life far e
ceeds that of the campaigns of Alexander Napoleon or
even the envasions of the Terrible Huns under their
murderous chief Atia.
Still from the midst of all this evil there must and does
come some good and of the greatest of the good is the
Red Cross and more especially the Junior Red Cross
lay stress upon the Junior Red Cross for the simple
son that the members of this organization and those help
ing to further its the school children of Amer
ica They are IN the age of the formation of ideals
which ideals before many years will be the ruling stan
dards OF American civilization. Like the lily grow
ing from bed OF nrk slime and stagnationn comes the
Junior Red Cross from the horrors suffering and prva
ton of the war.
Nothing in the lives of the American children in all the
history of nation has done more toward creating
la beautiful spirit of service sacrifice and unsefsh1ess
than the Junior Red Cross No task has been too low
Tor them to perform with the greatest love and pleasure
AT no time has this great body of American children
sought publicity or reward for doing what they saw as
their duty and their Bit towards betterng the conditions
and relieving the suffering of Humanity
NO little girl worked the tiny clothes OF her
only doll with the ove~and sympathy with which she
sewed for the notherless children of Belgium
The spirit with which they denied themselves many
pleasures the pennies saved from picture shows candy
and other things dear the child order that the Junior
Red Cross might Garry on the spirit which
find made possible for the "Yanks' to leave their
homes in the behalf of mankind.
We have accepted the wlk Of the Junior Red Cross
with thanks but at the time looked upon as
the work OF children For this de pity for the
work might have been the work of children but the love
of service and unsehshness with which they worked
greater than that Of which the mature individual is capa
bic.
great example of this is a comparison of the adult
views and those OF children since the close of the war
The Junior Red Cross and the children whole labor
with the same enthusiasm before while we are in
cned to quit now the greatest danger has passed
The prayer of the school teacher is that the Junior Red
Gross may go whether the Junior Red Cross continues
organization not the spirit will live in the minds
of the children.
In Junior circles the week of January to TO- was of
as much moment the week of December 10 to 21 in
the Senior Red Cross for the date of the big men,
bershp drive All grades We'd with the other to see
who would be first to make 1000 BY Wednesday, the
Junior class and the ninth grade in High School had
reached the 1907 mark and Friday there only six
IF the entire attendance who had not joined OF the
grades the sixth grade and the first and second grade
oom the south side were the first to have total mem
,ership All other grades making apid rprogress
oward the coveted goal.
The spirit of service and sacrifice that has prevailed
the Junior Red Cross has been little affected by the
losing of the schools and the consequent difficulties in
the work assigned So far cases of I'm
thru-itis have been noted among the Juniors since war
eased. They eager to do all in their power to help
ur allies who need and to provide every comfort
or wounded men,
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