Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-25
EALTh CRUSADERS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
 MAKING PROGRESS
Qrk Here is Being Done by E Mrs. Virginia Misen-
 miner

ne Modern Health Crusaders"
 900 900 American school chil- - banded together for the purpose pr~moting physical improvement. disease, disciplining mo- f1Is and awakening community re-
 Possibility.
 II Ihe National nti-Tuberculosis as-
 o&iation is responsible for this or HhQixation, and the sale of the little 4R&d Cross Christmas seals takes |aaKe of the expenses attached. al Mhe primary aim is to acquire, |#hfu play, romance and competition 3nd various appeals suited to child Psychology, good health habits. As |3 Atimulus, badges of honor are be- Slowed upon the members. A pupil |Sa enrolled as Page" when he has |3kept the pledge for two weeks. This |Piedge comprises an agreement by the pupil to try to keep the Cru |7paders health rules; to do nothing fhat will hurt the health of any |5bther person, and to help keep the IOme and town clean. There are 61 health rules, among them be- fne: washing of hands before each |EmeAl, cleaning the finger nails daily, |brushing the teeth twice daily, eat
 ug slowly, care in protecting others &when splitting, coughing or sneezing,
 Keeping cheerful and clean minded
 nnd playing out of doors. At the end xsPa9e" becomes a Esquire" and is
 iven a round button, the badge of 3tho squire. After five more weeks *of faithfulness he is entitled to the 8ellipitical button of the Knight"
 After five weeks of Knighthood, he TT presented with gold-plated met fal pin, the badge of the Knight &Benneret." Then comes the Advan- Feed Order. which entities the Crusa- 8der to write A. o. after his name and {Menr colorcd ribbons attached to his abadges.
 I Do Health Chores. \ pupil that has kept the pledges <for IS consecutive weeks and secured
 fhe title of Knight Banneret, is re- SE1rded as having formed the lifelong 3habit of good health rules. Most of the health chores are done Tt home. Each child is given q rec lord sheet and parents check off the deily chores done. The teacher keeps poster with each child's num- FbeF of credits and the awards are [made to those having 75 per cent 0 |the requirements.
 Through the efforts of the Jeffer- County Public Health association To- |cal Crusade societies have been or g2nized in practically every rural and EEity public school in the county. Mrs. Virginia Misenhimer, public health nurse employed by the asso- eixtiOn, has this work personally in ehaFge, and the results have been most gratifying. She and the teach erss, especially in the rural districts,
 have been able to help the defective child.
 Mrs. Misenhimer, when organizing thSse societies, practically makes a medical inspection of the pupils. Any defect found is reported to the par ents of the child and counsel giv- en to help in the immediate cor rcction.
 City School Work.
 A report from the city grammar schools in this work is as follows:
 Lakeside school has we'll organiz- ed society.
 In the fifth and sixth grades the Crusade habits go hand in hand with the teaching of hygiene and the ma jority of the pupils in these grades are knights. In the third and fourth grades the mapority of the children are 1Pages;" their score cards were delayed, so they did not get start with the other grades. In the first grade, the majority of the children are Knight Bannerettes. Under Miss Margaret Boyettes leadership the little tots have been very faith