The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-29
OF
SAFETY WORK in
GRADED SCHOOLS
New Department Has Met
With Greatest Sue
cess.

(By G. w. Price. General Manager,
National Safety Council, delivered be-
FORE the Ninth Annual Safety Con-
tgress Milwaukee, Sept. 29.)
That the success of the National
Safety Councils campaign to intro
sduce safety instruction in all the pub
lie and private schools of the country
has exceeded all expectations after
less than a years activities in this di-
ERECTION is indicated by the report of
&c w. Price, General Manager of the
National Safety Council and Secre-
Stary of the Education Section of the
Council, made at the Ninth Annual
Safety Congress at Milwaukee, Sep
TENDER 20.
The report shows that 20 cities and
towns have adopted the plan of public
school safety instruction worked out
by DR.. E. George Payne. principal of
the Harris Teachers College of st.
Louis, in cooperation with the Ma
tional Safety Council. and that $50
other cities and towns have promised
to adopt the plan. 1t shows that all
the schools in the cities and towns
and SO per cent. of the country
schools of Texas are now teaching
safety, and that two counties in
Mississippi and one county in Mime
sofa have promised to adopt the plan.
Similar pledges have been received
from 80 per cent. of the school super
intendents of cities and towns in Ohio
and of 20 state SuperintendentS of
| schools who have replied to the coun-
ellis letter on the subject, 20 promised
cooperation.
>State Industrial Commissions Lend Aid
The report of the Education Sec
ton continues:
Eight state industrial commissions
have promised cooperation. The Ohio
Industrial Commission has sent a let
ter. with endorsement from the gov
| ernor, to all city and town superin-
tendents and has offered to send DIR.
Payne's syllabus to any who request
1t. Eighty per cent. requested the
book and promised cooperation.
A copy of DR.. Payne's syllabus and
q. strong letter were sent to the man
ager of a representative member COM
pany in 2S5 cities having over $4,000
Inhabitants. The letter requested the
member to place the syllabus in the
hands of the school superintendent
and urge him to adopt the plan. The
replies received indicate that practi
caHy all of the members complied
with this request.
Seven railroads report that they
have distributed copies of the leaf1et
containing Dr. Payne's address.
Eight other railroads have purchased
copies and we can assume they diStri-
buted them.
: Eight thousand copies of DR..
Payne's address have been distributed
among the councils members. Copies
sold to date. 1855 The publishers
of DR.. Payne's syllabus on Education
in Accident Prevention for public
school teachers, report that 5000
copies of this book have been disposed
of and 1t is safe to assume that each
~ COPY reached the hands of a school
=. g-suPerintendento or teacher.
OF the ten publishers of school
books who have been approached, all
expressed interest and promised CO.
operation. Seven have included
safety material in books published.
Two sent our letters to authors who
are preparing books.
Copies of DR.. Payne's address made
at congress and also his address be-
fore the National Educational Asso-
citation have been sent to 125 educa-
tional journals. Copies of DR.. Payne's
congress address have been sent to
$50 industrial journals and magazines
and publicity material has been sent
to $50 newspapers Judging by the
limited clipping service which we
have. considerable publicity has been
given to DR.. Payne's plan in the jour-
nails and newspapers A number of
articles have appeared in the National
Safety News urging the members to
lend their influence to reach the city,
county and state superintendents of
schools.
DR.. Payne reports that the coroner's
records in ST. Louis reveal the fact
1919 there were Is children killed by
accidents, while during the CORE
spending months of 1920, during
which time every school child has re-
ceived safety instruction, there were
only nine killed. One of these deaths
was caused by a street car and seven
Wy automobiles. George Fonda of
he Bethlehem Steel Corporation, re-