Arizona republican., 1920-03-09
ARIZONA BABY CROP GREATER
 THAN ALL OTHER
Address By Dr. Frank Lock- wood at Banquet Last Night Is Feature of Open ing of Arizona Mothers Congress

Cotton is king, copper is queen, but the real dictator in Arizona is it's babies If the baby crop failed, Ari- zona would go back to it's wild state and merely be camping ground" said Dr. Frank Lockwood of the Univer- sIty Of Arizona in discussing "Arizo- mas Infant Industry at a banquet at the Woman's club last evening which was the opening event of the sixteenth annual conference of the AriZ.>na Con- gress of Mothers and Parent Teacher aSSocia tionS.
 Dr. Lockwood did not limit his talk to babies, but to babies grown up to school age. He deplored the fact that the Sunday school and church has lost hold on many of the children.
 Many homes are making no effort to give the moral help needed at a time in the history when jazz and sensual pleasure are rampant" he de- clared- Youth needs help in the face of such conditions. and if earnest de- they will have the power to change the people in a generation
 Introduced by Mrs. Norton
 Dr. Lockwood, the principal speaker of the evening. was introduced by Mrs. J. C. Norton, president of the congress, at the conclusion of the banquet at tended by 225 men and women, the capacity Ol tue cluDnOuS6 where the event took place. During the banquet there were other brief talks that led up to the Illuminating address made by Dr. Lockwood who held that the conference in progress was of far more importance than any convention ever held in the state.
 Dr. Lockwood stated that the con- gress had assembled to plan for the welfare of babies. He said that the people were learning that they were not only responsible for their own children, but for all children-the or phan, the alien and the outcast.
 We cannot divorce our interest from their interest," he asserted as he pointed out that it was the first and prime duty of the citizens to look after the physical health and welfare of the nations future citizens.
 Ut is more dangerous for baby to be born in Arizona than it was for our boys to go to the front line trench eS, and we have statistics to prove lt' he charged as he cited the fact that IS out of every 100 babies born in Ari- Zona perish before they reach the first birthday anniversary. While the per centage in the United States is from 10 to IA, that of Arizona was given by Dr. Lockwood at IS per cent" To being done by home demonstration agents throughout the state through welfare campaigns.
 Rules for Parents
 He then touched upon the defects of children of school age, advocating medical inspection in the schools. community clinics and school nurses. He spoke of the experiments made by the home demonstration agents which emphasizes the need and importance of giving boys and girls of the state health instructions. The seven rules he recommended parents and teachers to enforce he said were:
 More than one cold bath week. Sleep and plenty of it with open win dows. Balanced meals, including soup, cereals, eggs and milk. Four glasses of water a day. Outdoor play. Use of tooth brush twice a day. Bowel movement every morning.
 In speaking of play, Dr. Lockwood made a point of the great need of play grounds in Arizona which in most states. he said, were considered as es- sential as schools. He not only ad- vocated the playground, but supervised play for the children.
 Charging America with disgusting injustice" to it's school teachers. Dr. Lockwood claimed that the country