Connecticut western news., 1920-09-02
JUNIOR RED CROSS
 WORKING AT HOME
Production of Sound American
 Citizenship the First Aim, Says Dr. Farrand.

On the badge of every member or the Junior Red Cross are the words "I Serve" That tells the story of the school children's branch of the Amert- can Red Cross and its efforts to bring happiness to children throughout the world.
 Realizing that the time never was so propitious as right now for teach ing the highest ideals of citizenship, the entire present program of the Jun for Red Cross has been framed under the very inclusive phrase, Training for Citizenship Through Service" for others. Since the Junior Red Cross IS the agency through which the Ameri- can Red Cross reaches the schoolboys and the schoolgirls, all its activities are designed to come within the regu- lar school program, and without creat- ing new courses or increasing the num- Der of studies to lend its aid In vitaliz- ing the work of the schools.
 "The thing that is needed" says Dr. Livingston Farrand, Chairman of the American Red Cross Central Commit tee, ''ls not a perpetuation of the Jun for Red Cross, but the training and breeding of sound American citizenship inspired by the true, fundamental ideals of sound democracy, One of the great conceptions in making the Red Cross a contributor to better citizen ship in our American democracy is the realization that after all the sole hope nR gn rxyf&h kho If the country"
 The plan of organization of the Jun for Red Cross makes the school-pub lie, parochial and private-the unit, not the individual pupils. Mutual serv- ice, helpful community work such as cleanup campaigns, care of the sick, promotion of health regulations, par ticipation in civic and patriotic move ments-all these creative agencies de- signed to translate into life and action the regular school program are parts of the machinery which the Junior Red Cross places at the disposal of the school authorities.
 Graded study courses giving prac- tical methods of civic training, supple mented by pamphlets and helpful sug- gestions, are supplied to the local schools by the Junior Red Cross. An elaborate plan for promoting an inter- change of correspondence between chill dren In different sections of the United States as we'll as with children in for eign lands is being devised and will take prominent place in the estab- lished classroom program.
 Tn promoting the general cause of child welfare, Red Cross courses in home hygiene and care of the sick, first aid, and dieting may be estab- lished In all Junior Red Cross Aux iliaries.
 The ideals and the objective of the Junior Red Cross are embodied in the pledge of service which the pupil takes when he signs the membership roll and pins on his coat the Juniors badge. The pledge which binds together serv- Ice and citizenship reads:
 eve will seek in all ways to live up to the ideals of the Junior Red Cross and devote ourselves to its service.
 eve will strive never to bring dis credit to this, our country, by any un- worthy act
 eve will revere and obey our coun- try's laws and do our best to inspire a like reverence and obedience in those about us,
 eve will endeavor in all these ways, as good citizens, to transmit America greater, better and more beautiful than she was transmitted to us'
 At the foundation of this school pro- gram of the Junic- Red Cross is a great love for America's children.