The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-04-03
HOT
LUNCH REPORT
RESULT OF THE WEIGHING OF
LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN.

county had very large percentage of
children in school that were decidedly
unders weight. This knowledge natur-
ally led to the nurse and teachers
| trying to discover the cause and a
remedy. In many instances it was
due to poor teeth and other physical
defects. The parents have been noti-
| fled of these defects and have been
urged to have them corrected.
With many children the under
weight was due to undernourishment,
not because the parents neglected the
diet of the child, but for the follow
ing reasons: 1t is known fact that
growing children are quite likely to
eat very little for breakfast. Then If
the school lunch is cold and as is
the case in many Lake county schools,
there is no drinking water, the lunch
is not eaten or if it is eaten at all it
is very irregular So the average
child eating cold lunch, does not
get an adequate meal until the close
of the day.
/ For many years school officials
|
this problem was the correct super
vision of the MONDAY luRch with
some hot dish prepared to supplement
| the lunch sent from home. There
are many things to be gained by this
method. In the first place the child
learns to sit down and eat his lunch
at a regular time and in an orderly
manner. The lunch is eaten as it
| should be, that is, eating the sand
wiches first and the dessert last. In
the second place children that will
not eat cold food will eat a good hot
lunch, and again the lunch is not
eaten dry, which is, very hard to di-
gest
Early in the year We furnished
/ each teacher with a copy of the hot
lunch pamphlet published by the
! state department of education. Sew
eral of the small town and consoli-
! dated schools are serving lunches.
Many country schools are serving
them. Some prepare quite extensive
lunches, while others serve only not
cocoa, etc. AS good report OF the
different plans as can be written will
be extracts from each teachers re-
port, hence the following. About 400
children are being served.
School No. 2, Lincoln district;
Vernon Amundson, teacher.."Ha Have
been using hot milk with cocoa and
| know all the children are pleased
and it has caused very little extra
work"
Chester High School, Miss Mary
Naughton in charge of hot lunch
1.-TWO pupils each day assist Miss
Naughton and the parents gladly CO.
operate in the plan We serve soups,
alternated with potatoes and creamed
vegetables. Each child furnishes his
glass, bowl and spoon, and the par
ents send supplies as needed. We
serve 35 or 40 each day."
School No. 8, Wentworth district
Miss Emma Kruger, teacher-The
children bring cocoa or milk to
school and we heat it on the stove
This is one of the events of the day
and is enjoyed.very much"
School No. 9, Pennington district
Miss Lucille G. Witt. teacher-"Oul
hot lunch equipment is one kettle
dishpan and teakettle furnished bI
the school board, and cups, towels
and spoons brought by the pupils
Have served cocoa, potato and othel
soups, the pupils and school boart
: furnishing supplies. The children
are very enthusiastic over the no
lunches and I can see marked i'm
i provement in their school work. The
hot lunches are certainly a success IL
, our school,"
School No. 4, Lake Center distric
No. s, Miss Eva Stilson, teacher
"Our hot lunches are prepared by thu
children, with my help. We have on
hot dish every day at noon. We us'
the school heater. The parents arr
: well pleased and send us things espe
cially for us to cook"
School at Junius, Miss Florence
Fischer, teacher-"Our hot luncl
equipment was paid for with fund
from a basket social and most of thu
supplies are furnished by the pupils
, It costs from &c to sc day per pupi
l
and the parents are heartily in favo
of it. Miss Marks and I prepare ant
serve the lunch and the girls wasl
the dishes and straighten up th'
room"
!, Orland Consolidated school, Mis-
! Marlys Hexom, teacher, in charge o
hot lunches-"Our hot lunches wer,
started by donation, both supplies ant
|, equipment. Later a basket socia
|, was given to continue the york. Mill
: is purchased regularly to supply tn
i 30 children fed at noon. The men,
i consists of cocoa. rice, vegetable an,
meat soups and creamed vegetable
8 and the work is done by pupils. iwh'
t volunteer. There is a noticeable diff
ference in the work and general at