The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-03-19
HEALTH OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Health Literature Campaign in the
Public Schools.

kuDQc SCHOOLS.
Last Thursday, March IL, was
welfare day for Union City, more
than five thousand booklets on health
being put in the schools Of Union
City by the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., through their Deputy
Superintendent, A. P. Jernigan, and
Agent, c. F. Witherington.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.. of New York City offered the
city all the literature that was
needed to carry OH this health cam
paign, and through their Deputy
Superintendent, Mr.. Jernigan, this
literature was ordered.
Mr.. Charlie Miles acted as chair
man and pointed out the great need
of this literature and urged the pu
pills to take special care of each
book.
Mr.. Jernigan was called on to de-
scribe the work and why it should
be carried on. This he did, explain
ing how his company demonstrated
the work among it's employees, then to
the policy holders, end now to every
one. He showed how careful his
company was in selecting applicants
to work for them by having the APP
plicant first to stand a physical ex-
animation, and if accepted be re-
quired to be examined every year;
olso required employees to have dent
al examination twice a year, and on
various other subjects how the COM
pany cared for them in welfare
work.
Mr.. F. l.. Pittman then addressed
the teachers and pupils on this work,
stating that he had read this litera-
ture and it was very valuable, that
all the schools should have his very
best cooperation and that it was his
desire to see the health of every boy
and girl protected. Mr.. Pittman
highly complimented the work Mr..
Jernigan and the company are doing
in Union City and had done, and
that he certainly appreciated this
work.
Doctor H. w. Qualls followed with
lecture on how the pupils should
take care of their health and stated
that too much attention could not
he given to the child in regard to
teeth, tonsils and adenoids; that
each child should be examined at
once Doctor Qualls stated that no
child with adenoids or defective ton
sils could do justice to his or her
books, and should have attention at
once. Doctor stated that he had read
all the welfare literature that was
handed to him by Mr.. Jernigan and
that there was none better.
Mr.. Howell Bransford followed
with some remarks, adding that pu-
pills should be very careful with
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amined when in doubt.
Mr.. Witherington followed, stat
ing that all grounds had been COW
cred, but that he was field agent
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, and that he stood ready
to do all he could by placing any
health literature in the homes of
Union City.
The Westover teachers stated that
they appreciated the talks and liter
sture very much and that the work
would have their hearty cooperation.
From there the committee went to
the high school where parents as we'll
as pupils were waiting. All the pu-
pills were marched into the high
school auditorium and lectures were
also given there. Mayor Pittman
made very interesting talk and
said that if he had hobby it was
a school hobby. Too much stress
could not be laid on the health of
the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
Professor Ranck stated that we
all knew or would know that his
whole heart was in health work for
his pupils, and that he thanked Mr..
Jernigan and his company for their
cooperation.
The Training School was visited
by the committee in like manner,
and Professor Aydelott stated that
this is very grand work and that
he appreciated the visits of these
gentlemen and assured them that
they should have his heartiest CO.
operation; stated that he intended
using these books as text books. Mr..
Jernigan assured all the schools and
the city that he was ready at any
time to do all that he could in this
work, and that his great company
was backing him to the point; that
he had literature in his office and he
would be glad to furnish this to any
one who would ask for it.