The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-06
School Kids viii Tell H0,U
TO Improve TulSaS Health

One hundred dollars in cash prizes
win be awarded to Tulsa school chill
dren writing the best essays on "The
importance of Health Campaign
to Tulsa and How to Conduct It"
by the Clipson Cleaning works. The
first prl2c of s25 will he awarded
to the student In any class writing
the best essay and prizes OF SO, S..
ana y2.5O viii be awarded for the
first, second and third best essays
in each of four classes of students.
In designating the classes, class /
VIII include all the high school stu d.
dents ot the Junior aud senior years.
class ., all Junior high school SIN
dents. class 8. students of the sixth
and seventh grades; and class I
students of the third. fourth and
fifth grades.
To Make Tulsa Healthier.
Rules governing the contest are as
follows:
Paptrs must be marked in which
class the contestant is competing, az
well as name and address.
This contest will be conducted by
Supt. of schools r.. ". OberholtZcr,
and papers should be turned i'm Ia
him before January 20, 1921. prizc
money has been deposited with Mr.
Ciipson of the Clipson CLEANING
works. with him to pay for these
prizes. Papers will he graded aud
prizes awarded as soon as POSSIBLE
The contest covers a real healtl,
campaign designed to make Tulsa
the healthiest city in the United
n. a - ) N..... 4
each student is urged.
During the fan of each year Cpl
denies break out ard continue until
spring During this ,itac there IS
six or scyCn times as much sickness
and three or four times as many
deaths az during the rest Of the year
II Is said that most contagious dis
| casoe arc fost,red by unc'rai illness
Diseases are tranSmitted NY gcrms
carried N the clothing. Il jusc fur
nishings harbor them.
\ proper health campaign, vigor-
ously conducted should reduce thi;
sickness "a to IS per cent.
Plans for conducting this cam
paign viii he made up from thcs.
essays and "a great deal of publicit,
! will he given the winning plan oI
/ plans.
Such campaign hns been con.
| Quoted by the city OF birmingham
Mass, and that city is advertise as
the hsalthiest city in the United
states Efforts are now being made
to secure their complete plans.
The following suggestions oil
rather questions are offered which
may suggest a line Of thought.
How City May BE >Hclpcd.
What results should we plan &c
accomplish?
what publicity agents would you
use beside daily newspapers?
The municipal health department,
is handicapped by lack of funds
How would you finance such cam
paign? How much money would b,
needed?
what part should different indus.
tries take in such a campaign? (for
example.) Laundries, cleaners, mcr-
chants twhat mcrcha doctors
dentists. druggists, etc.
1t Is said that modern methods OF
cleaning clothing and house fur
nishinCs are sure death to germs;
II this 10 so, can cleanliness as .prac-
ticed by real first class up-to-dat'
cleaning plant curb contagious dis
eases? In other words can tn
cleaners become AS responsible 70.
the publics health as the doctors
= Special reference works may hl
secured from the public library re-.
garding this industry.
y Any business firm would be gl1c
20 answer questions and show equip