Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-05
THE GAME q
kEEPIne healthy
orowa-Ups Jein 70.ooo XidAias
y Modern CrssaAsgs h o.
egado 0choola.

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your personal habItsf
Ever figure out your Batting avse.
ess IN such matters - cleaning your
teeth. taking baths and slesping VIII
your windows vide opeaI
Over 70.0oO ehildrea b DE graAe
schools Of Colombo are doing 49,
very thIngs. day In and day cot and
they ere mishty proud q their scoss
cardA too. Thsos youngsterB aro 0e0-
bers ee The Ms1sn Health Crusaos. Q
movement to nsks Q joysss sams e
those habits Of pessnnal hygiese which
insure god health-
Although the Crusod6 Wns aovioDd
primarily for children = ths GEads
schools, oome Of their oeoehero are
taking Il up. Oae young lady. teach
e in . schoel In Lake County. admit.
ted that she had Joined and wrote -
follows to COLORADO Tuberculosis A.
sociatIon: "Send an extra chore card
for me. because I am enrolled with ny
pupils."
The health chores which ere checked
up daily and weekly are a. follows:
I. ! washed my hands before each
meal today.
2. washed not only my face but
my ears and neck aud I cleaned my
finger nails today.
8. kept fingers. pencils and every
thing likely to be unciean or Injurious
out Of my mouth and nose today.
T. ] brushed my teeth thoroughly
after breakfast and after the evenlcg
meal today.
s. I took ten or more allow, deep
breaths OF fresh cir today. I was care.
full to protect others II spit coughed
or sneexed.
@ l played outdoors or with win.
dows open more than thirty minutes
today.
Z. I was In bed ten hours or more
last night and kept my windows open.
g. l drank four glasses Of water.
including drink before each meal.
and drank no tea, coffee, nor other In.
furious drinks today.
9. I tried hard today to eat only
wholesome food and to eat slowiy.
10. l tried hard today to sit up and
stand up straight; to keep neat, cheer
full aud clean-minded; and to bs help
full to others.
II. tV0k full bath on each Of the
days Of the week that are checked
on the card.
A child who enters - q candidate
must make . score Of at least IS per
cent Of these chores for two weeks In
order to become q Crusader. He then
receives q certificate Of enrolment
and the rank Of Page. After three
weeks more. total OF five weeks, he
10 graded ~ Q Squire. Five weeks
more. . total Of ten weeks, and he bs.
comes . knight. Another five weeks,
or total Of fifteen weeks. bring him
the title Of knight BAnneret For each
grade . pin Of appropriate design q
awarded and th@ children are excssd,
ingly proud Of these badges Of merit
Contests are carried on between
schools or between rooms In the same
school for pennants to BE- awarded 70
the group in which the largest per.
centage Of pupils have attained the
grade Of knight Banneret. Pennants
have been won by schools In LaPlata,
Sedgwick. Weld and Prowers counties
In Colorado. during the last school
year. and more contests are under way
now.
The Crusade Is conducted here under
the direction of the Colorado Tubsrcu-
fosis Association and has been intro
duced into 50 OF the 63 counties of>the
state. II is part Of the great prevent
i've campaign which is being wagsd In
every part of the country to fortIfy
the next generation against tuberculo-
sis. the disease which killed 10000
persons throughout the United States
last year and which caused the death
Of 2,030 persons In Colorado alone In
the twelve months ending May ], 1920
More than 8,OO0OO0 children in the
United States are In the Modern
Health Crusade and the aim Of the
Colorado Tuberculosis Association "a
to attain u 100 per cent enrolment