Evening star., 1921-10-02
Does the Country or Town
B0y Make the Best Citizen?

rounding country should be an agri-
cultural territory; the community
should be located in the birth regis
tration area and the vital statistics
should be fairly complete the NOR
tality of infants should not be strik-
ingly abnormal.
Pledges Of cooperation have come
from the medical profession, business
and labor organizations. city and
county officials, women'S societies.
churches. civic and social bodies: Any
community would welcome such aid
as promised by the National Child
Health Council, and Mansfield and
Richland county are going to do their
best to live UP to expectations under
such a spotlight of publicity.
One of the Interesting features of
the demonstration will be the team
work" promised between the public
and private agencies of the city and
county on the one hand and the six
national organizations making up the
council on the other. The member or.
Hygiene Association, American Red
Cross. Child Health Organization Of
America, National Child Labor Com
mittee, National Organization for
Public Health Nursing and the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association: Dr..
Ger of Bridgeport, CONN.,, and known
for his work with the Red Cross and
the American Commission for the Pre-
vention of tuberculosis in France,
will direct the demonstrations.
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A cTUAL details of the experiment
are to be worked out in the field.
At present they are in the making.
for the work does not get under way
until the middle of this month. But
the skeleton plan provides that the
child, every child in the community.
will be watched by an expert from
the time he is routed out of bed in the
morning until he comes home from
school in the evening and crawls
sleepily into his trundle-bed for a
night OF well earned rest. Perhaps an
expert will tuck him in. and maybe
one will hear him say his Now / lay
me-" The child's play is to be super
yised, his work and study will be
supervised, his diet will be super
vised and his clothing will be, to say
the least, recommended.
While a corps of doctors, nurses,
dietitians and observers are~on the
field cooperating with the local au-
thorities, national committees are
being formed under the National Child
Health Council. which will be known
as advisory committees. They will
deal with such subjects as foods ana
nutrition, nealln education OF Chll-
dren. current child health news and
literature. health provisions relating
to state laws for children and other
kindred subjects. The committees con-
sist of representatives. of national
bodies which have expert knowledge and
experience to contribute and their chief
function will be to collect, study and
make available to the entire country
the best information and most au-
thoritative opinion on subjects that
contribute to healthful childhood. The
advisory committees will have much
to contribute to the demonstration.
particularly those on foods and nu-
triton and health education Of school
children.
At the end of five years, when the
doctors and the nurses and. the ex-
perts of all sorts are through with
their work and withdrawn from the
field, the country is going to look to
Mansfield and Richland county. Ohio.
to see the result There will be
found conclusive answer to the
problem of the American youth Of to-
day and what is best for Aim.