Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-12
education that is now given

elementary education that is now giver
them"
In conclusion, Miss Aver said that
recognition of the needs of extreme
groups of children is a social necessity
The .atypical children of the public
schools, both the superior and the in.
ferlor, will have to stay where they are
until the budget allows for their care
The schools are helpless in preventing
this human waste until the public
shoulders the responsibility of settling
the problem of financing their care
she said. and asserted that until such
time as better salaries are paid, the
right teachers would not be found to
meet the problems Of these children.
Sippy on Child Welfare
DR.. John J. Shippy, director of the
child welfare division of the state board
of health, spoke on child welfare work
in Montana and the work that is be-
ing contemplated under the provisions
of the Sheppard Towner bill. At the
next meeting of the legislature he
pointed out that it will be necessary
for it to be decided whether a sum to
meet the government appropriation for
this work shall be set aside. At the
present time the government allotment
has been met from the lump sum set
aside for general health purposes in the
state. he stated, and urged that this
fact be remembered at the next cleo
ton.
Mrs. Ann X. Waring. child welfare
worker for the state health department,
spoke on "The Nurse in Child Welfare
Work. explaining that it was the
nurses duty to find the defects in a
child and to report them to the physi-
clan. and after his diagnosis to see that
prescribed methods of treatment were
followed. She cited anecdotes from
her personal experience to show the
value of child welfare work among the
school children of the state.
DR.. Anna X. Rude. of the United
States Children's bureau. Washington,
ID. C.. said that Montana is developing
a real child welfare work that should
serve as an inspiration to the states
surrounding it, where provisions for
activities in this field are Inadequate.
She summed up briefly the necessity
for early reports of births, saying that
even after a delay Of 10 days it was
often too late to give the child treat
ment for various things that would
result in permanent defects, such as
anu CtutI dlI1CtlONS. one
commended Montana on having taken
advantage of the Sheppard -Towner act
and commented briefly on other states.
have either rejected the meas
ure or have accepted it. 1t has resulted
in some states creating their own d.
for the work with larger
to work for than would have
been provided with the government and
fund combined.
Money Needed In Flight
In Some Thoughts Relative TO
Infection DIR. Rudolph Snyder.
Inspector in charge of the United States
bureau of animal industry. stressed the |
Importance of healthy cattle in the
mid welfare movement. He explained
The methods of determining tubercu-
.osis in cattle and the government
in dealing with infected animals.
Snyder said it would be an easy
to eradicate at once If it were
possible to touch the nerve that leads
o the pocketbook. He explained gov
.rnment inspection of packing plants
or the purpose of preventing the use
II cattle that are tubercular. The big
INN of his work at the present time
s 10 procure a measure that will pro-
'ide for a statewide test of every
mich COW within it's borders.
The organization of the state tuber-
sanitorium at Galen was eY.
,ialned by its superintendent, DR.. C.
:. n. ldal. who voiced his regret at
present inadequacy of the institu-