Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-03-01
DOING DAILY HEALTH CHORES
hildren in Grades I &c 8 i'm Decor
all Public Schools in New Pro-
gram.

Beginning Sunday February 10 the
children in grades 1 to are keeping
track of the daily Health Chores
which they perform. Each child has
folder with spaces for checking off
on each day the performance Of the
following IL chores:
!, ! washed my hands before each
meal today.
2. | washed not only my face but
my ears, my neck and / cleaned my
finger-nails today.
3. | kept my fingers, pencils and
everything likely to be unclean or
injurious out of my mouth and nose
today.
a. / brushed my teeth thoroughly
after breakfast and after the even
ing meal today.
5. / took ten or more slow, deep
breaths of fresh air today. l was
careful to protect others if i spit,
coughed or sneezed.
6. l played out doors or with open
windows more than thirty minutes
today.
7. | was in bed ten hours or more
last night and kept my windows
open.
8. drank four glasses of water,
including a drink before each meal,
and drank no tea coffee, nor injur-
Gus drinks today.
9. tried to eat wholesome food and
to eat slowly. | went to toilet at
my regular time.
| 10. | tried hard to sit up and
stand straight; to keep neat, cheer
full and clean-minded; and be help
full to others.
II. took full bath on each of
the days on the week that are
checked.
Seventy-two chores done in one
week makes perfect record. This
required each of the first ten chores
to be done daily and full bath taken
on each of two days.
To become a Modern Health Cur
sader and receive a certificate Of
enrolment and the title of Squire
in Health Knighthood pupil must
do at least 81 chores, rs per cent of
the ~, in each Of the five weeks.
To rise to higher ranks and be en-
titled to wear the different badges
a pupil must do at least 81 chores
each week for the following number
of weeks:
For 5 weeks, that a pupil is a
Crusader, with title of Squire.
For 5 more weeks 90 in all,
title and badge of Knight.
For more weeks (13 in alD title
Iolno % II Mi ponnprot
To be counted toward earning any
of the Crusade titles, the chores done
in any week must include one full
bath.
Keeping track of these Health
! Chores adds one more to the list of
chores which the average parent per-
forms without keeping track and
there probably will be some parents
who will feel that the school is ask
ing more than it should of them.
No one claims that this Health Cru
SADIE produces ideal or complete re-
suits but experience has shown that
at least one claim can be honestly
made for this sort of Health Cam
paign and that it stimulates the in
terests of the children and of the
parents in subject of hygiene and
that in the majority of cases il
does fix some good health habits.
Miss Quammen's report that near
ly 100 out of $50 grade children are
7 per cent or more underweight has
decided the Civic Club 20 fur
nish financial backing for the pro ject
of milk lunches for the underweight
A half pint of milk in the morning
and a half pint in the afternoon will
be furnished to underweight children
in the grades. This milk will be fur
nished at cost, that is about 30c q
week, and free to all those who are
unable or unwilling to pay for it.
The milk will be obtained from a
certified dairy herd and will be fur
nished in half pint bottles. Two
straws and a graham cracker will
accompany each bottle. Children
will be weighed at regular intervals
and reports of their progress Will be
given to their parents.
These tests have been given ia
thousands of pupils throughout the
United States and, while by nc
means an absolute criterion, furnish
a valuble means of making compar-
isons. The results of these tests
show that the average DEBORAH
school child spells about 10 per cent
better than might be expected OF
him; that he reads about 5 per cent
faster and with about 10 per cent
better comprehension than the aver.
age school child. In arithmetic, he
adds, subtracts, multiplies and di-
vides at about the average rate OF