The Democrat-herald., 1923-12-28
junior BED CROSS
DAOADEAs SCOPE
OF SCHOOL WORK
School Children Of America Establish
Correspondents With Schools in
Other Countries.

An opportunity to grraiiy broaden
ana rh'nrL. the scope OF work of tile
school children of America which was
opened by the action Of the las; nnnual
convention of the National EducatIonai
Association In San Francisco. is bein,
developed by the Junior Red Cross OF
Auerica. a resolution endorsing in
Sery, cssliive terms the international
SCHOOL correspondence of the Junior
American Red Cross and urging
schools in this eoun.ry to develop thi,
correspondence as fur Ne and as thor.
oughly ns possible. was pnsssl by the
Association, and educators OF Anfcf!ca
now are cooperating In the work.
4 number Of schools In America on
their own initiative already have or
gnnized chapters OF. the Junior Red
Cross and established correspondence
With schools In Albania. Austria. Bel
Gum. Bulgaria, Csechoslevakia,
FRANCE. Holland. Hungary, Italy,
Juso-slavia. Poland, numania, Scot.
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This work, 70 far. has been carried
| ON chiefly In the primary and interme
Msfs grades Of the public, parochis
snd priyafe scf,Qols-where Junior Ret
4 Cross chapters hsse been orsanlzeo .s
Y but all grndes may paru::rcste IN I'm
preparation Of the material, accordin,
: to the instructions sent out by tn
SI,Junior Red Cross Service in Washing
ton, and they include class letters, u
I Illustrated or not. snapshots and posi-
cards; maps, drawings. photograph
}, descriptions Of Interiors Of homes an
schools, types Of dress, games. indui
j tries and Industrial processes. cutout
III hand work-in fact, almost anythin
}; that one set of children Il intereste
} in, because 1t is regarded a. = certain,
} that II children Of one nation hr
!, something Interesting, children Of q
} | other natton, because they are CHI
, dren, will be Interested in that sar
/ thing.
D Portfolios are a good part Of t
.. correspondence and such poftfoll
., give motive for study and descripti
= Of America and An erican life on
= part Of the senders while they stin
= late the recipients to like inter
= in the affairs and happenings IN til
= own country The benefit thereof
= manifold. children who hate ge
. rauhy find their interest in this I
study awakened by wanting to KIN
inst where their letters are going.
tory. also tlistnsteful to many, Is hi
a pleasant pastime for the same
son, and languages become nbsorbin
= Interesting because the American c
= dren want to know something al
y the difference In the words which
. use md those which their correspt
ents across the SEA use to mean
same thing.
-. Internationally. all this Is Of
value. In H. opinion Of American
catoaa Internationally. 1t IL Of
- mpotoP value. In the opinion Of I
WAo are promoting the undert1l
~ ooeausG It definitely promotes int
'tIy. tioual understanding and FRIEND
lteA ana leads, thseefore, into Internal
tAe peace. TO the school. the teacher
Red the community, It presents q new
the of sndsavor and q new oppoetunit
'sde broadening the viewpoint Oa
and wLo,s, educators A. over the co
ther belieya that II 10 the Longest steI
aper vard Tor international undsrsta
tiers which has been taken IN many ,
the
go