Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
CHILD HEALTH day
IS OBSERVED HERE
WITH MANY CLINICS
Program Also includes Activi-
ties on Several City
Fairgrounds.
SCHOOLS ALSO TAKE PART
BY TRAINING CHILDREN
Beginning of Work Preceded by
Presentation of Flowers to
Mrs. Hoover.

Nav I, oficially set aside by joint
resolution Of Congress and designated
by proclamation Of President Hoover
ss "Child Health day" Is being widely
observed throughout the National Capt.
tai with programs designed to renoer
direct aid to promoting the health OF
individual children and to educate both
parents and children how to promote
health throughout the year.
children of the District are participate
ing in games and other activities OF
health educational nature, while hun
dreds of children were treated during
the morning at the various Health De-
partment centerS and at several otner
centers, with a number Of the latter
also holding clinics this afternoon.
In addition to the operation OF the
health centers, IS dentists OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia Dental Society, un-
der the direction of DR.. James Brown,
chairman of the society's oral hygiene
committee, are treating white chldren
at their Offices, through appointments
arranged In cooperation With pubic
school nurses Likewise IS members OF
the colored dentists organization are
treating colored children at their Of
fees.
Playground Programs.
An extensive program Of May day
activities has been arranged for the
az Fairgrounds here, under the direction
of Mrs, Susie Root Rhodes, director,
while a number of schools and other
institutions have special programs, heip-
inc round out the activities Of the day.
Thinking in with the child health activ-
flies of the day is the meeting OF the
committee on recreation and pnySlcal
education of the White House Con-
ference on Child Health and Protection,
which convened In its second mSetne
in the Interior Department BUILDING.
The group had assembled many facts
pertaining to child welfare which 1t
deemed appropriate to report on at to-
DAVIS sessions. Col Henry Breckenridge
of New York, Assistant Secretary OF
war under President Wilson, president
of the National Amateur Athletic Fed
Grafton and president of the Amateur
Fencers' League Of America, Is chairman
Of the committee.
AS an appropriate preliminary to Child
Health day exercises, five little children
YESTERDAY afternoon carried basket OF
flowers to Mrs. Hoover at the White
House. and in presenting them wished
her a speedy recovery from her illness.
Children at White House.
The children delivering the flowers
and greetings to Mrs. Hoover were Joan
and Jewel Davis, daughters OF the Sec
retary of Labor; David Witcover, son
of Mr., and Mrs. Wallace Witcover; Bob
by Kaemmerer, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. ] A. Kaemmerer, and Jack Baker,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Baker.
They were accompanied to the White
House by Mrs Ernest r. Grant, chair
man Of the tuberculosis Children's San
itarium committee.
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical
examiner for the public schools, chair
man Of the local Child Health day COM
health and educational groups OF the
city, in an official notice OF the days
activities, declared:
"The keynote for May day, 1880, Is
parent cooperation In community child
health and protection" adding that the
slogan Is, Every parent and every COM
munity united for health for every
child"
The schedule for treatment Of chill
dren at the health centers and hos
pitfalls was outlined for the day as fol-
lows:
Children's tuberculosis Clinic, 512 I
street-Open from 80 to pm. Chill
dren to be given complete examination,
including X-ray OF the chest.
Plans for Clinics.
Child Welfare Society clinic, Chill
dren's Hospital, at Thirteenth and v
streets, for white children, 10 to IL
noon, with DR.. Edward B. Brooks, DR..
Joseph Greenlaw and DR.. Robert Bier
in charge. Afternoon period, DR.. Eliza
beth Chickering and DR.. Bernard Notes
in charge.
Social service department, Children's
Hospital, Miss Anna B. Hunter in
charge, open from 9 o'clock in the
morning until in the afternoon; DR..
p. A. McLendon, physician.
The following Health Department
centers were open until noon, with ply
sicians in charge as follows:
Georgetown Hospital, DR.. r. L. De-
Saussure, DR.. Thomas Linville; 1904
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, DR.. G.
H. Hixson, Dr. William F. Burdick; $50
C street northwest, DR.. Margaret Nicol-
son, DR.. G. B. Conklin; 588 M street
northwest, DR.. M. T. Rosser, DR.. q. w.
Heitmuller; 1927 Georgia avenue north
west, DR.. Preston Haynes, DR.. A. Nimet,
DIR. r. H. Ford; 900 Maryland avenue
northeast, Or. A. ]. Steinberg, DR.. Harry
J. Ong; 2012 Rhode Island avenue
northeast, DR.. william @. Meiman, DR..
e. 5. Coole; 1905 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, DR.. e. E. Chickering, DR.. j.
S. Arnold; 1901 Talbert street south
east. DR.. B. Notes, DR.. w. F. Greeaney;
480 E Street, DR.. w. @. Symmonds, DR..
r. McNitt; Freedman's Hospital (col-
ored), DR.. j. e. Trigg, DR.. A. Carr and
Dr. F. r. Cook.
DIR. Rebecca Stoneroad, physical
training director Of the public schools,
as chairman of the committee on school
May day activities, said that teachers IN
all the schools had taken keen interest
in preparing special programs Tor tne
day in which health is stressed as part
of the regular program. The programs
include short speeches, compositions.
drawings, readings. exhibits, plays and
outdoor sports. Many OF the scnoois
have planned outdoor festivals with
dances. games and exercises to which
parents and friends are invited.
Health Plays Planned.
Similar activities are reported by Miss
Anita Turner, physical training director
of the colored schools, with special pro-
grams at the Miner Normal school, IN
GLIDING health examinations LOT the
pre-school children and field sports In
the afternoon. Also she notes special
health plays at the John r. Cook
School, j. G. Payne, principal; at the
Military Road School, Miss r. e. Tulli-
yer, principal, and at the new Bell
School, Miss J. e. Page. principal.
The Fairgrounds programs include
games and sports from $3.50 to pm
The programs win vary; in some OF
which athletic efficiency tests will be
conducted, while In others team and
mass games will be played and field
and track events will be run OF.
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