Evening star., 1932-10-06
SAFETY EDUCATION
| PROGRESS AMONG
| PUPILS OUTLINED
l21st Congress Receives Re-
port of w. J. Cooper, U. S.
Commissioner.
| ]. |. BANASH OF CHICAGO
| INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT
Demonstration of Schoolboy Traf.
fc Patrol Is Feature of Sec
ton Meeting.

The progress of safety education
among the school children and students
of the country was outlined to the
twenty-first annual Safety Congress to-
day by William John Cooper, United
States Commissioner of Education.
following last nights election of
officers. general interest at the congress
centered on the meetings of the child
education section, which were ad-
dressed by many well known educators.
The congress. which has been in session
at Wardman Park and Shoreham Hotels
since Monday, will adjourn tomorrow.
after a successful session attended by
some 1000 delegates from every State
II the Union, Canada and England
InlS afternoon S meeting Ct the child
education section at the Shoreham was
presided over by DR.. Frank w Ballou,
superintendent Of Washington public
schools. One Of the principal addresses
was made by George Aubrey Hastings
extension director CT President Hoover's
White House Conference on Child
Health.
Mr.. Hastings pointed out that while
fatal automobile accidents have in
creased LOG per cent among adults
since 1922. those among children have
increased only 22.9 per cent, indicating
the effectiveness of safety education
Commissioner Cooper told how the
public schools are assuming new duty
in training pupils to avoid the hazards
OF automobile traffic and other danger
Gus conditions of an industrial age
The streets and other public high
ways" he said, ARE infested with auto
| mobiles and electric street cars operated
at high rates OF speed Children and
even adults are less familiar with the
hazards involved than they were in
the era of horse-drawn vehicles The
hazardous situation cannot be so readily
senseo."
MANY Lack knowledge"
Moreover. many persons lack init
mate knowledge of the operation Of
these power vehicles. and consequently,
do not fully realize the danger lurking
in their path"
The schools are providing against
this emergency. Commissioner Cooper
said, with schoolboy patrols and ad-
ditional class room instruction as TO
traffic dangers. Two reasons why
| personal safety is a responsibility of
| public schools were given by the COM
! missioner, the increased number of
| hazards and the changing conditions
in social and institutional life es-
pecially in the home. Commissioner
Cooper said that recent substantial re-
ductions in child fatalities due to ac-
cidents indicate much progress in the
field of child safety education
New officers of the National Safety
Council, which is sponsoring the con-
gress. were installed last night at the
annual banquet in Wardman Park
Hotel as follows
j. /. Banash of Chicago. consulting
engineer long active in safety work,
president. to succeed c. W. Bergquist
also of Chicago; Albert W. Whitney Of
New York, vice president for education:
DR.. c H. Watson of New York vice
president for health; G. T. Hullmouth
of Chicago. vice president for business
administration: D. E. Long of Albany,
vice president for safety council; George
Warfel of Omaha. wee president for IN
dustrial safety: Robert l. Catlin Of New
York, vice president for public safety:
j. E. Culliney of Bethlehem Pa. vice
president for engineering; Howard B.
Fonda of New York, vice president for
membership: w. H. Cameron of Chi
cago, reelected managing director. and
VIII Cooper of Chicago, treasurer.
Eastern Group Meets.
Following a joint session yesterday
with the National Safety Congress. the
Eastern Conference of Motor Vehicle
Administrators met in regular semi
annual session this morning at the
Hamilton Hotel. Delegates from 20
Eastern States. the District of Column
bia end two provinces of Canada we're
in attendance
Among topics scheduled for discussion
by the traffic engineers today were pro-
posed changes in the approved types OF
automobile headlights and signaling de-
vices, traffic regulation uniformity,
mental tests for drivers and the in
creasing use of main highways for
heavy commercial vehicles George r.
Wellington motor vehicle commissioner
for Rhode Island. is president of the
conference and Harold G. Hoffman of
New Jersey secretary William A. Van
Duzer, traffic director for the District,
represents local interests at the con-
ference.
Three Englishmen crossed the At
lantic to attend the safety congress
here. They are r. Lloyd Roberts, head
OF the Chemical Manufacturers Asso-
citation, which looks after safety work OF
the industry in England: S. T. E. A.
Stowell. medical officer of the associa-
ton, and R. K. Standring, representing
the dye-stuffs industry.
I'VE came over" Mr.. Roberts said,
in the hope of carrying back your
A4ASAiAy NSNNAOPSu PoSSilOAOSy PclldlIlAlS
to accidents. We are eight or ten years
behind you in your safety work. l would
say, but l want to emphasize it is not
going to take us that long to catch
up with the United States"
A highlight of the entertainment pro-
gram will be the Congress frolic" at
Wardman Park Hotel tonight Begin
ming at o'clock, the gold room at the
hotel will be used for dancing inter-
spersed with novelty entertainment
numbers. Supper will be served for the
geusts at II 80 O'Clock.
Features Of today's sessions Of the
child education section include demon
stration CT school boy traffic patrol work
as carried on in Washington under
supervision Of Selden NJ Ely, supervis-
ing principal for the fifth division,
Washington public schools.
Demonstrations Staged.
Demonstrations of water safety, life
saving and first aid were to be staged
by two officials of the American Red
Cross, w. E. Longfellow and DR.. Eugene
E. Wilson. Another speaker before the
section was John A. Kratz, chief of the
vocational rehabilitation. Federal Board
for Vocational Education of Wash
ington
Members OF the Washington Police
Department this morning demonstrated
the method employed here for training
traffic officers before the street and
highway traffic section This group was
addressed by L. E. Peabody, Wishing