Milford chronicle., 1935-03-08
Safety attitudes In
Harrington Public Schools

mo matter Wnat his individual feel
ings are, he is willing to work fO
the greatest good of the creates
ut number.
'e F-He respects the badge of au
e thority.
/ Our boys and girls have beel
e proud of the privilege, accOrde,
e them by their classmates, to serv,
and have done their job will
e promptness dispatch.
It During the last two years we have
r had but two accidents. One could bC
d classified as self-inflicted, in that
e lad with too much mineral mat
Y ter in his bones tripped with no one
= near and broke his arm. Before the
fracture had properly knit, he broke
! it again. The other accident was a
near automobile fatality. One of the
nervous energy type Of boys was
engaged in a game of tag on his
way home from school, and in spite
of the warning cries of the Patrol
on duty, dashed in front of a car.
The car vas driven by a high
school senior who had negotiated
the crossing and had barely gotten
into second gear. His first know
ledge of the accident was the i'm
/ pact; so suddenly had the young
lad darted from the sidewalk into
the path of the car This happened
beyond the intersection cr0sswalks.
The fracture of the skull is repair
ed, and the lad is doing well the
work of the next grade. wiser we
hope because of his experience.
Our guidance and health classes
give lessons in safety. Our Motion |
Picture Program includes jndustVi-
ais which depict the hazards work
men are subjected to in pursuit of
their duties. The film, "HOw Jimmy
Won the Came" by the Institute of
Makers of Explosives, was shown
on February l, 1885.
The chemistry teachers contribu-
tions to safety consists of the fol-
lowing:
demonstrate FOamite and coz .
fire extinguishers on bonfire.
discharged and examined FOa- i
mite and COZ fire extihguishers and !
refilled same, leaving dated tags on \
each.
3-Had a Home Room Program =
IN fire prevention.
4-Had unit in Chemistry Class
III fire. >,
5-Taught Chemistry Glass anti
IOtes for acid or alkali poisoning. 4
Precautions observed in the \
laboratory: G
ND-See that chairs and doors =,
nd drawers are properly adjusted "
O as not to interfere with work. =,
(2)-Keep all laboratory refuse in :.
receptacles. al
(3)-Keep explosive chemicals .,
)cked up. cI
(4l-Have laboratory properly ~
entilated while working. "a
C5)-Cheek all bunsen burners to !"
void dangers of escaping gas. u.
Fire drills are conductor without ~
arning. The best time made re- n,
llted in emptying all buildings in D,
seconds. In this time $50 pupils -, AZ
ad reached, the pavement out of g. g.
anger. We are of the opinion that ~
10 many fire drills defeat the pur- =,
lse of the drill. It is like calling ~. ~
off, Wolf, when there is no wolf. IT. IT.
he seriousness with which our boys ~
id girls accept fire drills was DEM Iot
strated recently when one of the
VS. unwittingly staruck the glass Dt
an alarm station and broke it. ~
e alarm rang intermittently as ~
e of the teachers made an effort tsr
depress the contact pin. The VI
ength of the spring tired him 6
d resulted in the intermittent n,o
ging of the alarm. The pupils all dos
ietly filed from the buildings re- cd
ned when the gong ceased, and the
it again ringing moved from the istt
lding. This happened a number he
times before the alarm box was Chi
lilly repaired. The pleasing fac 4
results in the fact that amid all !
) uncertainty there was no dis will
erly conduct nor confusion. cbO
Safety Program is being pre- Ser
ed by section z of the Junior Of
n School. This program will be the
sented before the JuniOr-Senior r
h School early in March. Cbu
he National Safe Drivers Test this
given in grades ZIP on Thurs M
February II. This test was Civ wer
10 learn whether our pupils have
adequate knowledge of automO-
driver requirements and to
-e as a medium of instructinG our TT
and girls in essential facts hom
the use of our streets kins
highways. The teachers are hav- ming
their pupils take this test home, prog
the boys and girls propose 10 iargl
) their parents take the same Oh
under their tutilage. the
e conclude tSen by reiterating: Dem
Safety can be taught; (2) the hom,
presentation and repetitiOns subj,
leave lasting impressions, and Good
ly we attain a degree Of satis- leadt
on in the knowledge that we ing
a service to our State, Mr.
we are through unselfish SER Will
becoming socially helpful and week
ting a gradual transition in de- Petty
living. mis-