Evening star., 1939-10-01

planned, because In times Of grave
national disasters such as floods.
forest fires and earthquakes, our
staff is taken of its regular sched-
ules to man feeding and housing
groups in emergency camps, and the
hardships of such life are considered
too rigorous for the average woman" :"
The general plan Of Mr.. Elbows
department of the Red Gross is q
simple one, although he Is in effect
q school head, using teaching pro-
cedures throughout a vast national
setup. There are $500 Red Cross
chapters similar to our District one
throughout the United States,
financed through an annual Roll
Call similar to Washington's.
Headquarters, in each instance,
are at the county seat-in Louisiana
and certain other Southern States
at the parish seat, and in New Eng
land at a selected township center.
Mr.. Enlows' field men go to these
chapters to train instructors to car
ry on in their turn. This first aid
instruction is not dispensed through
an institution or institutions in par
ticular.
Each one OF the 2l,702 local in
structors now enrolled throughout
the length and breadth Of our coun-
try is a volunteer. In many in
stances these volunteer instructors
are physicians, directors Of physical
education in school systems and COL
leges, swimming counselors in
camps or first aid men in indus
trial plants or public utility con-
Germs. Their loyal and devoted serv-
ice is q monumental one in spread
ing the knowledge of first aid to the
public. All of the instructions, for
which definite number of hours
is required, and the awards recon-
mended, are based on examinations
Certiflcations for this course and
the well-known insignia are issued
either through Mr.. Enlows' Wash
ington Office. or from the two branch
offices Of the Red Cross In st. Louis
and San Francisco.
Located All Over U. s.
The system Of national aquatic
schools which also is conducted by
the first aid and life-saving service
of the Red Cross is unique in the
field of education. This past sum-
mer it concluded its 18th success
full season. Located strategically in
every part of the country, these
aquatic schools are making avail
able to persons between the ages Of
18 and IS adequate instruction In
the safe use of the waters OF our
country. Their emblem is Health.
Safety and Happiness Through
knowledge and Skill"
Under the auspices of the Red
Cross, and the combined efforts Of
DR.. Shepherd, president of the North
Carolina College for Negroes at Dur
ham. N. c.. and the white people of
its vicinity interested in educational
advantages for Negroes, the first
aquatic school in the United States
for Negroes was instituted at Dur
ham last summer. It was attended
by 81 colored students who came
AAOAIA do AdL WCSU dS xOWd d1lu do
far north as Pennsylvania.
Contrary to general belief" Mr..
Enlows said, war does not retard
the first aid and life saving program
Of the Red Cross, but vastly accel-
crates it. During the first year Of
the World War, for instance, the
Red Cross issued $1,000 first aid Ger
tif1cates, and since the present con-
f1ict in Europe, thousands Of letters
are being received from the public
requesting first aid instruction"
Born In Illinois.
Born in Lincoln. ILL.,, of a Ken
tucky father and a Virginia mother,
Mr.. Elbows came to Washington ex-
pecting to study medicine, and was