The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
BY FOSTER EDWARDS

,1onoyer HIGH
HalY' comes down with a tummy
dsn.S' ~, had tooth. Or feels low in
ache ache al and spirit and soul:
', There is the institutions 'nrlrm'
any, :. an up-to-date dispensary, in
Of a registered nurse, and
on% is carrying out a real mission
It q stethoscope to the heart
II no., the school, a firm hand on
bea. leo and a fever tube" ready
Is n.o Under the palate of one and
all, ;s organization brought to a
.ard and one minor and major
uU sr5 complaints. When it is re-
ls .d that the infirmary has had
aa ao notients Through March y and
s.vYV scbool term still faces nearly
ue more months. n is jolted
. NIKE 10 its place in our high school
Dlv ,,o,ost each day finds diagnoses
"a, n.bich. more than likely, sum
n@Gr = Young life saved. Meanings
~ q stomach ache have started
narhjnerv which has resulted,
r r an hour. of a student minus
his appendix
80 fonnd the patient two or three
10 later wearing correctly fitted
r1.ssos Assorted bruises and cuts
va opickly attended-and life goes
4 surer more comforting life.
.,n, that the ailing are not longer
,io-ims Of hit-or-miss methods.
Tho infirmary is a project of the
psrant- Teachers of the New Hanover
Hirb school. 1t is one of the most
,n1oning causes ever sponsored by
any organization.
vrs, Thomas ]. Cause, chairman
a. the welfare program of the N.
u H S. PIT. A, said that they
5rp been sponsoring the work for
rssysr4l years." furnishing all the
,bs4ts. pillows, bandages, medicines,
mHcators and the other countless
+s~s 10 complete a modern infirm-
u,
Mrs. ZyIphia Daniels, r. n, now
r,i1g out her third year as the
yarrs nurse, paid the Parent
7aa!s high compliments when
nh dscribed the nature of the work
which goes on under her supervi-
NNl.
Aside from this work." she said,
they are furnishing IS u~nderprivi-
higed students with hot lunches
probably the only hot food they have
day.
Shoes. shirts, pants, under
clothes, sweaters, socks and every
thing else are purchased by the P
T. A. to clothe a number of those
who would otherwise be in rags.
Glasses Furnished
They furnish glasses for the stu
dents with defective vision, and a
dentist for defective teeth. Some OF
these underprivileged pupils are as
much as 50 pounds underweight-
and the PIT. a. gets milk for them"
Under Mrs. Causes supervision
these cases are investigated by train
I'd welfare workers. A complete card
index is kept on the student, care
fl notes are made, and all rejoice
when a frail, anemic body begins to
glow with the first signs of color,
and the weight ups a few precious
pounds.
High school youngsters are vic
tins Of the usual curses of man.
kind. A glance at Mrs. Daniels reg
lister listed some of the more COM
mon causes and treatments: bad
Nld-drops in nose;;' pain in abdo-
ren-hot water bottle;;" boil on leg
-icthyrol applied "dizzy-ammo-
MA siyen;' red throat-swabbed,,"
INJURY to face-cold congresses ap-
Nled," "headache-came to school
Without breakfast" Headaches,
Pothaches, nose bleeds, skin abra-
SONS, and hundreds of other kim
lfed maladies were listed-and treat
I'd.
Inc month Of February showed
lal sV5 had been treated, 119 ex-
ahmed for defects and 50 defects
"aAa, 81 without defects; 66 were
'e-eFTed to doctors, II corrections
we're reported, teeth comp1ainers, 5,
W. O. and three appendectomies
mere performed as a result of three
syrssstay harmless complaints #
aofnach ache.
an average Of 40 or SO Students"
Ais' Daniels reported, "are treated
.ssl Jay Those in need of a doc
dle sent to their family physi-
s'Ls' The underprivileged are sent
" touIlV health department."
open Arm Wound
az oil example, last week a boy
t ]Ds IN with an open wound on
t hs sfn' 1t had been cut by an axe
r rs Jay before and poorly bandaged
r ml dlrty cloth. We cleaned the
p,,za pdhdaged it with sterile
t sn[4V and sent him to a doctor who
"9k several stitches"
Mr. d means Of eliminating what
st ns' Daniels calls "~classitis" (the
trnss Of privileges to go to the in
ir Srt%ry when the causes are not
t5rf,,.ledl, the parents are notified
tn "s the student is excused. If
Pr /! Parents do not have a ear. a
The a. a. member is called who takes
~s ..H Student home.
Mrs mere es are three students" said
tsr rL Daniels, called in each period
Is IS ts physical examination. A record
ton nsp, :, Of defects and their correc.
tor II. Inns physical examination is
"s $ne entire student body.
a f %.uaents with detects are given
nit form letter signed bv n rDe E En1iot