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Show Utah Schools Again Win National Honors Work Of The Modern Health Crusade Is Declared Finest j In United States. It will be pleasing news to the schools of Utah to know that the work of the boys and girls in the Modern Health Crusade has again won for Utah national honors. Word lias just been received 'from 'New York that Utah is the only State in the West to capture two of the much prized banners , which are awarded by the National Na-tional Tuberculosis Association Associa-tion each year for exceptional ! health work in the schools. The 'efforts of the Utah Public I Health Association to accomplish accom-plish this commenced three .years ago. when for the first 'time Utah entered what is I known as the National Touma-. Touma-. inent. Last year pennants were awarded seventeen of Utah's schools who had competed com-peted with schools entered .from every other state, but the j crowning event has been the winning of the National Banners. Ban-ners. When is is remembered , that there are only eleven of lthe.se trophies awarded each year in the entire United States it would make every boy and girl feel much encouraged, because be-cause to capture these awards they must do almost perfect work. The daily records" of health chores kept by the children child-ren for the year, have to be sent to New York, where they are passed upon by a committee commit-tee and carefully scrutinized. The two schools winning these National banners are the Hi vert on School, Salt Lake County, Miss Metta Carter, teacher; and the Central School Heber City, Miss Yenohi Ohhviler, teacher. Utah is the only state west of Iowa who captured any of these banners. In addition to this high honor, several other schools were awarded National pennants pen-nants for exceptionally fine health work: "Did our organization accomplish ac-complish no other work than that of the Modern Health Qru-sade,'" Qru-sade,'" said James II. Wall is executive secretary of the Utah Public Health Association," it will justify its existence, children child-ren who every day observe the eleven simple health rules required re-quired by this system of health education, have them well fixed in their lives by the end of their school year. We had over ten thousand children who did this work last year. This year, because of the fact that the work is to be carried on in the third, fourth and fifth grades, as well' as in the sixth, will see at least 20,000 of our boys and girls enrolled as modern mod-ern Health Crusaders. They must practice every day the following simple health habits which are called "chores:" "Brush teeth night and morning; sleep ten hours with windows open; take ten deep breaths every morning; drink four glasses of water each day; go to toilet every morning at a regular time; keep pencils and fingers and other unclean things out of mouth; wash hands before each meal; protect pro-tect others when you cougn oi sneeze by always carrying a handkerchief; wash face, neck and arms, and keep fingernails clean; take at. least two full baths every week; exercise in the open air at least one hour; eat some cereal at breakfast and two kinds of vegetables each day; sit and stand erect; drink no tea, coffee or other harmful drink; chew food thoroughly; be cheerful, clean minded and straightforward. "Our efforts must not relax until we have enrolled every boy and girl in this wonderful program of health. To secure the best results, the work must be well supervised, and proper instruction given the teachers, for carrying on the work successfully." suc-cessfully." Mr. Wallis is en- ' gaged': in attending teachers' institutes for the purpose of explaining 'and stimulating : this work throughout the state, and is ready to give talks on the subject as far as his time w-ill permit. |