Show utah schools win pennants word has been received from new york city by james H wallis executive secretary of 0 the utah public health association that utah schools have again won henrs in tho the national health tournament conducted by the national tuberculosis association cia tion by capturing twelve of the tha pennants awarded annually for the best health work in the public schools this makes three years in succession that utah has come oft off victorious in this health contest which is is engaged in by more than six million school children in the tha united states the successful utah schools and teachers are as follows lincoln school two classes miss gwendolyn hansen and miss atton afton ballard teachers petersboro Peter cache county mrs verna M teacher woodruff and young schools logan two classes of miss katherine creighton and miss ella nedro north ogden miss hazel christensen pleasant view and wilson schools weber county lionel W thatcher and miss inez stallings teachers summit school at smithfield miss vern baer and miss atton afton lee teachers school heads notified mr wallis wired the news to county superintendents R V larsen logan B A fowler ogden R al nielson tooele thoele and city superintendent perin orson ryan lo 10 logan an congratulating them on the result and requesting that they extend the congratulations of the utah public health association under whose direction the work of the health crusade Is conducted when the pennants are received from anew york they will be forwarded to the winning schools which will make provision tor for their public p presentation resen tation with fitting ceremonies parents cooperated with the teachers and school and greatly assisted in obtaining the best results by re minding their children to perform their daily chores and check their record each evening health crusado crusade explained the modern health crusade is a system of training in good health habits said mr wallis in telling of the health work the boys and girls of utah are doing it Is based upon the old pedagogical rule we learn by doing under it children do the duties explained in hygiene and physiology but too often left undone the play andro mance of the crusade its health chivalry give the children the incentive to work systematically the crusade links the home and school in health work the crusade system applies three influences the child is placed on his honor and certifies tilles his chore record on his honor he has a systematic drill every day in choosing between right and wrong statements each decision for right builds truthfulness each decision tor for wrong builds falsity then comes the up the parents must pass on the childs truthfulness and sign the record also the teacher must be satisfied that the childs clea cleanness cleaH liness ness and actions correspond with the statement of chores and lastly his bis schoolmates are quick to point out false claims |