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Show School Notes; : SchoojOpenimj A letter from County Supti oil Schools, C. H. Skidmore, says: "Unless pupils follow a daily program of homo study and unless un-less tho schools which are now closed resume their regular school work In the near future,1 it will be Impossible for the large majority of tho pupils of 3035 elder county to do enough work this year to Justify their promo-; tion at the end of the school year. Such a set-back will be very discouraging to tho pupils in the. future and will mean a real loss of nearly a year's work of the child for father and ' mo-' thcr at home. While many people peo-ple will pass this condition, by now as rather trlval, after while most of them will ' sens mora fully Just what It means. "Some havo already recognized recog-nized this great handicap and are urging tho Board to tako steps toward the opening of tho schools everywhere Just as soon as the number of cases of Influenza Influ-enza is reduced so as to' bo controlled con-trolled by strict .quarantine regulations. reg-ulations. Every day is Important Impor-tant In this crisis. V "Tho teachers and advanced' pupils can be. of material aid to health officials If they are .'instructed .'in-structed to report all vioteU&kj of health regulations to - htgfltii VfJUcW sjminttf; MX icare and exclusion of the pupils that are not well At present, many of the pupils aro assembling assembl-ing In groups upon tho street, 1n the back yards and on the Ice ponds and other places apparently appar-ently without Jnstructlpn. "Again it should be observed In passing that in ono of our largest schools which has been 'running continuously for weeks with an averago attendance of 80 per cent., thero havo been no now cases develop during tho last week. Tho Board Is anxious to do whatever it can for the children." If no now cases of Influenza appear In our city during tho next few days, tho City Board of Health, In all probability, will lift tho ban on public gatherings tho first of next week. It will bo a welcome time when wo can be living naturally ngaln. A big step" toward natural life was mado when wo wero permitted to cast aside our aiasks. How :pleasant it will bo when wo can" again go to church, school, picture pic-ture shows, dances and other public functions. Last Monday the City Board of Health felt safe to permit the grammar grades of our school to operate under tho following instructions: No room will bo allowed to havo more than five pupils .at any time and no child will bo permitted in tho building for more than one-half hour. If .school is opened in Its entirety, en-tirety, next Monday, wo have learned from Principal Clarence E. Smith that a few rules of health will be rigidly enforced, viz: No child will be permitted to attend any of tho grades who is not in perfect health. A child suspiciously ill will be excluded. Children must be dressed comfortably, com-fortably, as they will be repulred to leave tho building for at least a part of tho recess and noon periods for ventilation purposes. If children are properly dressed, especially on tho feet, chest and back, cold weather does not hurt them. People of tho Artie region are entirely unfamiliar with colds and other common ailments of our climate. Vitiated Viti-ated air, not cold air, causes colds . No child will bo allowed 'at school who has not had prop- er attention in. cleanliness. Hot water and soap are second only to sunshine and fresh air as a germ eradlcator. Children, especially es-pecially of the lower grades, sometimes need to be taught to carry a clean handkerchief and to uso it when coughing and sneezing. Warm backB, chests and feet, fresh air and sunshine, clean bodies and clean clothing, whole, ' sqme exercise and.good habits, go a long way In3 -protecting health. Later Tho ban has been removed re-moved and tho schools will open next Monday Otlf.4r |