Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-16 | Page 8 | "Fun" for Children as a Fire Drill

i 7 h r I t jq 6 f 4 Sti S S y I r p I y v i S ri A New System m for Making Play f Exercise with the CRin Rings St to of oj Precaution and and How It Ii Helps toi to Hand i Develop I ri Confidence 4 Eliminate the Chief Chiei Danger ti r tf and Arm Strength 1 r i Fr Arising in the Case 1 1 t fT r vt of if h Fire FEAR M 34 f A f I t. t 0 11 e 1 Rope Swinging J j I b I 1 r dy INdr 4 d GyI s 1 1 T t r f u a r Z r. r t I S t L 4 t rk r f t 7 r l I w J uI I 14 ti 9 f r X x p v. v iY a. a f X y fi r r f i i 1 J 1 d' d r z 9 r I t r v k ebA t r hi hiBy By Betty Va TT T i is is s fear and not fire that causes great loss of IT I life in almost all of the catastrophes which periodically come conic to big bib cities Starting with this text there are many schools all over the country that seek to supply life insurance to its pupils by educating them along lines that banish banish banish ban ban- ish panic The systems system systems s s merely that of taking the most dangerous situation of the time analyzing it and ascertaining how it might have Been cell robbed of terror and then pulling the teeth o or of the terror b by showing how a cool head can always master mastera a situation that seems difficult and dangerous In New York Fork Dr Myron T. T Scudder is the dean of this new school of poise The good doc doc- t tor r d does les not primarily primarily- plume himself upon this t I attribute to his hi's institute of learning and it is quite apparent that he would prefer to have one consider his efforts toward making the theorem less less' of a puzzle to having the spotlight turned upon the merry little folk in his back yard ard who are learning how to laugh at peril and to tomake tomake tomake make their wa ways s 's in safety from situations that might spell death and injury But children going through exercises that hat are designed t to dodge death are arc pore more interesting than the elements of science and the intricacies s of oC math Dr Scudder has rigged up an aT open-air open gymnasium in the rear yard yarn of his school building for the teaching of the safety course In fn n it he lie has had built iron ladders rope rop rope ladders and swinging rings A long plank occupies the Chair of Poise Applied-Poise and a knotted rope serves to fill the gap in the va yard rd Little boys and girls of three or four years ears of age romp about the these thee e queer things with the utmost case They are arc taught that th the iron ladders are just like the ladders of or the city fire escape and that so long hs as as they can get their sturdy little hands on the rungs they are assured of a a safe road to escape from fire The fear of being high above the ground with only a slim ladder for support is eliminated by t teaching aching the young youngsters that a ladder feet high is just as strong and just as safe Jafe as a ladder four feet above the the- ground an and that the trained child d does docs s not fear the distance which after all cuts no real reat figure in the task of ladder climbing It is thus that the first element clement of fear is eliminated from the childish brain s Using a ladder they are told is merely a matter latter of holding fast to the he rung placing the feet firmly on another rung and going up or down one rung at a a time Any apprehension si sion as to distance below is the clement element ele cle- ment of fear fea and that is purely imaginary And then the pupils are taught to took ok over a dangerous situation t take ke stock ck of its possibilities and think for themselves If the fire escape is not open by reason of lire fire and smoke they are arc taught that they I may may- mayuse use a rope and go safely cy hand hand over over hand to the to the ground or that a n careful inspection in inspection in- in ma may reveal that a perfectly safe path lies o. o r the roo roof of the 1 next house This instruction is by byno no confined to the means children as one might suppose from the fact that i. i this story begins with pictures of i their play with fire ladders and such t. t thi gs The he classes conta contain n all nIl ages 4 up up to the mature collegian and the c. v J r r i. i I. I young oun and old alike come in for or the safety r course The children arc sent over o the traveling rings of the g gym m to give them then confidence The They r arc are taught to crawl over the ledge of a window without without without with with- out losing losing- their heads because there is some sonic distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance under the ledge The They are arc taught to look over oyer the top of the building and correctly estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate the surroundings without becoming dizzy and acquiring that desire to jump that is so common com com- mon to persons who gaze down from the top of ofa a sk skyscraper scraper to the street streets below But poise while the underlying essential is not the only thing taught in this safety school The pupils are taught how to knot ropes so that a knot is made every foot of or the ropes rope's length thus making the descent easy The They are taught not to slide down a rope to avoid burning the hands and limbs and inviting injury Instead they are shown how to work gradually down bythe bythe by bythe the over hand-over-hand method using the knots if they are already prepared and if not making the arm muscles serve to complete an easy safe trip without strain or danger The ups grown-ups are given lessons in taking care rare of themselves not only in case of fire but in inthe inthe inthe the event of railroad disaster The They are arc initiated initiated initiated into the mystery of or w walking trestle ties tics into the safe way of getting out of an overturned car Rope Ladder Exercises as a Swinging Game v J nc l 7 r rr I r i fN t J t 4 I t i r rt j jp p r A I t v v S 4 r r rrai c I Ii i P A i l v t tY i Y s f t X e f rr r f s' s st J t l Ji R SZ s' s Rt i r r rl l ri 14 w s' s ix Z 1 r i y i t Tr 5 Q ry 1 S 4 3 j T Ts f s r y 4 i rr r- r Y tr r t v x S WM r yr r i i ti 4 I 1 y S- S 1 S 7 rf x YeTh a er Feature Service lc 1019 I 0 I r I S I I I f I Shooting the Chute in Quick Time as a Feature of Fire Escape Equipment and Team Discipline when the lights are out and arc g given ven commonsense commonsense commonsense common- common sense information on a hundred topics all related to preventing loss Joss of life and limb in emergencies Taking Account account of the modern inventions such as spiral fire escapes slides arc are provided for the little pupils so that they may learn to jump on the slide and coast to safety with per perfect feet assurance The children take readily to this this' jj feature of their days day's work Almost any ny clay day you may hear the laughter of the merry tots as as they come hurtling down the slides at the open open- air g gymnasium