Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 32 | Plan Humane Work in Public Schools

PLAN HUMANE WORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Committee Recommends Systematic Educational Effort Among Pupils of the State and City. At a meeting last week of the committee commit-tee appointed by the superintendent of city schools, Dr. E. A. Smith, to consider the celebration of "humane day," the fol- ; lowing recommendations were submitted: . That Friday, April 13, be recognized this year as "humane day," and that special exercises be held on that day in the Interests of humaneness. That during the week preceding "humane day special attention be given giv-en to nature study with particular reference to the teaching of humaneness, humane-ness, and that the subject be iade prominent in as many and as effective ways as possible. That "bands of mercy" be organized in the schools. And we further recommend that the question of kindness to animals be kept before the children throughout the school year, and that we use the exercises incident to the celebration of "humane week" as a beginning of regular, reg-ular, systematic humane work in our schools. Mercy clubs will be organized in the schools In clubs of thirty members. The humane movement in the schools is expected ex-pected to prove a great educational factor, according to Miss Etta Powers, principal of the Wasatch school.