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Show Praise Aid of School Teachers in Influenza Epidemic bbb0B Universally Offer to Give Relief to Those in Distress rpEACHERS EMPLOYED IN VOLUNTEER WORK- Back row, left to right-Mrs. R. W. Spaiigler, Miss Cora Dunford, Miss Joannctte Mayuc, Miss Margaret Snrortliwalte, Miss Lama L. A Foster,' Mrs. LeaJi Jennings and Mrs C. E. Acheson. Waiting on tables At left. Miss Marie Gaby; at right, Miss Georgians Smnrthwaite. WQ0 ar0 Seated at tables are nurses being supplied hot luncheon at noonday. At the center table, seated. Is Miss Mary Mayne, in charge of distribution of lunches to those volunteer nu unable to leave their posts. With the exception of Mrs. SpaJiglcr, who is the organizer of the diet kitchen at the Civic Center, all those shown in tho picture are school teachers. J. Fred Anderson Comments Com-ments on Statements Questioning Loyalty. ASSKUTlON'S that Salt lako school t oa chers have been back ward i H volunteering their services as substitute sub-stitute nurses and aids during the present (nfluenRa epidemic are the subject of ea rnesi denial by school authorities and colleagues operating in various departments for the relief of conditions con-ditions during the dire situation. "To accuse t he teachers of 'slacking' during this crisis is to attack their loyally," loy-ally," said .1. Fred .Vndcrson, principal of t he I .at aye; t e m hool and a I present volunteer superintendent at. Ihe Red CrOsa emergency hospital. Professor Anderson scathingly Indicted persons responsible for published statements charging that school tea, -hers, OOpOQttJly women, had not responded re-sponded to t he call hy the Ued CrOas . for help at the bedside of the. sick. - "The school teachers of Saltl,akr are more than loyal: they arc heroines," said Professor Anderson yesterday. 'T have in mind young women who have left comfortable com-fortable homes to substlt nle for expert -enced nurses In private homes in order that t he nurses might apply their experience ex-perience in case,-; requiring professional attenlion. "1 know of young women who KttVO entered en-tered homes where several members have been, ill and have taken over the entire management of those homes. 'They have not nnlv cared for the sick, hut have done fain il;9 bashings, cleaned house and provided pro-vided dally meals for the habitues. Do Double Duly. i know of more girls, members of Salt Lake SOftOOl faculiles. who have done double duty at bedsides, keeping vigil during the watehes of the night over sick leople who otherwise would have been left Jo shift for themselves, and this, too. after thtwe volunteers had done hard household work during the day. T can cite instances where these school teachers teach-ers have gone far out Into the country to lake chjprge of the sick, knowing that their term of leervioe was so indefinite as to hold oul no hope of a visit to town or ev en a respite from the care of the sick and needy. "And all of this has been without thought of compensation or reward. Tn fact I know of numerous Instances where teachers, giving volunteer services in homes where the families could well afford af-ford to pay, declined ' proffered com pen -sa tion." As an example of the universal willingness willing-ness of school teachers. to fly to the relief re-lief of the community In lis hour of dls-; dls-; ress. Professor A nderson pointed to the conditions at the emergency hospital, where practically all bedside service is performed by school teachers, acting tn lieu of professional nurses. The corps of workers at the. hospital, exclusive of medical medi-cal practitioners, is about 100. Of this number seventy-five are teachers, the remainder re-mainder being nurses and medical students. stu-dents. The management of Salt LaJto chapter. American Ued Gross, explains, that school teachers of Salt LsmM have been mosl pmmpl in answering the call of the Ued Cross, for help. o Kitchen Workers. Teachers form ihe efllire corps of workers work-ers at the Glvic center diet kitchen, with the exception of Mrs. U. W. Spongier, organizer or-ganizer of the Institution. The picture nhov o is ample evidence of this. The teaeher population of Salt Uko is Itt, ( K this number approximately 7T per cent is engaged in some form of service ser-vice for t hose suffering from InflOOMM or ol her ailment s. according lo reliable tuthortfftos. Some of these are operating eleva tors as snbstit nles for regular . operators op-erators who have been stricken by t he disease. Olhers are waiting on tshle, Cooking, following occupations as domes-ties domes-ties in homes where assistance wit h housework ts needed, and qthorO are doing do-ing actual nursing. The relief work aCCDITtpUOhod by school tOOOpOTO Ihrongh Ihe diet kitchen at the Givn .enter Is particularly far-reaching, a. cording to Plre.ior Mrs. U. W. Span-filcr Span-filcr The latler explain that meals are supplied to all nurses applying for t his a. eommoda tion. and In BMM where the nurse if unable to leave her post an ample meal is carried to her by the motor oorpo, of which Miss Mary Mnyne, a school teacher, ts the director and fupervisor. The motor corps Is operated by young women of 1 he 1'nlverslty of 11 ah. The d'et kl! i hen corps also provides pro-vides a Mistatnlng broth for distribution among the need v ailing. Hi rector Mrs. Spangler nvers that there has been no ev Idence of "slacking" in t he opera tion f the kitchen She declares, loo, that more volunteer have applied for kitchen service than could be accommodated with w ork Do Menial Tasks. i know of school teachers who have given volunteer servioe in homes where seveial mombOTO were 111 and where Ihe RMMl a rd nous of trt sk s must he a.-oom -pi If lied to Insure santlary apd lUCCOOlfUl trOOtmonl 0l lh patients. ThOM girls have buckled down to the most menial tasks cheerfully, and have, In addition to work I mi don hie shifts nt 1 he bedside, scrubbed floors, washed dishes and done cook I or." Mr. SpanRler declares. Mrs. Spantflcr has Information concerning one teacher who performed menial and tied side tasks In 1 he home of a well -to-do family. At the conclusion Of her term of tervloj compensation was offered and refused. "The Rirl told the housewife to donal c the aniomil tv the Ued "ross," Mrs SpanRler declares. Undue advantaRe has been taken of the volunteer offer of the teachera to enR:iRC In house or bedside service by a number of householders, accOVdlnjC to persvns in position to make assertions. One woman Is said to have ftlSTnlOasd tier rcRniar domesttc and to naVO applied to ofh. lata of the Ked "ross for a volunteer to do the work of t he domes t to. Many other Instances of a similarly unjust nature are sai.l to be record ed One teacher, a member of the jadteon school faculty, (a said to hav o already nursed patients In three homes, and Is now reRiilarty on-R.-iRed at 1 he Ked CrOM emerffencv hospital. hos-pital. A number of tOOal teachers. It Is pointed OUt, are not fitted for nursing, but most are enlaced In Other fnrms of relief work with the Red Oross. HUrh school diris, assistants from i ho public libra ry and Rlrla enrolled at the State university too. have entered Into the spirit of volunteer relief work ami Are tolling alongside 1 he teachers In homes and hospital' |
