Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-25 | Page 7 | School Health Drive Date Set

SCHOOL HLT1 DROTE SET Sixth Grades Throughout State to Contest for Cup. That the health campaign of tho si-th grades of the state schools this year will begin the first Monday of the second month of school was announced yesterday by Dr. George N. Child, state superintendent of public instruction. This ruling has been made because many of the rural schools began the scholastic year at Various dates. Dr. E. G. Gowans, h?ad of tho division divi-sion of health education, has .attended many of the teachers institutes and in addition to his health program has laid special stress upon the campaign to obtain ob-tain and inculcate habits of health. John W. Jacobs, executive secretary of the Utah Public Health association, has just returned from Richfield, where ho spoke to the teachers of the institute insti-tute on the drive. The Utah Public Health association started tho work as part of its efforts for the prevention of tuberculosis and its 'officers and i directors feel that this year, with tho support of the state department of education edu-cation its work will be unusually effective. effec-tive. No other state in the country has tnken over the drive as r&rt of the school curriculum, according to Mr. Jacobs, who received numerous . le-quests le-quests from executives of other states asking that they be kept informed as to results. Several of the sixth grade teachers in Sevier county announced that their classes would be in the running for the silver cup which has been offered to the winning school of Utah.