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Show Utah Schools Yin Health Prizes in National Contest Fitting Exercises Now in Preparation Prepara-tion to Make Awarding of Honors Memorable 4 Occasion Word received from New York by th Utah Public Health aaaoclatlon Is that Utah haa come out victorious In th contest for honors In th national tournament conducted by the National Tuberculosis association among the modern health crusaders of tns Unltd States. In' ths fight sgalnst tuberculosis tubercu-losis carried on by th Rational Tuberculosis Tu-berculosis association and Ita branches In each state, no part of th work haa provn more valuabl or effective than this ducatlonal movement which haa been Introduced Into the schools of the nation. It Is said., L'tan schools hav been doing this work for six I year and each year It finds Its way I Into mora and more schools. I The objct of th modern health crusade cru-sade waa to Interest children In health and It was early learned by students ' of the tuberculosis program that the most effective weapon In th fight for human welfare la the high resistance to disease poesessedby thos abounding abound-ing In health; so It wss thought that If th program of health education could be undertaken In the schools, which would have for Its aim the a-tnbllshment a-tnbllshment of sen habits of living that would be the best method of using us-ing this particular weapon so that I'tnh haa been recognised aa one of the states which hav accomplished th best result In this direction. Ot the forty-eight statea In the union but thirteen hav won the national honors. Th schools of Utah which are prize wlnnera ar as follows: Bluffdale school. Rlverton. Jordan district Josenh 8. Fish, teacher: Central Cen-tral school, Heher City, A. E. Berk-men, Berk-men, teacher; Kerrnn School. Kmrry county, K. A. Ktllpack, teacher; Heher North school, Heher City. Vesta Pierce, teacher; Kamaa school, Kamae, C. P. Blorkman. teacher: Richfield school, Sophia Ooldbranson, teacher: Woodruff school, Logan, Xatherln Cretghton, teacher "We Intend to make th awarding of th national honors when the prise reach Utah a memorable occasion." occa-sion." said James H. Wallla. executive execu-tive secretary of th Utah Public Health association. Wa hav worked hard to win and w expect to hav a proper demonstration In th schools which hav won thee prises when th presentation la mad." Fitting Fit-ting exercise are now being prepared subject to the approval of state superintendent su-perintendent of publlo Instruction, Dr. C. N. Jensen. |