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Show . FLU KEEPS 900 j. 0UT0FSCH00L PROVO Providing parents of sick children cooperate with school officials and physicians, there will be no need of closing Provo city schools, despite the fact that more than 900 of the school population i of 4000 are out of school due to influenza, J. C Moffitt, superintendent superin-tendent of schools, assured Provo citizens Tuesday. Most of the cases are of a mild form. Superintendent Moffitt said. School and medical officials urged parents to take every precaution pre-caution when their children show the .first signs of a cold, keeping . them out of school, and allowing them to fully recover before returning. re-turning. ' Those returning to school after such an Illness will not be permitted per-mitted to over-exert or participate partici-pate in any physical education activities until they are In proper condition to do so, he assured parents. Although cases of Influenza are prevalent among townspeople, most cases are mild, and provided people will take proper care of themselves there Is no cause for , alarm, according to local physicians. |